Knicks’ Deuce McBride gets real on pain from core muscle surgery in playoffs

Recently, the New York Knicks tied up their first round series against the Atlanta Hawks with a resounding Game 4 win on the road. The Knicks turned in their best performance of the postseason in this one, shaking off two straight last-second losses to Atlanta to tie things up heading back to New York.

Knicks reserve guard Miles McBride played well in both games in Atlanta after a disastrous Game 2, and recently, the guard got 100% real on how he is playing through pain after undergoing core surgery during the season.

“I mean. I had surgery. Yeah. Everybody’s banged up at this time of the year so you’ve gotta go out there and perform,” said McBride, per Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News on X, formerly Twitter.

McBride missed a big chunk of games during the regular season, which opened the door for Tyler Kolek to establish a role for himself in the rotation at one point.

However, McBride has since reassumed his position as the Knicks’ backup point guard, and he has played well over the last two games, particularly in Game 3, when he knocked down five triples off the bench.

Overall, the Knicks have played like the better team for the majority of this series, but they’ll still need to put in work in order to win two out of the next three against the Hawks. If Game 5 ends up going down to the wire, New York will want to learn from some of their previous crunch time mistakes in this series and execute better down the stretch.

In any case, Game 5 of this series is set for Tuesday evening at 8:00 pm ET from Madison Square Garden in New York.

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