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New York Knicks will lock horns against Indiana Pacers in NBA 2021-22 on Wednesday, 05 January 2022 at 06:00 AM IST

Knicks have been underwhelming this season on multiple counts and I refuse to attribute this lack of success to the COVID-19 scenario because they weren’t doing any better before the outbreak.

Last season, the team had a defensive identity, and players had clarity of role. This season there seems to be a lack of clarity, a lack of the same defensive discipline, and also the offense may have gotten a little better, but the team had a better identity last season.

Knicks need someone to hit the mid-season rhythm but it is like there are times when a player goes for 30 or so and the next game struggles to reach 10.

I wish this was the case with one or two players but the whole team has been playing such inconsistent basketball

Indiana loses way too many lose games and there are two major reasons for that. First, they are unable to take big leads, secondly, they misfire towards the close of the game and miss out on key moments.

Indiana has been a little short-handed these days but that is one thing that almost every team has gone through by now in varying degrees.

Like the Knicks, Pacers weren’t doing any better even when their pieces were intact. Sabonis alone should have been a winning factor but it isn’t the case at all.

.@Obrissy with the ball fake ? pic.twitter.com/S3yxRAbPzn

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) January 3, 2022

Indiana is not a pressing defensive squad, their offense is not dependable enough. Despite such a strong frontcourt pairing of Sabonis and Turner, the Pacers have been unable to win games.

Indiana Pacers | New York Knicks