Despite being strong contenders, the Knicks' grueling schedule under coach Tom Thibodeau might lead to an upset against the Chicago Bulls tonight. The author argues that the Knicks' heavy reliance on their starters in back-to-back games could result in fatigue and a potential loss.
With New York coming off a grueling schedule and head coach Tom Thibodeau refusing to ease up, the value lies with Chicago as home underdogs tonight. Hello. My name is Tom Thibodeau , and my coaching style has been a great success and an NBA punch line. No, really. My New York Knicks are No. 3 in the East after reaching the Conference Finals last year, and we just showed how strong we were last night.
However, other coaches often joke about the toll I put on my players, much like they did yesterday before we flew out to face the Chicago Bulls tonight. That wear is probably going to cost us. Deprecating and fictional first-person aside, my Knicks vs. Bulls predictions see no choice but to doubt New York in the second half of this back-to-back after Thibs aggressively leaned on his stars 24 hours ago.played back-to-back games in Washington games last week. They were 13-point favorites in both of them, though New York was even in the second half of a back-to-back entering that first matchup against the Wizards. Now this should be emphasized: The Knicks did not abuse their starters’ minutes against the Magic the prior night, with onlyMaybe New York would have been a 14-point favorite at Washington if not for that scheduling disadvantage, so for now let’s give that nod.Comparing those two recent lines, we can logic out that the oddsmakers consider the Knicks to be eight points better than the Bulls. Add in tonight’s homecourt advantage, and Chicago should be about a six-point underdog, perhaps +5.5. That rather plain logic did not yet factor in New York’s efforts last night at Oklahoma City, losing 117-107, undone in the final minutes and in the overall fourth quarter, losing the final frame 37-19. We all know Tom Thibodeau is not about to change his approach, but maybe that fourth quarter would have gone better if his starters were not so gassed. All five played at least 40 minutes last night, three of them at 42 minutes or mor
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