The regular season may have been a preview, as the Knicks’ bench dominated the Cavaliers’ reserves again in Game 1 of their first-round series.
It wasn’t much fun in the series opener for the home team.
The Knicks’ reserves dominated the Cavaliers’ bench during the regular season, and that happened again Saturday.LeVert, the leader of the Cavaliers’ bench, missed seven of eight shots and was minus-14 in 18 minutes.Obi Toppin makes big Knicks impact in limited role with Julius Randle backEven Quickley, despite missing all five of his field-goal attempts and committing three turnovers, was plus-eight in 24 minutes.Jarrett Allen, Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland all played at least 43 minutes.
“I mean obviously our bench has to give us a spark, we gotta find a way to manufacture some buckets,” Bickerstaff said. “You know, how do we create for one another and how does our bench support our starting cast? We’ll go back and we’ll take a look at it, you know, but at some point in time, you got to find a way to just put the ball in the basket and I thought, I mean that unit kind of struggled there.
It was one area, at least on paper, in which the underdog Knicks had a significant advantage entering the series. In Game 1, that unit made a major difference, and it is likely to get even better for that group as long as Quickley can find his game.
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