Knickoftime wrote:93BUICK wrote:That's why the next two games will show if this team is truly hungry, like they have played most of the last 4 games- if that happens then it's a moral victory- If they maintain this focus and energy it really would be a huge jump and an exciting group to watch come together.
The thing with teams trying to improve, it isn't always clean and linear.
The Knicks wll take steps backwards again this year. They're gonna lose games they "should" have won and they're gonna have losing streaks.
Can't put all your eggs into one basket.
Look at where they are in bigger chunks. At the end of the month. After a group of games like the last 11.
After the first 7 of these past 11 games things looked a LOT different than they do a week later.
Wins in the next 3 would be nice, but not make or break.
Nah! I think this team expects to win now. They have figured out some things. You can see that they aren't bothered by scoring droughts in games or the strength of the opponent. They're developing more and more chemistry and as someone pointed out they have some nice 2 man chemistry developing with certain players. It's just not some flukey thing like suddenly hitting a bunch of 3's. They're doing it different ways but overall with confidence in what they're doing.
Used to be that in games like this one against the Spurs they would've folded and gotten blown out. They have BELIEF now that is keeping that from happening. They trust each other and they know what they're trying to do out there. It's not the end of their development but they've reached a new level. I can see them getting even better.
The only way they mess this up is with complacency. Taking thins for granted. In terms of their effort. I do believe they understand how to execute at a higher level now and that is something that should remain. They won't forget how to play, but they could take a step back in effort if not careful. This is the thing they have to watch out for.
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