So if I understand it correctly, if we beat Toronto tonight, we all but guarantee that they will be the sixth seed. And since our chances of passing Boston are pretty slight, I would not mind at all having to play Toronto as our first round match up.

I was kind of surprised to learn that Tatum is shooting 33% from deep this year, after shooting 34% last year (on over 10 3PAs/game!). In his last 5 seasons, he only shot above 35% once.

Josh Hart is a career 35% shooter from deep.

It goes to show that the willingness to shoot does go a long way.

Also: Josh Hart leads the Knicks in 3P% this season.

work has been crazy and so i haven’t had so much time to watch games, but I made a point of watching last night (Prime Video’s 10 second skip ahead is terrible btw)– random thoughts:

1) i honestly have never seen Boston’s defense get stuck in the blender as much as they did in the 4th quarter last night. 4Q stats – Knicks shot 12/18 from the field, 8 assists, zero TOs. 14 points in the paint compared to 4 for Boston. As to whether Boston was holding something back strategically/schematically for the playoffs, I don’t know.

2) KAT/JB 2 man game was honestly amazing. JB’s pocket passing has been so much better recently – I don’t know whether they’ve been working on it in practice, whether there’s something they’re doing spacing-wise that is making it easier for him, but it has been so different. He also had a behind the back pass to KAT on a pick and pop 3 that he very rarely does.

3) I would love to see trends in terms of passes off drives for KAT as the season has gone on. Whether it’s a drive or on the short roll after getting a pocket pass from JB, it really seems he is trying not to do those bull in a china shop fouls that he did so frequently earlier… again I haven’t watched much recently, but it’s noticeable to me when I do watch (does anyone know where one can find offensive foul data?)

4) When KAT and JB play passable defense as they did – Knicks are going to be tough

5) the new 2Q/4Q starting rotation -> is this so that it’s harder for opposing coaches to Hack-a-Mitch?

6) KAT pre-ASB -> TS 59.7 on 26.1 usage. Post-ASB -> TS 67.3 on 25.5 usage and a net rating of +18.

by the way if anyone is not following @shaxnba twitter account – he goes through a few of the knicks actions last night and how they adjusted to what the celtics were trying to do.

also this thread – excellent: https://x.com/azmatlanba/status/2042574269176033615?s=20

I would not take much away from the game last night in terms of how we match up with Boston. Sure, there were positives, most notably that Brunson made everyone better on a level that is very encouraging. But this iteration of the Celts revolves around Jaylen Brown. There was one game this year where Brown iso’ed vs. Brunson and got whatever he wanted in the paint. Last night, the plan seemed to be to isolate Tatum on Brunson, but it didn’t work because Brunson played him quite well without the need for doubling (which made it clear to me that Tatum is still pretty compromised despite the gaudy stats.)

And more than anything else, I think that a series against them will come down to how well we deal with Brown’s forays into the paint.

Missed the game because i thought it was today! (faceplam)

But i loved reading this…

Brunson had a sensational game, every bit of a star PG that makes his teammates better.

We need the best version of Brunson to stand a chance in the playoffs.

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