Detroit – The playoff series is often similar to a chess game, with both coaches trying to deal with or adapt to what other coaches are doing.
One decision by Pistons coach JB Bickerstaff has quickly exposed the Knicks’ weaknesses so far.
Bickerstaff chose to have Jalen Duren’s center guard Josh Hart in Defense, rather than Karl-Anthony Towns.
He then had Tobias Harris, the wing listed in Guard Town, 6-foot-8.
This allowed Duren to camp with paint to protect the rims and act as a floating help defender.
“When they do that, that’s not true,” Branson said. “It doesn’t matter who is who. It’s an advantage for us that we have to attack what we see.
“We have the utmost confidence in everyone on this team. It doesn’t matter what the situation people are in. We’re going to sit there, have each other’s backs and move on. We win together, lose together, learn together.”
Duren routinely leaves Hart, the Knicks’ worst 3-point shooting game among starters (he shot 33% from the deepest of the regular season), and is wide open around the area, but he still doesn’t let him pay or respect for external shooting.
He’s actually 2-3 from the series’ deep and tied 1-1 to Detroit, but wasn’t enough to change his strategy to the pistons.
In four regular-season matches between the two teams, the Pistons mostly had the town of Durengard, and the town’s three-point prowess had to come out and defend him at the boundary line.
Town went from 3-point range to 16-7 in these four matchups. This is an average of four attempts per game. But the faster Harris was excellent at limiting the town’s three-point shooting, and the town only took five in total in two games.
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A town of 4 inches and 22 pounds to Harris should be able to bully Harris with paint on the contrary.
He succeeded when he went inside. I made 10 out of 12 shots when I was less than 8 feet from the basket, according to NBA.com tracking statistics.
But his shooting ability is what really makes him the most valuable nightmare, and he hasn’t been used that way before.
“I’ll let me tell you in defense [what to do]The town said. Whether it’s posting or not, I feel like I’m working very hard on my game and working hard to play the outside game. Just being aggressive and once you get to the spot you can do your best. ”
Coach Tom Thibodeau could rebuttal by giving McBride, who shot 36.9% from the regular season three-point range.
The Pistons will not be able to escape alongside McBride’s Duren due to their shooting ability.
And the Knicks’ four non-heart starters had just 160 possessions with McBride in the regular season, but according to glass cleaning, they outperformed the enemy 43.7 points per 100 possessions.
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But that will hurt the Knicks in the rebound division, where they are struggling.
Piston grabbed 15 rebounds in two games over the Knicks.
So that’s a difficult decision.
The Pistons strategy isn’t unique either. Multiple teams have Wings Guard Towns during the regular season, with mixed results to stop Hart shooting to stop Hart shooting.
“We’ve seen it all year round, so it’s nothing new,” Thibodeau said. “Game 1 [we scored] 123 points. So you need to get each game. Each game is different. What do you learn from the game? And then move it forward. ”
