Nalod wrote:Uptown wrote:The ball and player movement was really good in the first half with 19 assists. Yes, the nets picked up their intensity in the second half, but we helped them out by becoming stagnant and running a series of Iso's, beginning with Burks in the 3rd quarter. This has been a theme throughout the season; we go away from what has been working, and slow the game down and run a series of Iso's in the 2nd half. Difficult to score consistently when you are running iso's with inefficient players.
We go away from it or does defense take it away? Doe you accout players on court minutes and pace? They get tired too. No doubt the score tells the tale.
The other night my neighbor had a big NCAA finals party and is rabid UNC fans. Half time they got in back yard and whooped it up. I came over and told them “your team is not deep, and they will get tired. That, and Kansas is deep and they big………He razzed me”. Next morning he was contrite. “How did you know?” He asked. “Dude, I did not say UNC would not pull it out but ebb and flow with adjustments happen as do players get tired. Its about execution, not what the coach is asking them to do, UNC had to factor lack of depth and guys named Puff are not monsters eitehr.”
Thibs knows this. All coaches do. Try to get out in front of it and when you do and it don’t work it looks bad. When it does it seems ok cuz they got the win.
I'm sure some of the Knick players were gassed down the stretch. However, I believe KD and Kyrie played the entire second half as well. The point that I am making is not to suggest the Knicks would have won if they continued to move the ball like they did in the 1st half, instead, my point is to put these players in a position to be successful. We do not have elite iso-players on this team. With that said, from time to time, RJ has severe tunnel-vision. I think he makes up his mind to shoot, at times, instead of properly reading the play.
But beyond that, freethrow shooting killed us as well....
4/9/2022 9:28 PM