MEMPHIS — Emmanuel Mudiay made sure Knicks coach David Fizdale was leaving Beale Street with a victory.
Mudiay, the red-hot starting point guard, took a pass from Trey Burke on a fastbreak and rose up over Garrett Temple and threw down a monstrous one-handed dunk. Enes Kanter said he doesn’t remember Mudiay having those hops in practice to ever punish the rim with such force.
It turned into a 3-point play with 1:35 left and clinched the victory over the Grizzlies at FedEx Forum, allowing Fizdale to gain revenge over the franchise that fired him one year ago.