Perhaps the best indication of what’s important for these Knicks was the theme of Wednesday night’s postgame locker room interviews.

Mikal Bridges led the Knicks with 28 points and had a wild plus-43 in Monday night’s 143-106 win over Memphis at Madison ...

Morant scored just 10 points on 5-13 shooting while being completely taken out of the game by New York's top wing defender.

Now, it's not surprising that Josh Hart—who's one of Mikal Bridges' best friends—would come to his defense. But it wasn't just Hart. A number of players did. Because they were struggling.