New York Knicks heart Karl-Anthony Cities sat for many of the fourth quarter together with his crew trailing Recreation 2 in opposition to the Indiana Pacers. Cities subbed out with 9:00 to play within the last interval and did not return till there was 2:25 remaining and the Knicks have been down by 9 factors. Postgame, New York coach Tom Thibodeau stated he went with a lineup that he felt gave his crew the very best probability at successful.
“Simply, we bought in a gap, after which the group that was in there gave us an opportunity,” Thibodeau stated. “So we have been simply driving (that lineup). We’re trying to find a win.”
When requested about it himself, Cities was extra upset about falling behind 0-2 with the sequence shifting to Indiana.
“It’s powerful to lose, anyway,” Cities stated. “So we simply gotta regroup collectively for the subsequent one.”
That is the second sport in a row the place Cities wasn’t on the ground throughout essential fourth quarter minutes. In Recreation 1, Cities sat for a protracted stretch, after which was a part of a offense-defense rotation with Mitchell Robinson late within the sport.