WP76 wrote:How many games do we lose simply because other teams have consistently better three point shooters than we do? Tonight Indiana's long range skills appear to be far better than ours and it makes a difference. If Hardaway's not hitting from downtown, we're at a severe disadvantage because we don't really have anyone else who's a consistent deep threat.

McDermott, Lee, Dotson can all hit the 3

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:Knicks struggle against penetrating guards! They have to tighten up their Trap game and turn the Guard back.

We can't push the pace like we should,we definitely need a faster pg in the mix

The Pacers play with 2 PG’s and 3 ball handling quick guards at times. Jeff was BIG on that in Phoenix and Eventually the Knicks will need to do that.

Cartman718 wrote:

Uptown wrote:Last few games we had the advantage up front...the Pacers 4 and 5's are killing us...Sabonis, Turner and Young are owning our front line tonight...

So here's the thing. Turner had 2 fouls quickly in the first quarter. We didn't take advantage of that and go inside. We wanted to play shoot from the outside

I agree. Knicks aren’t using their SIZE inside. We can’t match their speed. Gotta post them to death 💀

Cartman718 wrote:Purely on the coach. This score. Not telling the team to go inside each possession

Nah gotta give Indiana credit. The Knicks are getting in the paint more than usual in this game. Indiana has been playing great interior defense.

meloshouldgo wrote:The speed of their guards is blistering, we don't have anything to match that. Lee had a fast break where he got outrun for the block and he had at least 5 ft on the guy when the started off.

Yeah their speed and ball handling is superior to anything we’ve got. Gotta play smarter! THJ forced bad shots. We didn’t go inside enough. Just missed open 3’s too. Gotta make those open 3’s.

BigDaddyG wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:Sabonis is fluid, and very high IQ

He's giving me Tyler Hansborough flashbacks with the way he's muscling us inside. Must hold a grudge against Enes from their OKC days.

I think that's doing injustice to him, Hansbrough was bruiser with very little skill, this kid is just gifted. He has the bruising element for sure, but he can shoot jumpers, put it on the floor, pass like guard. I think OKC busted out on both their trades. I would take Sabonis over anybody else on both trades - for where the Knicks are now

Q3 9:10
NYK 51 IND 64