Knicks fans eager to see change seven games into the season are going to need to be patient.
Tom Thibodeau doesn’t sound ready to make any alterations to his starting lineup yet despite the unit’s early struggles.
When the starters issues were pointed out, that the quintet of RJ Barrett, Jalen Brunson, Mitchell Robinson, Evan Fournier and Julius Randle has a minus-9.2 rating per 100 possessions and a defensive rating of 116.9, which would be 27th in the league, Thibodeau pointed out how well the group started in Wednesday’s loss to the Hawks. The team’s third straight defeat, in which a 23-point, second-quarter lead became a noncompetitive 13-point loss, he felt was on everyone.
Thibodeau’s bigger concern is the Knicks’ lack of consistency. Sunday against the Cavaliers, they followed up one of their best quarters with a dreadful one in blowing a nine-point lead in the final stanza. They raced out to that 23-point lead over the Hawks and proceeded to fall apart, committing nine turnovers during a dismal third quarter in which they were outscored by 22.
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