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The Knicks aware that the hardest part remains

It was the first reaction of Jalen Brunson Sunday evening, after the third victory of the Knicks in the series, synonymous with a comfortable 3-1 lead: It’s far from over. »

A way for the new boss to new York to maintain a high degree of responsibility in the locker room and to recall that despite the solid position of his team, the hardest part is now yet to come: trying to complete the series from the fifth round in Cleveland, this Wednesday, in an atmosphere that will certainly be hostile.

Don’t be obsessed with the fact that this is the opportunity to close the series » specifies “JB” about the state of mind to adopt before this Game 5. “ Because you have to play first. We have to keep in mind that we are traveling in hostile territory, that [les Cavaliers] will give everything they have to survive. And we will have to answer. »

Don’t end up on the wrong side of history

Historically, and mathematically, a score of 3-1 in a series is an almost automatic guarantee of qualifying for the next round, since 257 of the 270 teams that found themselves in this position won the series. But the 13 counter-examples show that the feat is possible, and the Knicks do not want to go down in history as the 14th team to lose these three consecutive games.

We lead 3-1, but it can go up to 7. One remains to take » adds Josh Hart, which recalls that Cleveland has already shown an ability to react at home. ” They’re a tough team, no matter what. We saw it in Game 2, if we don’t pull out all the stops, they can hurt us. Especially since we’re going back to their place, they have nothing left to lose and the atmosphere will be crazy for them, and hostile for us. »

And Isaiah Hartenstein to finally summarize the approach of the New York club, a few hours from a potential first qualification in the second round since the 2013 playoffs.

It’s a game like any other concludes the Knicks replacement pivot. ” The approach must remain the same. We continue to take each game one after the other. »

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 68 35.0 49.1 41.6 82.9 0.6 3.0 3.5 6.2 2.1 0.9 0.2 2.2 24.0
Rj Barrett 73 33.9 43.4 31.0 74.0 0.8 4.2 5.0 2.8 2.2 0.4 0.2 2.5 19.6
Immanuel Quickley 81 28.9 44.8 37.0 81.9 0.7 3.4 4.2 3.4 1.2 1.0 0.2 2.0 14.9
Quentin Grimes 71 29.9 46.8 38.6 79.6 0.7 2.5 3.2 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.4 2.5 11.3
Josh Hart 25 30.0 58.6 51.9 78.9 1.9 5.2 7.0 3.6 1.5 1.4 0.5 2.5 10.2
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
Obi Toppin 67 15.7 44.6 34.4 80.9 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.0 7.4
Mitchell Robinson 59 27.0 67.1 0.0 48.4 4.5 4.9 9.4 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.8 2.7 7.4
Evan Fournier 27 17.0 33.7 30.7 85.7 0.1 1.7 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.7 6.1
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 82 19.8 53.5 21.6 67.6 2.5 4.0 6.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.8 2.6 5.0
Miles Mcbride 64 11.9 35.8 29.9 66.7 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 3.5
jericho sims 52 15.6 77.6 0.0 75.0 1.9 2.8 4.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.8 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

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