“Dougie McBuckets,” Kyle O’Quinn bellowed.
“That’s what he do,” Tim Hardaway Jr. added. “He gets buckets since he was born.”
Doug McDermott wasn’t just a fan favorite Tuesday night. He was also the toast of the Knicks’ locker room after he produced his best performance in blue and orange, scoring 20 points on just eight field-goal attempts and keying a come-from-behind 118-113 victory over the Hornets at the Garden on Tuesday night.
McDermott, who came to the Knicks along with Enes Kanter in the Carmelo Anthony trade, was perfect from 3-point range (3-for-3), and perfect from the free-throw line (3-for-3), shooting the lights out and scoring 10 fourth-quarter points.