Knicks Hope to Turn Season Around Starting With Jazz
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Chris Duhon has shown throughout his six-year career that he can shoot the basketball, but this season he has been struggling from the field. Heading into Monday’s matchup against the Utah Jazz, he seems to have lost some confidence, shooting just 25 percent.
But Duhon and the Knicks are confident that he’ll be able to get out of his slump soon enough to help New York get its season back on track.
“He’ll eventually hit his shot,” D’Antoni said. “He’s a 40 percent 3-point shooter and he hasn’t hardly made one this year, so you know at the end of the year it will be around 38 or 40 percent, which means he has a lot of great games coming as long as he keeps his energy. He has to keep his confidence up, no doubt.”
Duhon said after going scoreless against the Cavaliers on Friday that his shots “feel great” and that he “just has to make the adjustments,” but he went on to miss all four of his attempts and scored only one point in Saturday’s 102-87 loss in Milwaukee. The Knicks dropped to 1-6 this season.
“It’s just one of those stretches where it just seems like everything is just going wrong,” said Duhon, who is averaging 6.6 assists. “You just get caught in it like a downward spiral. It’s one thing after the next. The only way I can get out of it is if I fight my way out of it.”
Duhon isn’t the only Knick who’s been unable to find his game this season. The Knicks have gotten off to slow starts in most of their games so far, and by the time things begin to click the game is usually already out of reach. D’Antoni has tried three different starting lineups and several different rotations, but nothing has been able to solve the problem yet.
“We are just in the midst of questioning everything in our mind, we’re a step slow on everything and people getting into us and they are a lot more physical than we are,” D’Antoni said. “We’re struggling, but we’re going to find the combo, find the way.”
The Knicks are beginning a three-game homestand against the Jazz. New York will host Atlanta on Wednesday and Golden State on Friday.
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But Duhon and the Knicks are confident that he’ll be able to get out of his slump soon enough to help New York get its season back on track.
“He’ll eventually hit his shot,” D’Antoni said. “He’s a 40 percent 3-point shooter and he hasn’t hardly made one this year, so you know at the end of the year it will be around 38 or 40 percent, which means he has a lot of great games coming as long as he keeps his energy. He has to keep his confidence up, no doubt.”
Duhon said after going scoreless against the Cavaliers on Friday that his shots “feel great” and that he “just has to make the adjustments,” but he went on to miss all four of his attempts and scored only one point in Saturday’s 102-87 loss in Milwaukee. The Knicks dropped to 1-6 this season.
“It’s just one of those stretches where it just seems like everything is just going wrong,” said Duhon, who is averaging 6.6 assists. “You just get caught in it like a downward spiral. It’s one thing after the next. The only way I can get out of it is if I fight my way out of it.”
Duhon isn’t the only Knick who’s been unable to find his game this season. The Knicks have gotten off to slow starts in most of their games so far, and by the time things begin to click the game is usually already out of reach. D’Antoni has tried three different starting lineups and several different rotations, but nothing has been able to solve the problem yet.
“We are just in the midst of questioning everything in our mind, we’re a step slow on everything and people getting into us and they are a lot more physical than we are,” D’Antoni said. “We’re struggling, but we’re going to find the combo, find the way.”
The Knicks are beginning a three-game homestand against the Jazz. New York will host Atlanta on Wednesday and Golden State on Friday.
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