Walt Frazier Slams Knicks During Blowout Loss To Thunder: 'No Teamwork. Just Bouncing The Ball.'

The Oklahoma City Thunder blew out the New York Knicks 126-101 at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. The Knicks were down by as many as 30 points at one stage and Walt Frazier, who was calling the game, slammed the players on the broadcast.

"What you're seeing from the Knicks now folks: No teamwork. Just bouncing the ball," Frazier said. "(Karl-Anthony) Towns bouncing. (Jalen) Brunson bouncing. People standing around. This is not how they've been successful. They usually average 28 assists…13 assists right now. So the ball is not moving."

The Knicks ended up recording 18 assists on the night, well below their season average of 27.2. As Frazier pointed out, the players were holding on to the ball a bit too much at times and it contributed to the team having one of its worst games of the season.

The Knicks went 37-96 (38.5%) from the field against the Thunder but if you think that's bad, there's worse to come. They went a horrific 4-31 (12.9%) from beyond the arc and you're not going to be competitive in too many games when you shoot that poorly. 

Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby had their worst games of the season against the Thunder. Bridges had zero points (0-9 FG), one rebound, and two assists on the night while Anunoby had four points (2-8 FG), three rebounds, and two assists. 

As for the stars, Jalen Brunson had 27 points (7-15 FG), one rebound, and five assists. Brunson didn't play well, though, and did most of his damage at the line (12-12 FT). Karl-Anthony Towns, meanwhile, had 23 points (9-16 FG), 10 rebounds, one assist, and one steal. They took just four threes between them and needed to shoot more.

While the Knicks have deservedly gotten hammered for their play, the Thunder do deserve a lot of credit for shutting them down. You can check out a play from the game below which sums up how just how well the visitors were defending.