Indianapolis-Down 2-0 At the East Conference Finals, the New York Knicks are seriously considering a change in their initial alignment for game 3 on Sunday, the sources confirmed Shams Charania de ESPN on Saturday.
Coach Tom Thibodeau is considering moving the Mitchell Robinson support center to the five initials for winged player Josh Hart, sources told Charania.
It would mark the first change throughout the season to the five holders of the Hart Knicks, Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges, Og Anunoby and Karl-Anthony Towns, when each one is listed as available and healthy.
It would be quite easy to look at the Knicks struggles against the Indiana Pacers in this round as the reason for the change. The five initials of the Knicks were surpassed by 13 points in game 1 and 16 in game 2. The Pacers have triggered 61% scorching from the field and 52% from the range of 3 points with the New York headlines on the floor. The Knicks defensive qualification with the headlines of this series, the points that the group has allowed for every 100 possessions, is an alarming 155.1.
But the Knicks, who needed a trio of two -digit returns to tear down the defending champion Celtics in the second round, have been ineffective to start the games for a while. The qualification of more than five initials of five is a worse season less than 50. The group was surpassed by nine points from January 1 to the end of the regular season.
When asked if he would consider adjusting the alignment of the Knicks after his defeat of game 2, Thibodeau said: “We always look at everything.”
The Knicks headlines played 914 minutes of the league together, much more than any other club. They are trying to become the first team since the 1987 Celtics to lead the NBA in minutes of headlines and reach the final.
Robinson, who lost the first 58 games of the team after an ankle surgery the last postseason, would bring greater defensive mobility in the paint already throughout the perimeter. The Knicks have fought with the rhythm of the Pacers and the ability to force multiple rotations by possession, which has sometimes exposed the speed of the towns of the cities.
The Knicks have managed to play 52% of the firing attempts of the Pacers with Robinson on the floor compared to 42% when Robinson is in the bank, according to ESPN Research.
Sny was the first to inform the potential change to the alignment of the Knicks.
