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Nothing was more important than the Nets.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the first-round playoff matchup with the Pistons was set, the Knicks had other things on their minds, having matched their worst losing streak of the season.<\/p>\n
It began Tuesday, when the Knicks fumbled an opportunity to knock off the reigning champs, losing their lead to the Celtics in the final seconds of regulation and the game in overtime. <\/p>\n
Two days later, the Knicks blew a 13-point second-half lead in Detroit. <\/p>\n
On Friday, the Knicks coughed up a 23-point lead to the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n
So what if Sunday\u2019s regular-season finale in Brooklyn has no impact on the playoff seeding? So what if it comes against one of the league\u2019s worst teams?<\/p>\n
The Knicks are in no position to treat any minutes as meaningless.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll talk about [the playoffs] once all 82 games are played,\u201d Jalen Brunson said after Friday\u2019s loss. \u201cWe gotta go into this next game with the right mentality, the right mindset and have a short-term memory. You can\u2019t let things like this linger on. It\u2019s important to have a short-term memory right now and just continue to move forward. I know it\u2019s tough. I know it sounds like it\u2019s B.S., but it\u2019s literally what we have to do right now in order for us to be better.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got one more game to go, and then we can talk about all that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After facing the top two teams in the Eastern Conference and their upcoming playoff opponent, the Knicks (50-31) have the right matchup to rediscover their confidence.<\/p>\n
The Nets (26-55) have lost all three meetings with the Knicks this season and have gone 5-20 since Feb. 22, regularly running out a youthful, inexperienced lineup that only Brooklyn diehards could accurately identify.<\/p>\n
The Knicks have gone 35-8 against teams with a losing record this season. This will be their last chance for another layup \u2014 and their 51st win of the season, which would mark the most by the franchise in a dozen years \u2014 before Game 1 against the Pistons next weekend at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find what makes this team successful and work on that,\u201d Josh Hart said. \u201cObviously, playoff basketball is a different level. The physicality picks up. The intensity picks up. So we gotta make sure we spend this week preparing physically, but, more importantly, mentally.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not playing close to our best basketball. I think this week, we\u2019ll look at situations and how to get us to our best basketball. \u2026 We\u2019ll figure that out. But we gotta go out there and end the season right against Brooklyn and then prepare mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n
In preparation for the postseason, Tom Thibodeau has relaxed his all-out mentality, giving rest to Hart, OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson on Thursday, before sitting Karl-Anthony Towns on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Knicks coach wouldn\u2019t reveal his lineup plan against the Nets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to get better as a team. We need to get rhythm,\u201d Thibodeau said Friday. \u201cThat\u2019s always the question that everyone has. It\u2019s rest vs. rhythm. I think each team has to make the decision for what\u2019s best for their team. And in our case, we\u2019re relying on the medical. If a guy needs time right now, he gets it \u2026 [but] keep fighting to run through the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pistons can wait.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll get there when we get there,\u201d Thibodeau said. \u201cWe still got one more game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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