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The New York Knicks are still poised to enter the playoffs in a couple of weeks but they have now lost three games in a row, a concerning trend that has dropped them to the fifth seed in the East.
Speaking on NBA TV, analyst Tim Doyle said the team appears exhausted after the long season and the coaching style of Tom Thibodeau.
According to a video shared by New York Basketball on Twitter, Doyle said:
“You know what the Knicks look? Tired. You know what the Knicks look? Worn out. And why is that? Because Tom Thibodeau runs the starters out there for a ton of minutes and now in late games you know what they are? Running out of gas.”
“You know what the Knicks look? Tired. You know what the Knicks look? Worn out. & why is that? Because Tom Thibodeau runs the starters out there for a ton of minutes. & now in late games you know what they are? Running out of gas”
–– CBS Sports Tim Doylepic.twitter.com/DSCHjiNCtF
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) April 2, 2024
Doyle mentioned that there have been several tough losses for the Knicks lately and certain games where they looked in good shape but made bad mistakes and things just didn’t pan out as expected.
He believes this is because the players are just plain tired.
The NBA season is very long to begin with but Thibodeau’s coaching style has put more strain on the players.
For the last couple of seasons, he has been tinkering with the lineup and changing around starters, bench players, and more, again and again.
This year, he finally found a rotation that he liked, and it has paid off as the Knicks have had one of their best seasons in years.
But they have been playing very hard every single game and are now worn out.
This, of course, comes at the worst time because the playoffs are just a few weeks away.
Because of the position they are in, they cannot give up too many more games, or else they risk entering the Play-In Tournament, which would only make matters worse for them.
That means that no matter how tired Jalen Brunson and his teammates are, they have a busy few weeks ahead of them.
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