Although the Joel Embiid – James Harden duo was brilliant, and Philadelphia dominated the first period, the Knicks were still in the game at the start of the last quarter against the Sixers. Except that, as often this season, the last act was missed.
The Knicks have indeed only scored 20 points in the last quarter, with a weak 9/25 to shoot and a very, very ugly 1/9 behind the arc…
“In hot times, we no longer have any confidence”confirms Evan Fournier for SNY. “We doubt what we should do, who to lean on… Whereas it should be second nature: boom, boom, boom, we do it like this or like that. We have no rhythm or confidence in the last quarter. So as long as it’s not settled, things won’t change and it will be difficult to win against good teams. »
The Knicks’ numbers in the last quarter this season show that the Frenchman is right: New York is the 27th team in the league in points scored and the 28th in shooting address in the last twelve minutes of games. They are also the team that commits the most fouls in the last quarter.
They also have the 23rd “Net Rating” (difference between offensive and defensive efficiency) in the last quarter of the matches… and the 29th in the decisive moments. Only the Pacers are doing worse this season.
The “play-in” will start to move further and further away
As always when it comes to the mind, lack of confidence leads to defeats and failures, which themselves lead to lower confidence. But how to break this vicious circle?
“Maybe win one or two games where we execute our systems well, and then we will say to ourselves that this is how it should be”responds the former Orlando and Boston. “Because there, we are not far away, we should win these matches, it is really frustrating. »
There is urgency because the “play-in” will slowly move away if the Knicks do not quickly reverse the trend. Atlanta, currently 10th in the Eastern Conference, is already 4.5 wins ahead and New York remains on five losses in a row, and even 15 of the last 18 games.
“We have to find”annonce Mitchell Robinson au New York Post. “We talked about it, if something works for us, we have to repeat it every time. But there is always change. You have to find what works well and stick with it.”
Except that since the successful start to the season, with five wins in six matches, nothing has really moved in the right direction for Tom Thibodeau’s troops…
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Julius Randle | 58 | 35.7 | 41.6 | 30.2 | 76.8 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 19.7 |
| R.j. Barrett | 49 | 33.2 | 41.7 | 36.2 | 69.0 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 18.6 |
| Evan Fournier | 58 | 29.6 | 42.1 | 39.2 | 72.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 14.5 |
| Derrick Rose | 26 | 24.5 | 44.5 | 40.2 | 96.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Kemba Walker | 37 | 25.6 | 40.3 | 36.7 | 84.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Alec Burks | 59 | 26.7 | 38.2 | 38.7 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 10.9 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 56 | 21.2 | 36.9 | 32.6 | 91.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 54 | 25.5 | 75.9 | 0.0 | 51.9 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 8.3 |
| Obi Toppin | 55 | 15.0 | 50.8 | 22.1 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
| Quentin Grimes | 40 | 17.4 | 42.1 | 39.8 | 64.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.3 |
| Cam Reddish | 10 | 12.0 | 34.2 | 26.3 | 95.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Taj Gibson | 39 | 18.3 | 52.6 | 36.4 | 75.8 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| Kevin Knox | 13 | 8.5 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Nerlens Noel | 25 | 22.5 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| Damyean Dotson | 2 | 10.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Miles Mcbride | 22 | 7.0 | 25.4 | 15.6 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Wayne Selden | 3 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Jericho Sims | 19 | 7.1 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Hall | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Danuel House | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Mooney | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
