The process under way point to New York's miniscule three-point performance (8-of-28 in Game 4) as the reason this team has transitioned off the unselfish style of play that bolstered it's 18-5 charge to open the regular season.
But here's a unfortunate truth: It's not that this Knicks shooters are failing to convert their circumference looks, it's that they're easily being overlooked by their coach solely have ball-dominant volume scorers.
Anthony and Smith (fifth and 7th, respectively, on the Knicks around three-point shooting) accounted for 16 of New York's long-range initiatives, missing 11. Iman Shumpert, battling a nagging knee harm, fired off five more with out single make to show because of it.
Jason Kidd, Chris Copeland and Charlie Novak (a trio who was held to just 36 minutes by Mike Woodson) buried three of their total six perimeter shots. Pablo Prigioni, who has got connected on 10 associated with his 23 three-pointers this approach postseason, saw less compared to four minutes of job.
Anthony, Smith and Shumpert deserve some of the criticism surely headed their own way after combining for under two assists in more than 88 minutes. But should Woodson have expected any different from this rotation?
When some of those volume scorers are scarcely audible (the trio tallied 43 elements on 51 field-goal attempts), is there a more glaring tactic to say that this approach may not working?
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