Live broadcast, December 29th. The Knicks were reversed by the Lone Ranger yesterday. Brunson was absent in this game, and Barrett left due to injury (diagnosed as a torn finger in the right hand, expected to be absent for one week).
After the game, when it came to whether funier and Reddish, who had been DNP for a long time, would return to rotation in the case of shortage of personnel, Knicks coach sibodu only said one word: “No.”
Speaking of why Barret did not expand the rotation after leaving the court, sibodu said: “I am more concerned about how to match the strength of the opponent. We tried to match in some way. I think we played well, but we didn’t play the last 30 seconds.”
The Knicks led 9 points in the last 26 seconds. Dong Qiqi deliberately punished the loss, grabbed the offensive rebound and scored. When the game was dragged into the plus, the Lone Ranger finally reversed.