New York – Sometimes the blows come in, sometimes they don’t do it.
This is not what it is. The New York Knicks offensive during the defeat of the 100-94 on Monday evening match against the Strait Pistons was self-centered. It was disorderly. It was unruly.
The New York offensive sometimes looked like a collection race, like a Hoopers collection had just met the other a few minutes before the second biggest game of the season. The Knicks offensive sometimes looked like a group of heroes trying all to take an individual credit for deleting the final boss. Sometimes the New York offensive seemed not to know what it was supposed to do.
The Knicks have gained their position as seeded n ° 3 of the eastern conference behind an elite and effective offense which ranked fifth in the NBA. You would not have known it while watching the match on Monday.
“It derives from us playing more slowly,” said Josh Hart. “When we play quickly, it is difficult for the teams to follow. We had a lot of weapons there.
New York’s 15 assists had as much to do with the stagnant offensive that Hart mentioned because she made shots miss. The 42% shot of knicks on the ground had as much to do with the selection of shooting as with the ball through the basket. It is possible that all of this was manifested for New York because it was taken too much in the fact that the physical pistons, very defending but also arrows, had committed only one shooting lack, according to the managers, in the first 24 minutes of the game – a light socket, but not one which should track a veteran team at this stage.
Karl-Anthony Towns’ last attempt to shoot with 5:20 to do in the third quarter. It cannot happen. Jalen Brunson himself took 27 shots, while Towns, Mikal Bridges and Og Anunoby combined for 39 shots. Against a defense like that of Detroit, it cannot happen.
No one is to blame for what happened. It was an offensive performance deserving of many finger points, which, if it would happen, could have the Knicks on the strings of a series that he must win.
Towns’ took only five points at 3 points through two games in this series. Part of this is his fact, but this is an example of the way it is not and New York needs his bullets to be more aware of their environment.
Brunson does everything here until he lets the ball leave. Its penetration of Dribble-Drive creates an advantage and means that Paul Reed, who keeps the cities, springs in painting to try to deny the lay-up. Brunson knows that he is doubled but never recognizes that Towns is alone. And while the Knicks Star Gard has made this shot a million times this season, it does not fall here. Even if this is the case, this is not good reading. Towns, a 3 -point sniper, is wide open.
“I feel like I put myself in places and missing shots that I normally make,” said Brunson after the match. “And I have the impression that it could be much better. And I stand at a higher level than that. And I just have to put my team in a position to win. And all other things do not matter. Statistics, when it comes to a loss, does not matter.
Without a doubt, the Knicks must do a better job to involve cities, but he does not blame himself either.
The teams like to keep cities with smaller wings and it is because of a case like this, where an opponent can sometimes bait the big man in New York in a difficult blow.
Cities should do their jobs early here. He should put the smallest Tobias Harris under the basket, not only giving himself a better blow, but, potentially, by drawing a fault in the process. The cities do not do this and, instead, upset the defense of Detroit. He is content to catch the ball outside the paint, takes six recoil dribbles (none with a goal) just to get a difficult jumps away outside the paint, while wasting eight seconds in the process.
In a perfect world, apart from getting closer to the basket, cities reject the Ballon of Cameron Payne as soon as Dennis Schröder cracks. If Payne does not have 3 after that, the pistons are probably in a defensive rotation because Schröder will have to recover from Payne.
There are too many goods like this for a talented offense in New York. Towns is qualified enough to make this shot, but it is not a good process for a team of Knicks against a defense that already makes things difficult by themselves. It makes life easier for pistons. Cities should know.
Another problem that has regularly presented in New York is the lack of discipline with its spacing. The above clip is an excellent example.
The Knicks flow in a pick-and-roll Brunson-Hart which allows the first to go down. Hart, as he is supposed to do as a non-shooter in the programming, rolls in the basket to force the defense to collapse. The cities seem that he is going to the corner, which he is supposed to do, but never does it completely. However, as soon as Brunson approaches painting, the cities plunge towards the basket, almost crashing into Hart, and a turnover occurs.
It seems that Brunson expects the cities to be in the area and must adjust the tunes when he notices that the great man has cut the edge. If the cities had been spaced instead, it is possible that it could enter a capture and a shot 3 or at least cause the rotation of Strait. Harris had his eyes locked up on Brunson’s reader before the cities take off and, as you can see, he realized that he had made a mistake when Brunson jumped to go. However, Harris thought that Towns was still in the area and was trying to recover. This turnover seems to have been able to be easily avoided by shooting it on the principles.
Throughout match 2, there have been many examples of how the Knicks offensive was everywhere. It was a frustration feast bag, perhaps triggered by the lack of calls that the team received first half. Even then, this team has too many veterans and too many talents to have the stinking of an attacking artist he did on Monday evening.
The playoffs are a different beast. New York knows. The margin of error is the thin razor compared to the regular season, even for a team as talented as the Knicks. The only thing New York cannot do is facilitate things for pistons. No more. Otherwise, this season could end earlier than everyone planned.
(Photo of the cities of Karl-Anthony defended by Tobias Harris: Al Bello / Getty Images)
