While they had won five consecutive games on the floor of Madison Square Garden, the Knicks have just lost there twice in the space of a few hours, Monday against the “show” Miles Bridges on the occasion of the “MLK Day” then last night, against the Timberwolves.
Despite 18 lost balls, 9 missed free throws and 30 fouls, the Knicks were still in the game until the end. Author of the equalization attempt 10 seconds from the final buzzer, Evan Fournier, who scored 27 points during the game, did not hit the mark and appeared particularly disappointed in the press conference.
« It’s a tough loss to take. Especially being the one to miss the equalizer, it’s the kind of game that keeps me up at night. You feel bad the next morning, but that’s the reality of this league.” he regretted. ” We didn’t play as a team at the start, we didn’t make smart plays, we didn’t play enough for each other. Our third quarter was very good, we did some good things. So we have to analyze all this and move forward because we have to bounce back. But it’s very frustrating. »
Especially since New York (22 wins – 23 losses) still can’t get back into the Top 10 in the East.
« We must continue to fight. This league is ruthless delivered Kemba Walker, while Tom Thibodeau highlighted the lack of precision of his players in crucial moments. ” It was a battle, a contested match. We just didn’t do what was necessary to win at the end of the game. »
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Julius Randle | 42 | 35.5 | 41.5 | 31.6 | 75.9 | 1.8 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 19.1 |
| R.j. Barrett | 37 | 32.3 | 41.7 | 35.6 | 69.8 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 16.9 |
| Kemba Walker | 24 | 27.3 | 41.4 | 40.3 | 84.0 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
| Evan Fournier | 42 | 28.9 | 41.6 | 39.1 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 13.5 |
| Derrick Rose | 26 | 24.5 | 44.5 | 40.2 | 96.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 |
| Alec Burks | 43 | 27.9 | 38.9 | 40.6 | 83.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 11.7 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 40 | 22.7 | 38.8 | 34.8 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 40 | 25.1 | 78.5 | 0.0 | 55.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Obi Toppin | 39 | 16.0 | 52.9 | 21.0 | 76.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| Quentin Grimes | 26 | 14.2 | 40.9 | 39.6 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Taj Gibson | 27 | 19.0 | 49.4 | 26.7 | 72.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| Kevin Knox | 13 | 8.5 | 37.5 | 35.7 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Nerlens Noel | 18 | 23.0 | 51.1 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Miles Mcbride | 18 | 8.1 | 27.8 | 17.9 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Damyean Dotson | 2 | 10.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Wayne Selden | 3 | 6.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Jericho Sims | 14 | 6.4 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Hall | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Danuel House | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Mooney | 1 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
