The Knicks honored Dick Barnett with a second of silence previous to their Sport 5 loss to the Pistons Tuesday evening on the Backyard.
The Knicks legend, who was on the franchise’s solely two championship groups, died at 88 years outdated, the group introduced on Sunday.
Coach Tom Thibodeau had excessive reward for Barnett whereas reflecting on watching him and later assembly him.
“Obviously, condolences to his family and to all our fans, his teammates. What he means to our franchise, just a very classy man,” Thibodeau stated. “I keep in mind watching video games when he performed, everybody tried to imitate his bounce shot. That group, it had a lot creativity to it, however togetherness and sacrifice. Simply the best way they performed made them particular.
“And then when you got to know them, for me, meeting all those guys from those teams, it was pretty special. Their character and their intelligence and the way they cared about each other was really special.”
The Knicks offered Jalen Brunson along with his Clutch Participant of the Yr award previous to the sport.
Pistons heart Isaiah Stewart (knee) was out, the fourth straight recreation of the collection he missed as a result of damage after enjoying in Sport 1.
loss to the Pistons. NBAE by way of Getty Pictures
The Knicks have dropped three of their previous 4 house playoff video games relationship again to final season and are 4-4 of their previous eight contests on the Backyard.
The Knicks outrebounded the Pistons for the primary time within the collection.
They have been plus-four on the glass. Mitchell Robinson (11 rebounds) was an enormous a part of that.
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He was plus-nine in 23 minutes, scoring 13 factors together with two blocks and two steals.
“I thought he gave us a good lift, good energy,” Thibodeau stated.
Reserve guard Landry Shamet (sickness) was obtainable, however didn’t play.
