Hawks 116, Knicks 100: “That was beyond frustrating.”

This had to happen, right?

THE New York Knicks lost a winnable game (at least on paper) against the Atlanta Falcons Tuesday, losing 116-100 to the visiting Peaches inside the walls of Madison Square Garden.

What I meant with this introductory question is that when you hoist 52 treys, you must miss a whole bunch, right? I’ve seen plenty of headlines calling for Donte DiVincenzo’s 5-of-17 from beyond the arc. I’m not excusing him, but he pulled a damn seventeen three balls.

Do you know how many players have attempted more than 17 triples in a single game more than twice this season? A: Steph Curry, that’s who, which isn’t surprising at all. Only three players have gone for 17+ 3PA at least twice, with Donte joining Klay Thompson and Bogdan Bogdanovic yesterday. Here are their games:

• Bogdan Bogdanovic vs. DEN: 10 out of 17 (59%)
• Donte DiVincenzo vs. NOP: 7 of 18 (39%)
• Klay Thompson at MIL: 6 of 17 (35%)
• Klay Thompson vs. LAL: 6 of 17 (35%)
• Bogdan Bogdanovic at MIA: 6 of 18 (33%)
• Donte DiVincenzo against, ATL: 5 of 17 (29%)

DiVo probably missed more often than not, that much is obvious, but so did all the players listed above, except for one occasion where BogBog caught absolute trouble. NBA Jam-Fire and I couldn’t find a way to miss the net. Let me tell you, if I ever shoot 17 three-pointers in a basketball game, I probably won’t even get to the basket on the seventh or eighth attempt. Not to mention dreaming that more than 35% of them are all flying balls.

Regardless, that’s just one data point from a game the Knicks lost by 16 points, which, if you’re just looking at the final score, is certainly a misleading nugget of information and a summary of what happened within MSG – which wasn’t pretty, but neither. that ugly.

The title of this summary is truncated. Here is the full document, courtesy of JA311 from yesterday’s Game Thread: “It was beyond frustrating, especially to get the tie in third and see it disappear.”

No, the Knicks probably didn’t deserve to win.

No, the Knicks couldn’t buy a bucket to save their lives.

No, the Knicks did not play a team featuring their all-time No. 1 player on Tuesday.

And even…

The Knicks tied the game late in the third quarter, stayed up four points with just over six minutes left, and only an aberrant shooting performance from the field kept them from taking over against a Trae-less Hawks crowd that could barely cope with a missing eight-man rotation in New York four starters, including Jalen Brunson.

Deuce McBride was the man assigned to start at that time with Shake Milton appearing inside the Garden but still not quite available (DNP-CD). You know what happened next: McBride ended up playing 46 minutes after logging 47 last Sunday, making it 93 in two games and three days. That odometer.

“Honestly, I feel good. This is what I worked for during the offseason. I’m preparing my body for it,” McBride said. “You never know what’s going to happen. You have to be ready for anything. »

The Knicks were bad at shooting and scoring (100 points in today’s NBA economy won’t be enough) but according to Tom Thibodeau, Tuesday’s main problem was rebounding.

“You are in a position to win, rebounding was a problem,” Thibodeau said in his post-match presser. “That was a bigger concern for me. Missed shots are part of the game, but your rebounding is important. This was one of the few times we were overtaken.

The coach is almost right. The Knicks have only lost on the boards in 13 of their 62 games through Tuesday. Twice they did it with just one rebound, and twice again with three rebounds. Yesterday, however, they lost the glass war by 11 rebounds (a near season high only topped by a minus-12 against the Bucks before Christmas).

One of New York’s best rebounders (healthy and available), Precious Achiuwa, finished with six rebounds in 24 minutes. Thibs benched him with 2:36 left in the third quarter and he never returned to the court.

Asked about this decision, Thibs retorted to one of his classics. “The way the game was going,” Thibs said, “they were collapsing so we had to take shots on the floor.”

Only Josh Hart (crazy tired) and Jericho Sims (off the pine) grabbed more rebounds than Achiuwa against the Hawks, finishing with eight and nine rebounds, respectively.

Alec Burks was limited to 12 minutes, but he was one of the men to take minutes from Precious in the final quarter, finishing the game with 11 points, two rebounds and an assist and a steal each. Meh.

Truth be told, you could say that everyone on the Knicks took shots, but no one managed to be precise. DiVo (21 points) led the team with 7 FGMs but needed 24 to get there. Bogey followed suit with a 6 of 18 and is the second most points scored, stopping his tally at 19. No other Knick has reached 15 points…

Out of curiosity, I checked how many times a team attempted more than 50 3-pointers while making fewer than 31% of them. This season it only happened four times (neither team won). In the history of the Association, this has happened just 42 timesall from 2017.

What I’m saying is that things can only get better from this frustrating match. The Knicks might win, the Knicks might lose, but putting on such an aberrant shooting day won’t happen again.

I’m waiting for you, Shake! Kickoff at 7 a.m. ET Friday against the Orlando Magic. Don’t miss it, it’s It’s hot over there.