The Knicks Five Donkeys are on the verge of overdrawing! Thibodeau changed his employing strategy but activated the entire team s offense?

As a representative of donkey-style employment, head coach Thibodeau continues his five-donkey tactics in the playoffs this season, and their main players' playing time has become a topic of interest, but as the Knicks fall into a desperate situation, their tactics have also changed. This issue of the column will take you through in-depth data analysis.

In fact, it is not only the Knicks who use the Five Donkeys system this season, but also the Nuggets and Lakers. The difference is that the substitute lineup of the Nuggets and Lakers is indeed not strong after trying, but in the Knicks, it is Thibaudor's distrust, so substitutes rarely get the chance to prove themselves. One is passive change and the other is proactive. The core significance of the Five Donkeys tactics is:

I also use the main force during the time period when you use the main force, and I also use the main force during the time period when you use the substitute. In this way, the main force can gain a certain advantage against the substitute, and my main force has not been injured yet. The Knicks also relied on the Five Donkeys tactics to fight all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals. The average playing time of the Five Donkeys is also at a very high level.

But the problem is that even machines need maintenance, not to mention people. More importantly, the schedule of this season's playoffs is very intensive, and the series is almost every other day. Even if the Knicks' main players are not injured, they have affected their competitive state with a long period of excessive consumption. Judging from the first 15 games of the Knicks' playoffs, the net efficiency of their five absolute cores is around 0:

This means that with the progress of the playoffs, the Knicks' net winning points per 100 rounds when they are on the court is already a critical point. They will not win too many points or lose too many points. In this way, the meaning of the Five Donkeys can only be considered as the opponent's forced 55 and 5 points, and it can no longer achieve a decent advantage.

, and the Knicks originally had strong offensive firepower in the final quarter, which is why they were able to reverse the Celtics continuously, but as the playoffs progressed, the Knicks' scoring efficiency in the last quarter of the series against the Pacers has declined significantly, and even the free throw shooting percentage has declined. These can indicate that the Knicks' main force is close to overdraft.

Seeing that such a stubborn donkey, Thibodeau has also changed his way of using people, especially in the last two games, he boldly used Shamet and Wright, who had been abandoned before. Although the main players still have most of their playing time, they have returned to normal levels compared with the first 15 games of the playoffs. This move has also improved the scoring efficiency of many Knicks' main players, especially Brunson;

, and the offensive level of the whole team has also increased in the last two games. The average score of their team has increased from 108.8 points to 116 points, and the shooting percentage of both events has changed from 45.1% and 35.3% to 48% and 35.1%, which means that the Knicks' offensive performance has been stronger with increased rotation depth.

At the same time, the Knicks players' on-the-scene role has also returned to normal. Due to the significant use of the main players before, their positive role on the court has declined. After returning to normal, the net efficiency of multiple people's presence has changed qualitatively. At the same time, the two major substitutes used by Thibodeau are also very obvious from the on-the-scene role. This can also indicate that the Knicks are not unavailable, but Thibodeau trusts the main players more, and after being deeply trapped in the quagmire, he had to make changes.

Although the Knicks are still on the verge of despair, after increasing the rotation, they have the strength to fight with the Pacers, and will not be targeted by Carlisle's strategy of speeding offense and defense speed and increasing the number of offense and defense rounds. If they can win the Pacers away and drag into the tiebreak, then the possibility of them completing a big reversal is very high.