HEZI wrote:2010 wrote:HEZI wrote:
It was his aggressive tone in the way he asked the question.  Siakam gave him the answer already but the reporter was the emotional one who asked the question like he was a cop interrogating a crime suspect.  
We were in this position the last series when we went into Boston and they played harder than us in game 5 even without Tatum and we failed to close them out. At the end of the day they still have control of the series and are going home with a chance to close it out.  There’s a reason they always say the close out game is the hardest because one team is playing desperate because their season is on the line. We fought harder tonight but they still know they can close it out at home next game and game 6 will probably be much harder for us to win.
All I know or care about is if the Knicks can win game 6, all the pressure is on Indiana. No team wants to be the one to blow a 3-1 series lead. 
If Knicks can play harder than them again from opening tip off next game, then the light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter and brighter.
 
I agree about that if we can pull off a win in game 6.  But that’s why game 6 is going to be tough.  They knew tonight we would give them the best we had and now they can hope that our clip is emptied and they can bring all they have for game 6.  It’s almost like a trap.  How much do we have left?  Boston had nothing for us in game 6 and we unloaded on them.  Hopefully that isn’t the case but seeing how bad Indiana played tonight I think they will play a lot better next game.  The question is what do we have left?  Hopefully enough to get it back home but we will find out
 
Well this is why I was saying Thibs gonna have to keep dipping into that bench.
Every extra minute guys like Delon, Shamet, Precious can give you where they don’t hurt you defensively and you can surround them around Brunson or KAT, keeps them fresher.
It allows more rest and for them to have some of the pressure taken off them defensively (since our stars are bad defenders).
Hart has to have a shorter leash too if the is continuing to turn the ball over.
Coaching will matter in game 6. Even little things like how Thibs uses timeouts.