Karl-Anthony Cities performed it coy when pressed concerning the harm to his capturing thumb, repeating 4 occasions within the postgame locker room, “It is what it is,” together with his hand tucked in his pocket.
“It’s as simple as that,” the middle stated.
Nonetheless, Cities was clearly bothered for a lot of Monday’s loss to the Pistons after banging his hand within the opening half on the backboard throughout a drive.
A few his subsequent photographs have been approach off, however Cities nonetheless managed 26 factors and 12 rebounds.
At one level late within the third quarter, Cities was swiped on a drive and bumped into the gang grabbing his hand in ache.
He declined to disclose whether or not there was an X-ray and coach Tom Thibodeau gave his ordinary non-update of “I haven’t talked to medical yet.”
“They hit shots when they had to,” Cities stated concerning the Pistons. “We could sit here and talk about all the things we could’ve done. We just didn’t do it. Cost us in the end.”
Cities has missed three video games this season, together with one final week with knee soreness.
For the second time this season, Thibodeau known as out the Knicks for arguing with the referees and failing to defend due to it.
“You can’t complain if you feel like they missed a call. If you jog back and you’re talking to an official, it could be three points [on the other end],” Thibodeau stated, including, “It’s a long season. No one’s perfect. The officials, it’s a tough job. Very tough. There’s emotion in the game, there’s frustration, but you also have to understand the pace that the game’s being played at. You can’t afford to complain. You can make a point on a dead ball to an official. They’re usually pretty good with that, but if you’re doing it when the ball’s live, now you’re at a disadvantage on the other end, it becomes a five on four and it becomes an open 3 or a layup, and then at the end, maybe it’s a one possession game. You have two or three of those in a game, that can be the difference in winning and losing.”
