On May 13th, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, for the results of the game between the Pacers and the Knicks, it is estimated that everyone already knows, the Pacers won 121-89 by 32 points and won the G4, the two sides will come to the Knicks vs. Tianwang Mountain, we will not go into detail about the process of this game, the Pacers led by 20 points from the first quarter of the game, and they once led by 43 points, and the Knicks collapsed.
The reason why the Knicks lost at home in this game is that their core has withered, Brunson, who played well before, shot 6 of 17 in this game, 0 of 5 three-pointers got 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and the accuracy of the past few games is comparable to Curry's DiVincenzo, who got 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 3 of 13 shots in this game, and Han Hart, who was crazy about rebounding, couldn't do it in this game, got 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 1 of 6 shots, and the Villanova Three Musketeers scored 27 points on 36 shots.
It is reasonable for the team's three cores to lose like this, and the reason why the three cores play so poorly is not because their level is not good, so far in the playoffs, they have also played this game, and the main reason for the poor performance of the three is that their physical fitness is not good, Hart can't jump, DiVincenzo's hand is also soft, and he can't shoot in the vacant position, Brunson is in the best condition among the three, and the result is also in the game, which is affected.
On the other hand, Haliburton scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, Sika scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 7-of-9 shooting, Turner scored 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-5 shooting, and the Pacers' three-core scored 47 points on 29 shooting, which is obviously better than the Knicks' three-core. The main reason why the Knicks' core can't play is Thibodeau.
The Knicks have come to this point, and they have run out of ammunition It can be said that many fans have already guessed that Thibodeau is so dead to rely on the core, to be honest, no one can stand it, and now the consumption of these players in the Knicks can even be compared to James in 18 years, but what kind of body is James? Many players can't stand Thibodeau's death, and they have already been reimbursed for the season, like Randle, Bojan, and Mitchell Robinson.
There are also like Anunoby who missed a lot of games because of injury, like DiVincenzo and Hart, they are okay, although they are tired but at least not injured, and Brunson is even worse, he has been playing with injuries recently, but Thibodeau still does not let him rest, this game is a loss that collapsed early, otherwise Brunson must be a fierce battle of more than 40 minutes, even if he only played 3 quarters, Brunson played for 31 minutes, it was too difficult.
Thibodeau might be better if he could balance the two with Kerr, Kerr just wants the main team to rest too much, and even fans say that he is a rotation of the watch. Thibodeau, on the other hand, does not let the core rest, preferring to let the core play for 48 minutes rather than let other players get a little playing time. To be honest, Thibodeau's strategy can indeed allow the team to maximize its energy, but it is also a huge drain on the core of the team.
Don't other managers know that increasing the playing time of their core can increase the probability of winning? They must know it, but the reason why he rarely does it is because if you add too much playing time to the health and condition of the core, it will not be worth the loss in the long run, look at the Knicks, who have only played 9 games in the playoffs so far, and their core has begun to be unreliable.
On the other hand, the core of the Pacers is getting better, from here we may be able to see the difference between Thibodeau and the famous coach Carlisle, Carlisle does not have to rely on the core, or even say that he has a core that is out of order, and the rest of the team can also come up with excellent firepower to make up for it, so far in the playoffs, the Pacers have averaged 7 double-doubles per game, the most in the league, even if Haliburton and Turner are iron, and McConnell and Toppin stand up.
It's not that the Knicks are unavailable, in fact, they have a few good players in their bench rotation, but Thibodeau doesn't give people a chance, take Burks as an example, if it weren't for Anunoby's injury, Burks wouldn't get playing time, after Anunoby's injury, Burks played very well in the past two games, scoring 20 points on 5-of-11 shooting in 23 minutes of play, and 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the last game.
Previously, TA organized 142 players to vote, and they had a vote for the coach who didn't want to play the most, and as a result, Thibodeau ranked first with 46.8% of the votes, and the second Lao Li had only 9.1% of the votes.
If you can't play the price, you will be directly abandoned, and then you will be reduced to no ball to play, Fournier and Kemba Walker are good examples, they were all star-level existences before joining the Knicks, but now one has been reduced to overseas, and the other has become a marginal rotation, and Sibe is the most pitiful coach in the league.