When RJ was matched up again Tatum in the 3rd and the 4th quarter, he was able to hold him to 1 for 5 shooting to help get the Knicks back into the game. RJ always seems to play great defense against Tatum and was a lot more effective than Grimes last night as Tatum shot 5/5 (100%) when defended by Grimes. Should we have RJ be the main Tatum defender for future matchups?

Nice to see RJ start the season off strong on both sides of the ball. Hope he can keep it up for the rest of the season.

  • pagenotdisplayedBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t overanalyze the shooting numbers from one game. Trust Thibs to play the matchups that give us the best chance to win. Grimes is an elite point-of-attack defender, and RJ has shown to be a bit slow footed.