Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 18th, 2024

Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | January 18th, 2024

Separ uh you know we didn’t play great obviously uh but we found a way to win which is the most important thing uh our turnovers were costly uh but uh you know just find a way to win the game that’s the bottom line yeah well I mean it was the way the game

Unfolded we we ended up scoring 40 but we gave up 37 so and you know we want to be at our best in the fourth quarter and I think that’s important and we have to understand the intensity is different in the fourth quarter than the first three

And so our decision making like we’re trying to thread the needle like too much and you just got to read the defense and make the right play and when we do that we get we got really good shots um but you know Isaiah rebounding Julius you know some big plays clutch

Shots um Dante you know OG was OG he’s he’s something uh he played in Toronto no no I don’t it it’s you know like in the end you know like you sometimes it’s that’s what’s called for so you do what you think is called for

And you know that in the end the minutes will be where the minutes are and right now we we got to find our way as we’re adjusting you know so uh find a way to win and then build our Rhythm concentrate on Improvement and it takes some time so you know

That’s that’s where we are just you know go day by day and you know some guys are are playing big minutes you know we’re short-handed that’s what happens just find a way to win so you know the way the game was unfolding uh then that one group to to

Start the fourth you know played really well so we rode that a little bit so just find a way to win yeah it was choppy you know so and and again it wasn’t just that unit it was sort of the way we we got the lead

Early and then we got loose and that was with our starters and our bench came in and you know we were we were loose with them and you know they played with a lot of energy um you know they’ve been off you know for a couple days so you know

That’s that’s part of it we’re on the back to back you know we just got to find a way to win you know it it’s an NBA game you know so you’re not you you have to play for 48 minutes there’s going to be runs

You know come out we we felt the problem at the half was our turnovers you know and I thought the defense was actually pretty good with with the exceptional lightball turnovers that where we gave them easy baskets you know once we you know we wanted to take care of that but

We continued on the you know the path of you know we’re trying to thread the needle and you can’t do that they’re they’re active and they collapse into the paint and so those interior passes weren’t there yeah does he sense no I think the game tells him what

To do I thought I think he made great reads he got to the line then they went to they changed the matchup then they went to the double team and he got off the ball he didn’t fight it you know and then they you know Julius made a big

Shot off the double team it was just a good basketball play by both guys playing off each other you know and sometimes that’s that’s the way it it unfolds you know we scored 40 but you know obviously the giving up 37 is not a good thing than yep thank you

Coach Thibodeau addresses the media after Knicks’ win over the Memphis Grizzles.

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