Check out this nine-second clip from a late-season Knicks/Magic game. What stands out?
Hopefully you didn’t overthink it. Emmanuel Mudiay, a career 32% shooter from deep, hoists a momentum-less pull-up three with 14 seconds left on the shot clock. D.J. Augustin offers a passable contest, but he’s not selling out to bother the shot, much less block it. The defense is happy with Mudiay taking this shot. The Knicks are settling for what they can get, not what they want. That’s never good.
Kevin Durant, you may have heard, is now a Brooklyn Net.