{"id":442439,"date":"2025-05-16T21:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=442439"},"modified":"2025-05-16T21:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:55:19","slug":"knicks-starters-collapsing-will-thibodeau-make-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/knicks-starters-collapsing-will-thibodeau-make-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks starters collapsing: will Thibodeau make changes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite leading the series 3-2, the Knicks\u2019 starting five has been badly outplayed by the Celtics, especially in the crucial third quarters. In Game 5, the starters unraveled while coach Tom Thibodeau refused to make early subs, even with his bench producing better results.<\/p>\n<p>Brunson\u2019s foul trouble, Towns\u2019 invisibility, and poor transition defense have exposed deep flaws. Boston exploited these weaknesses with Luke Kornet anchoring the paint and ignoring Josh Hart on the perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s season may hinge on whether Thibodeau trusts his bench to rescue a unit that, so far, can\u2019t deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The Athletic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2019s first unit is getting crushed, yet no rotation adjustments are in sight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":372111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-442439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Knicks starters collapsing: will Thibodeau make changes? 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