Knicks season summary - opportunities and regret coexist

At the beginning of the season, the Knicks exchanged Divinchenzo and Randall for Towns and Bridges for high prices, but failed to leave the inside starter Halten. Another substitute Miro was plagued by injury. The Knicks were in a defensive crisis in the inside from the beginning of the season.

Although the Knicks' regular season record is still excellent this season, Thibodeau's crazy five-donkey tactics have exhausted the main players. After Towns joined, the issue of ball rights distribution between him and Datou has not been resolved for a long time. The unusual cooperation between the two made the team's offense full of various singles. Although Bridges and Anunobi each performed their own, the pure 3D style of play cannot bring great help to the team's offense. The substitutes have few opportunities. If Miro hadn't made a comeback in the last moment of the regular season, the team's playoff journey would have been even more difficult.

Knicks' regular season faced the Eastern and Western Conference Final Four teams with extremely poor record, and their excessive singles determined that their offense was not stable in high-end games.

In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the new Pistons in the playoffs, and they did not play easily. If it weren't for the key gentleman who repeatedly saved the team at critical moments, it would be hard to say the outcome of the game.

The second round was the best round of the Knicks. Facing the defending champion Celtics, the Knicks played extremely tenaciously. They reversed 20 points behind in a row, and finally waited for the Celtics' internal problems. They returned to the Eastern Conference Finals with a big score of 4:2.

The East Finals faced the Pacers' old enemy, all their problems were exposed. The lack of team cooperation, insufficient rotation level, and the inability to continue to realize their inside advantages made the team lose unfortunately when they had the overall strength.

Of course, the team has also had highlights in the playoffs. Miro showed a high level when he was healthy, Shamet, McBrides' continued performance on the bench, Anunobi and Ohashi's performance when they had ball rights and tactical support, Towns' efforts when they were not healthy, and Big Head's performance at critical moments are enough to make people believe that the team can perform better next season.

{Thibodeau should consider the playing time of the team's main players starting next season. Today, when team strength is increasingly important, they need to change.