Some of the differences are stark, and simple.
So there’s that, as subtle as a two-by-four to the skull.
“There’s such a small difference between winning and losing,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said after the Knicks dropped their second straight on this road trip, their third game in a row and their sixth in the last seven. “Every team is different, each game you have to concentrate on getting better. We’re falling short of that now. It’s got to improve.”
was playing the best game of his life — he’d wind up with 19 points and 21 rebounds — and if that was helped along by Gobert taking in the game in street clothes, it was still remarkable to watch him dominate long swaths of the game. “What got us was the start of the fourth quarter,” Thibodeau said. “We need to take a hard look at that.
And now this: a winnable game in the fourth quarter, a 50-50 game down the stretch. Last year’s Knicks would’ve had a puncher’s chance to hit the tape first. This year’s Knicks spend too much time punching themselves in the face. It can be both a small difference and a stark one.
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