Westchester Edged by Delaware on Friday Evening
March 3, 2023 - NBA G League (G League)
Westchester Knicks News Release
BRIDGEPORT, CT - The Westchester Knicks, the official NBA G League affiliate of the New York Knicks, fell in a heartbreaker to the Delaware Blue Coats, 122-117, Friday evening at Total Mortgage Arena.
Knicks (8-15) Two-Way Player Duane Washington. Jr. racked up a career-high 38 points on 48.3-percent, four rebounds, three assists and six triples. MJ Walker (affiliate) posted 20 points. Garrison Brooks (affiliate) registered 18 points and eight boards. Melvin Frazier Jr. (trade) hauled a game-high 12 rebounds and scored eight points.
For Delaware (17-7), Mac McClung led with 29 points on 57.9-percent. Jaden Springer recorded 25 points on 52.6-percent, 11 rebounds and eight dimes. Michael Foster Jr. had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Westchester and Delaware kept it close in the opening moments of the first quarter. Delaware managed to jump out to a 12-point lead by the midway mark of the window on an abrupt 12-0 run, 24-12. Westchester narrowed it to single digits for most of the remainder of the first and trailed just five by the start of the second. The Knicks and Blue Coats stayed within striking distance of one another through the second period with Delaware owning a two-point edge by the intermission, 68-66.
Neither team credited a double-figure lead for the duration of the game with four ties occurring before the final buzzer. The last deadlocked score came with 1:09 left, 114-up. Untimely turnovers and empty possessions impeded the Knicks comeback and three trips to the line for the Blue Coats helped promote and protect their eventual lead.
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