Knicks had some wide open looks early in the game that if they hit even just a few of them it's a different game and they don't have to blow their load coming back from 22 down. Way she goes sometimes after beating CLE at home who just beat Boston then you have a let down the next game. Part of being a bad team (which we are now without our guys). Need guys to play well above their heads to win games. Every day is a day closer to getting OG and Randle back into the lineup. One would think OG has gotta be pretty damn close.
A few other things of notes.
Burks is hot trash. I really hope he doesn't see the court when our guys get back, he brings nothing at all to the table and I think he's largely cooked as a pro. He's lost enough of a step and enough of lift on his J where he is just a bad shot missor now.
Josh Hart plays his ass off but his body language sucks. He's constantly making overtures at mistakes by his teammates and non stop complaining to the refs even when he is clearly wrong. He needs to be better at that. I get he's the "heart and soul" of the team like Draymond but he's gotta stop dogging his teammates if they miss a shot or a rotation. Let Thibs chew them out.
iHart hasn't been the same since injury, probably as expected. We really need to get that platoon back. And I think his torrid stretch wearing off is good for us resigning him and good for him maybe thinking a platoon with another big is best role for him going forward.
Bogs wasn't great, his shooting seems to have been a little overstated, but he's starting to find a comfort zone I think and hopefully when our guys get back he's largely taking wide open 3s. I think he will find a role in the playoff rotation.