Booed at home, the Knicks hit rock bottom against the Mavericks

If it is Nix are still on the Eastern Conference podium (25-18), things are not going well in the “Big Apple”, while Mike Brown’s men have lost… 9 of their last 11 matches.

The transition to the new year was painful New York and, just when we thought the team would be able to aim for the Pistons’ first place, after being crowned in the NBA Cup, here it is in the middle of a crisis.

The last loss at home to the Mavericks was the final straw in any case: the Knicks never led and found themselves down… -30 at one point! It draws boos from Madison Square Garden.

« I would whistle too, honestly » he admitted captain, Jalen Brunsonwho tried in vain to remobilize his troops on the bench. ” I accept whistles. If you play the way you want, you have to whistle. If I were in the stands, I would probably whistle. People pay a lot to come to the game » added Mike Brown.

This is the meaning of the message of Fr Karl-Anthony Towns : « I would be disappointed too. The fans spend their hard-earned money, give us so much love and motivation to go out on the field, so they expect results from us. They do their part and it’s up to us to do ours. »

“Disastrous” defense

After a 23-9 start, the Knicks are now 25-18 and, for Jalen Brunson, we have to keep things from getting worse. Even if ” It was supposed to start two weeks ago ».

« We simply did not follow the game plan at all. » summarized the leader, recently named to the All-Star Game. « As a team, we know what we have to do, so we either do it because we care enough to do it or we don’t. (…) But we must find a solution, and quickly. »

Pour Josh Hartthe problem is primarily defensive, as the effort isn’t being put in, and you only have to see the way the Mavericks performed last night — and generally speaking, the rest of the teams in the league that have faced them this season — to see that.

« We all need to reevaluate ourselves and look in the mirror » he asserted. ” What we are currently proposing is shameful. In attack we do nothing, in defense we are disastrous. In fact, we’ve been terrible defensively since the start of the season. »

			Shots			Rebounds
Players	MJ	Min	Shots	3pts	LF	Off	Def	That	Pd	Bp	Int	Ct	Ft	Pts
Jalen Brunson	37	34:29	48.1	38.8	85.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.1	2.4	28.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	39	32:23	46.6	35.7	86.4	3.0	8.5	11.5	2.9	2.6	0.9	0.7	3.6	20.9
Mikal Bridges	42	34:57	50.7	40.2	78.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	4.2	1.0	1.6	0.9	2.0	16.1
And the Anunobi	32	10:49 p.m	45.4	34.1	80.5	1.4	4.1	5.5	2.2	2.0	1.7	0.7	2.6	16.0
Miles Mcbride	31	28:21	44.7	43.4	85.7	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.7	0.8	0.7	0.2	1.8	13.4
Josh Hart	31	30:37	49.0	39.5	78.9	1.6	6.0	7.7	5.3	2.2	1.3	0.3	2.5	12.1
Jordan Clarkson	42	20:09	43.1	33.5	79.7	0.8	1.0	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	2.0	9.9
Landry Shamet	17	20:18	43.7	40.0	81.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	8.8
Tyler Kolek	37	13:41	43.0	32.4	66.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.5	4.9
Mitchell Robinson	29	19:23	65.9	0	38.8	4.8	4.2	9.0	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.1	2.3	4.5
Guerschon Yabusele	35	9:33	39.4	31.7	66.7	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	3.0
Kevin McCuller Jr	12	7:15	43.5	42.9	40.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.2	2.3
Mohammed Diawara	34	5:05	38.3	37.1	25.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.8
Ariel Hookporty	27	9:13	51.6	0.0	66.7	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.6
Trey Jemison III	6	6:20	100.0	0	100.0	0.8	0.8	1.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.2
Pacome Dadiet	16	3:00 am	22.2	0.0	100.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5
Tosan Evbuomwan	5	1:36	0.0	0	0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0