[ThePundit]

Malik Rose said the Knicks get way too high after wins and it impairs their ability to be consistent.

"I've said it all season," Rose is quoted by Waldstein. "We'll get a win and all of the sudden we think we've arrived. We get a taste of what it could be like. But with winning streaks and good teams that put their work in daily, they get a win and nothing changes. It's still 0-0. They get another win, it's still 0-0. They go on a 20-0 run, the score is 0-0. Stay focused at the task at hand.

"It takes concentration; perseverance and concentration," Rose continued. "We've got to stay focused on the game plan, what you do offensively and defensively. It just takes great deal of concentration and focus to put together win streaks."

Amen to that. I can recall several times recently walking out of a Knicks locker room post-win and feeling like they were way too giddy for a January win. An example was Saturday in Orlando, the Knicks acted as if they just moved into first place in the Atlantic Division. They're still a long ways from a playoff berth.

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