The defender! What is the level of Hart in this year s playoffs?

There is no doubt that Towns is the most critical figure in the Knicks who can win back a game. With only 4 points in the first three quarters, Towns scored 20 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, almost turning the backward situation alone.

The other core of the Knicks, Brunson once again showed his style of the year. He only scored 17 points and 1 assist at the end of the third quarter, and had 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. However, he only played 2 minutes in the fourth quarter and scored 6 points, including a key throw and two winning free throws. The Knicks can avoid falling behind 0-3, and the two core players will naturally make a contribution, but in this game, and even the entire playoffs, the performance of role players cannot be ignored, such as Hart in this game.

Because he was going to start on the double towers, Hart made a substitute in this game, which is his first substitute this season (including the regular season).

However, Hart's performance was not affected at all: he played in 34 minutes, made 1 of 3 shots, 6 of 6 free throws, scored 8 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, plus or negative value +5.

It should be noted that Hart's performance in the first and second half was still a bit different.

After the first half, he scored only 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, with a positive and negative value of -16, the lowest in the team. He was pulled away by the Pacers in the second quarter, and Hart was present throughout the game.

But in the second half, Hart became the hero of the reversal, especially in the fourth quarter, Hart became the only main player in the Knicks who played for 12 minutes.

Of course, his performance also responded to Thibodeau's expectations. He scored 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in the fourth quarter. Every data in it is very critical:

--Just the beginning of the fourth quarter, McBride missed a layup, Hart grabbed the offensive rebound, passed the outside, and the latter opened the three-pointer with a touch of

-10 minutes left, Hart stole Sika, dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and passed the ball with a hot pass, the latter made a strong breakthrough layup, and scored

--1 minute and 45 seconds left, Bridges made a big hat on the layup, Hart grabbed the offensive rebound, and passed the ball to McBride, but unfortunately The latter failed to make a big open three-pointer

- 59 seconds left, Nesmith failed to make a throw, Hart jumped high, grabbed a defensive rebound in front of Turner

- 20 seconds left, Turner missed a three-pointer, Hart jumped up from the crowd, grabbed the rebound and caused Nesmith to foul, and then made both free throws, and the difference reached 4 points. In this round, Hart almost injured his knee

- with 3 seconds left, Siakam missed a three-pointer, Hart grabbed another rebound, and then the Pacers fouled, Hart made both free throws and ended the game

, and there is a very important keyword - yes, rebound.

Since this year's playoffs, Hart has averaged 12.0 points per game, not much output, but his efficiency is very good, with a three-in-one shooting percentage of 48.0%/39.6%/78.8%, and his real shooting percentage has reached 60.9%.

The key point is that Hart's rebounds are really strong. As a guard who is only 1.93 meters tall, he can average 8.7 rebounds per game, ranking 13th in the league, more than Jarrett Allen, Benkairo, Harten, Mobley, and Eddy.

Moreover, Hart not only grabbed backcourt rebounds, but his frontcourt rebounds were also very fierce, averaging 2.3 games, tied for the 18th in the league with Jarret Allen, surpassing Jokic, Towns and others.

This is not all Hart. He can not only grab, but also control and organize, and his turnover rate is very low, with an average of 4.9 assists per game and only 1.7 turnovers.

Defensive end, Hart's level may not be as good as Anunobi and Bridges, but it is not that easy to score points on him. Since the 54 rounds of the Eastern Conference Finals, he only made the latter 1 of 4 shots and scored 3 points. In the first two series, Hart defended Jaylen Brown and Tobias Harris, with a total of 141 and 130 rounds. These two scored only 35 points (14 of 32) and 17 points (7 of 20).

In the G6 series against the Celtics, Hart also scored a triple-double of 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the whole game. Including the regular season, this is his 10th triple-double of this season.

This is Hart, he has three-pointers, has free cuts, can defend, and can organize. Maybe these are not top-notch, but Hart can do everything. The point is that he is really fighting very hard, otherwise he would not be able to grab 8.7 rebounds with a height of 1.93 meters.

It should be said that Hart in the regular season is even more crazy, averaging 37.6 minutes per game, first in the league, handing in 13.6 points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.5 steals, shooting percentage of 52.5%, and real shooting percentage of 61.6%. What is the roughly concept of

? Hart's rebounds are tied for 13th in the league with Adebayo, and is higher than inside players such as Mobley, Eddy, Richards, and Valan.

Hart is also the only player in the top 45 rebounds who is less than two meters tall. You can say that Hart is the most capable defender in the current service.

It is worth mentioning that Hart had renewed his contract with the Knicks in the offseason last year, with a contract of only 80.92 million in four years. Such a champion puzzle player has an annual salary of 20 million.

As for this round of series, although the Knicks are still behind 1-2, although the team has never made a comeback 0-2, and although there are no successful examples of home reversals in the history of the division finals, I personally think that it is really impossible for the Knicks to be. I look forward to the performance of G4, Hart and the Knicks generals.