2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 EuroBasket runner-up Evan Fournier, of renowned French nationality and NBA veteranship, led the New York Knicks to a commanding 120-99 victory inside Capital One Garden in D.C. on Friday.
New York (7-5) won an In-Season Tournament game for the first time in franchise history—and this season by extension—after dropping their debut to the Milwaukee Bucks a week ago.
With a capacity of 20,600 and an attendance of 16,886, at least 16K of the souls watching live on location must have been undercover Knickerbockers. Makes sense, as it was Immanuel Quickley’s homecoming (more or less) so his mom, cousins, aunts, dudes, and dudettes did the right thing by packing the stands to give IQ the boost he needed—as if he needed it.