Drastic change could help reverse the worrying trends for Knick's starters

The number jumps from the side – in the worst way.

It is a great outlier among the others.

The eye test also makes it obvious when observing.

The Knicks starters are depressed.

When all five starter jals Brunson, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns are together on the pitch, they were exceeded in the first three games of their second round against the Celtics with 29 points.

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No other group of five who played together in the three games is worse than minus 7.

“I think a large part of it is how we start playing and start the second half,” said Hart on Sunday. “We did not do a good job to force our will out of the leap into the game. This also has to fight in Detroit. There were also half. There were times when we had a lead of 10 to 12 points, and then we gave up in the first three or four minutes of half.

If these five are together on the pitch that they were together in the series, they shoot brutal 37.0 percent from the field and 23.8 percent from a 3-point range.

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You also have more sales (22) than Assists (21).

Conversely, her best list was replaced when Mitchell replaced Robinson's cities.

In the 14 minutes in which Brunson, Bridges, Anunoby, Hart and Robinson were together in the series on the floor, they exceeded the Celtics with combined nine points.

This means that it would make sense for Thibodeau to play Robinson with the starting unit at the beginning of the quarter.

It would stop the Celtics from hacking it to send it into the line, as it would use the kinks in the bonus in the neighborhood extremely quickly.

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And it would convey more time to the Knicks what was their most effective unit. But it seems unlikely that Thibodeau would start Robinson. Therefore, it will probably be on the normal Five five value to justify the ship.

Throughout the entire post -season, they spoke to the start of games and the second half with more energy and urgency, although the results change little.

So how can you make sure that you support your words and on Monday evening for game 4?

“They are the playoffs. What we did the last game was not acceptable,” said Hart. “It is the playoffs, it is what you always dream of being in these situations. We have to get this meaning or this urgency. We can talk about it, but at the end of the day it comes from the heart of a player. I think we will be ready [Monday]. “”