A qualification of the Knicks for the playoffs remains an event for two decades. Indeed, since 2002, the Knicks have only made the playoffs five times and won only one series…
Will the sixth be the right one? We will have to wait to find out, but with this success against the Wizards, Tom Thibodeau’s troops have at least ensured their presence for the first round. For the second time in three years.
“It’s a great success, because it was one of our objectives”explains the New York coach for ESPN. ” One among others. This is the next step. We are focused on the rest, we know that the next game is important, so we will have to be ready to face Indiana and continue to tick the boxes. »
A decisive month of February
Thibodeau is obviously in his role, to keep his team focused for the last matches of the regular season, but the players are not going to hide their pleasure.
” It’s awesome. We fight for that. We want to be able to play for the title, so going further in the season is a good thing.” commented Jalen Brunson. “It’s a good success,” continues Immanuel Quickley. “But I think we want even more of ourselves. »
Relatively average during the first months of the season, the Knicks passed the second in February, with their series of 11 victories in 12 matches to thus become credible candidates for the playoffs, and no longer for the “play-in”.
“I said it at the time: our owner believes in us,” recalls Thibodeau, referring to comments by James Dolas in January who believed that the Knicks had the potential to make the playoffs. ” That’s what I want. Our job is to do the work on a daily basis: we don’t cheat, we don’t cut corners. If we work, we will be better and we will have our chances. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Julius Randle | 77 | 35.6 | 45.9 | 34.3 | 75.7 | 1.8 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 25.1 |
| Jalen Brunson | 67 | 34.9 | 49.0 | 41.7 | 82.9 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 24.0 |
| Rj Barrett | 71 | 33.8 | 43.3 | 31.7 | 74.3 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 19.5 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 77 | 28.6 | 44.5 | 36.0 | 81.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.2 |
| Josh Hart | 21 | 29.9 | 63.4 | 57.8 | 79.2 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 11.0 |
| Quentin Grimes | 67 | 29.4 | 45.7 | 37.6 | 79.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 10.4 |
| Cam Reddish | 20 | 21.9 | 44.9 | 30.4 | 87.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 56 | 26.9 | 69.2 | 0.0 | 49.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 7.2 |
| Evan Fournier | 23 | 18.0 | 35.1 | 32.4 | 85.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| Obi Toppin | 63 | 14.5 | 42.4 | 33.3 | 78.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| Derrick Rose | 27 | 12.5 | 38.4 | 30.2 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 78 | 19.8 | 52.9 | 21.6 | 69.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| jericho sims | 50 | 15.6 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| Miles Mcbride | 60 | 11.8 | 36.1 | 30.6 | 67.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 13 | 3.1 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Trevor Keels | 3 | 2.7 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono | 11 | 2.4 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
