A victory, a loss, a victory, a defeat… Throughout the second half of November, the Knicks have not stopped yo-yo in their results. For ten days, victories have become even rarer since the New Yorkers have won only one of their last five outings.
Last setback to date, this night on the floor of the Pacers. A heavy defeat of 22 points (122-100) where the defensive difficulties of the team again emerged: at the break, they had already conceded 70 points.
« We just gotta be tough enough to do it right “, Claims after the match Tom Thibodeau, according to which his troop did not put enough gas to start the meeting. The coach does not want to point the finger at a specific player, but to include the whole group. ” We scored but we did not defend. »
A problem of concentration
The technician suspects that this lack of energy can be partially explained by the match of the day before, brilliantly won on the floor of Spurs. ” We knew it would be a challenge compared to our schedule but we have to find a way out. Sometimes the schedule works in your favor, sometimes not, but you always have to play. […] Matches that start early or late, travel, back-to-back… It doesn’t matter, in the end, we all play 82 matches. »
« It’s frustrating, but we have to keep moving forward ”, complete Julius Randle, 18 points last night but 6/18 on shots. “It has to do with our concentration. I think everyone was a bit drained. We have to be mentally stronger to overcome this. »
A better mental approach to correct these concerns of constancy then?
« I don’t know, I would like to have the answer “, retorts Evan Fournier (7 points to 2/6), according to whom the group is well aware of this collective irregularity. “Like I said, it starts individually. How do you approach the game and how do you prepare to play? There are nights when we’re going to run out of shots. It’s just basketball. But the main area where you need to improve is in focus and execution. »
| Tirs | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Julius Randle | 24 | 35.4 | 43.4 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 1.8 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 19.9 |
| R.j. Barrett | 23 | 31.3 | 40.7 | 34.7 | 70.4 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 14.8 |
| Evan Fournier | 24 | 28.5 | 41.5 | 38.5 | 76.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 13.0 |
| Derrick Rose | 21 | 23.6 | 45.5 | 40.8 | 96.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 12.3 |
| Kemba Walker | 18 | 24.5 | 42.9 | 41.3 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 11.7 |
| Alec Burks | 24 | 24.6 | 41.5 | 43.6 | 82.4 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 11.6 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 24 | 21.0 | 39.0 | 34.7 | 92.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Obi Toppin | 24 | 15.4 | 53.1 | 18.4 | 76.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 21 | 25.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 60.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 7.0 |
| Nerlens Noel | 11 | 23.8 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 92.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| Taj Gibson | 11 | 18.6 | 48.4 | 0.0 | 77.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Quentin Grimes | 12 | 6.3 | 36.8 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Kevin Knox | 5 | 3.7 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Jericho Sims | 8 | 6.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Miles Mcbride | 6 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Wayne Selden | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
