Will the Knicks go 16-0 in the playoffs? Maybe.

Will the Knicks crash out in the first round? Equally probable.

Turns out these are your Knickerbockers today. Black or white, white or black.

Mike Brown

On taking the schedule one game at a time amid a tough stretch:

“You know the schedule better than me. I know we’re going to Toronto some time soon. That’s too many games for me to think about. I just take them one game at a time. I know we’ve got San Antonio at [1 p.m.] on Sunday and just trying to figure out how we’re gonna prepare for them.”

On OG Anunoby’s offensive impact on Sunday:

“It’s big. And I said this before his toe injury, he was playing at an extremely high level. This is how he was playing to a certain degree. To see that, to feel it, all that other stuff was big.”

On Bridges’ season being a process:

“It’s just a process — new coach, new system, both offensively and defensively. Not only that, but a new team and more guys behind him. Landry (Shamet) didn’t play much last year. (Miles) McBride didn’t play much last year. We got Jose (Alvarado) and we can move Jalen (Brunson) to the two-guard. There’s different ways we can go, and whether it’s Mikal or this guy or that guy, if we need to make a change over the course of the game because we need something different, it’s there. Again, guys don’t always get the minutes or shots that they want, but our first standard is about sacrificing, and everyone in that room is willing to sacrifice to make sure we achieve one common goal.”

On the team’s high-level defensive performance vs. San Antonio:

“Even the games we haven’t scored a lot of points, like at Chicago and then Houston, our defense has gotten better. We had five guys on a string,”

On telling the team to keep shooting against the Spurs:

“We started taking the right shots. I told our guys ‘let that thing fly.’ Once we started letting it fly, good things started to happen.”

On limiting the Spurs from three being a key for the win:

“That’s a really good team. They missed some shots, but I think our weakside defense was really good. For them to shoot 26, 27 percent from 3, our activity on the weakside was really good.”

On Diawara’s fearlessness and confidence:

“First thing I would say, Mo is not afraid. For a young guy, I’ve thrown him out there in games, to start, on national TV and he didn’t bat an eye. He might’ve started three games in a row, then he might not have played at all the fourth game. He doesn’t bat an eye. He’s the most confident young man I’ve been around. He’s got a chance to be, not good, [but] good-good. He’s worked extremely hard on his shooting, because like you saw tonight, teams play off of him.”

On the team’s lack of physicality and effort vs. Spurs on New Year’s Eve:

“They just, s–t, excuse my French, but they just outworked us in a lot of ways. [Spurs coach Mitch Johnson] kicked my ass. The rest of the team kicked our ass. We all got our ass kicked today. First of all, our physicality wasn’t good. We haven’t figured out how to be physical for 48 minutes in the last I don’t know how many games. And doing it without fouling. We pick up some silly fouls that we have to do a better job of. I feel everybody understands that. But now we have to go do it. So now our physicality isn’t good. And we just haven’t been able to — I don’t know if we’re tired or what, we haven’t been able to sustain anything defensively for 48 minutes. And we’ve won a lot of games and you want to win games and feel good about it. But at the end of the day, if we don’t figure out how we’re going to sustain what we’re supposed to do on defense for 48 minutes, it’s going to be a long year for us and it’s going to catch up with us.”

Karl-Anthony Towns

On bouncing back through adversity:

“It’s important to battle through adversity. In a playoff setting, you may lose one, you’ve got to bounce back and get the next one, and we’ve done a good job of showing we can bounce back quick. It’s a good sign for us but consistency is everything. As long as we can keep building off this momentum and keep building off this mindset, we can be the best team we can be come April.”

Mikal Bridges

On crediting teammates for his 25-point game against the Spurs:

“My teammates. Pretty much them. Ain’t nothing to it.”

On balancing scoring with defensive energy:

“It’s nice. But just trying to get the energy going on defense. We’ve got a lot of guys who can score, so sometimes the touches might be limited, but just control what I can control, and that’s bring energy on both ends and try to make the right read and be aggressive.”

On bringing his ‘A’ game vs. the Spurs:

“They’re a really good team and you have to bring your ‘A’ game. We have a lot of guys who can score so sometimes touches might be limited. But I try to control what I can control and that’s bring energy on both ends.”

On team defense and helping the helper:

“Just defense. We did a great job defensively as a team and just helping each other out. Sometimes there will be some missed coverages, but next guy stepping up for each other, that’s huge for us. Especially pick and roll and helping the helper. I think in the past, sometimes we’re leaving guys on an island and not trusting each other as much. But we talked about it, and we had to be better and we’ll keep getting better at it.”

Landry Shamet

On enjoying Bridges’ breakout performance:

“It’s fun [watching him score like that]. He’s dunking, man. His nose’s bleeding. Mikal’s at his best when he’s playing and he’s free and he’s having fun. It’s good to see.”

On Bridges’ versatility and sacrifice:

“He’s an incredible player. Obviously we all know where he came from before he got here. He’s capable of being in larger roles. He’s capable of being the 3-and-D guy in Phoenix for six years. He’s able to do so much as a basketball player, and for him to have a night like tonight, it’s just good to see. It’s good for the group. He plays the right way and that rewards you. It might not get all the glory every night, but he can have a few nights where he [gets the love].”

On urging Diawara to stay aggressive:

“Every time the ball touches his hands, I’m yelling at him to shoot it. I want that kid to stay aggressive. Obviously, we know how raw and talented he is.”

Josh Hart

On Bridges needing to be involved offensively:

“Yeah, he’s someone that can score the ball. Sometimes, the ball has energy and you have to get him some of those shots and get him involved. On defense, he’s playing the passing lane and you kind of saw that today. It’s great to really see him get him going, and get him going in some games, and really feed off of it.”

On Bridges adjusting to a reduced offensive role:

“You come here and have Jalen and (Karl-Anthony Towns) and, offensively, might have to take a step back. Sometimes that’s difficult. Sometimes that’s tough. You go from getting 15–20 play calls to getting three or four play calls. Mentally, it can take time to adjust to that. I think that’s something he’s worked with and getting more comfortable with it. He’s able to not worry about that or focus on that and play his game.”

On the need for sustaining playoff-level defense:

“I think It’s just another example of where we can be defensively. We have to do that on a nightly basis. Now, we know it’s all about getting better every day and being the best team we can be going into the playoffs. We have to continue to build off of this. And not have lulls at this point. It can’t be up and down. It has to be a steady climb.”

Mohamed Diawara

On teammates encouraging him to shoot:

“Everybody was like ‘keep shooting and take your shot,’ The whole team told me to shoot, for real.”