Veteran guard Austin Rivers scored 15 points off the bench for the Knicks, going 3 for 6 three-pointers in 17 minutes of action. Thibodeau recognized the importance of having an experienced hitmaker like Rivers over the course of matches.
“I think the experience is huge,” Thibodeau said. “He gives you another guy who can put the ball on the floor, who can do three, can play defense. That’s how, in general, the league is moving. He hasn’t trained much and will make it to always improve. more as we go along. And he’s still working his way through conditioning. “