KAT It's understandable the fans didn't know what version they would see of us especially during this series we didn't play our best basketball For us to make a statement about who we could be when we're clicking on all cylinders it's great for us It's about consistency in the playoffs

Kenny Atkinson in the postgame of Game 1I thought they hit some really tough shots in the 4th quarter we got a little unlucky quite honestlyI'm super proud of the way our group played We played great basketball tonight for 3 quartersHe blames fatigue for the drop

SNY Karl-Anthony Towns was asked if he thinks the Knicks have saved their best basketball of the season for the playoffs I would hope so That's the hope you hope that at this time you're the best version of yourselves

SNY Kenny Atkinson said losing the Game 6s in the previous rounds hurt the Cavaliers We win those Game 6s we beat the Knicks - I'm not saying that but I think it gives us a better chance But the density of the frequency of the games played a part in it

Mitch Johnson We needed to continue to play the brand of basketball regardless of the outcome or the score

Victor Wembanyama We had never been in this kind of situation before It was our first deficit in the playoff series and we just responded It was nothing amazing it wasn't magic we just did what we needed to do And the series is far from over We got 6 more wins before we can rest

Paul George after the Game 1 loss - We had breakdowns tonight but they also shot the s--t out of the ball They were hot they came out hot they came out on fire But it's a game of adjustments we'll make adjustments They don't get any extra points for going up big tonight