“When we work together, our offense can become very good. » Tom Thibodeau can rejoice after this trip to Detroit. The Knicks had a great time on the Pistons floor.
They scored 39 points in the first quarter, at 62% shooting success, losing only one ball and pushing the poor Pistons to 26 points at the end of this first act. This will end with 128 points at 51% shooting success, 47% at 3-pts and 31 assists.
New York’s best passer? Karl-Anthony Towns, with 7 offerings. “With his qualities, you have to go through KAT, and then that opens up space for others to cut”analyzes the Knicks coach. “And the more we cut, the more we have easy shots and open 3-point shots. And he wants to turn the ball, to make the play for others. »
The Knicks coach also adds that his interior “develops very good automatisms with Jalen Brunson”who finished as his team’s leading scorer in this victory in Michigan, with 36 points.
Play the most minutes of “good basketball”
This offensive demonstration in Little Caesars Arena is a promise of the Knicks’ offensive potential. Certainly, it is carried out against a team in difficulty (a victory after six matches), but it opens up rather pleasing possibilities.
“We are trying to achieve an impossible goal: no one in the history of the NBA has played a full 48 minutes. Boston, on the first night of the season, was not far away”indicates Josh Hart, in reference to the spanking received by the Knicks against the Celtics, the evening when the latter received their championship ring and hung their 18th banner from the ceiling of TD Garden.
“It’s impossible to achieve as a goal, we know that, but we have to work for it,” adds the New York player. “In this game, we probably played a good 30 minutes of basketball. Monday, we will go to Houston and the goal will be to play, at least, 32, 33 or 34 minutes of good basketball, and to continue to build again and again. Until, at the end of the season, we become the best possible team. »
