J.B. Bickerstaff

Completely outcoached yesterday. 1 play did not determine the game, The following decisions show how completely outcoached he was:

1- Using a challenge in first quarter? Could have been used on the Cade drive to basket with 37 seconds that was a 50-50 call.

2-Tim Hardaway playing 37 minutes? He averaged 28 during season. He couldn't spit in the ocean the second half.

3- Malik Beasley playing 26 minutes? Thats LESS than his regular season average when they had Ivey, and your season is on the line.

4- Tobias Harris & Jalen Duran cant gaurd their shadows, let alone KAT. Reed was playing too well, too active to only play 8 minutes.

5- The 2 best defenders, Thompson and Holland ( especially Holland) barely played. These guys bring perimeter defense as knicks shot light out in 4th Q

Tibs completely outcoached JB. Thats where game was lost.

Detroit isn't just yet ready for the moment, which, with Cade, they will be in near future. JB on the other hand, not so sure.

JB is a decent coach but not great. You see what happened with the Cavs when they replaced him with an even better coach this year.

Everybody's Tex Winter after the game. To be frank, New York is just hands down better than Detroit. Cade has been amazing. Hardaway Jr's minutes are all about trying to find a more scoring out of that roster. Tobias Harris, I swear, is completely happy with doing juat enough after years of mediocrity in Philly. Homie should be dropping 25 a night for this team. Schroeder provided seemingly did nothing and Ausar should've gotten some of his minutes but honestly, Ausar and Holland's lack of nurn was probably because they don't provide much offensively. They held the Knicks to 94 and had every opportunity to win this game, including a questionable call at the end, which the league has already admitted they got wrong. This team is one legitimate scoring threat away from competing. They're young and the future is bright for them.

Seems like knicks players outplayed pistons players. Without KAT and Brunson being heroic at specific times they lose

They're just a flat out better team. There is no more overachiever team in the NBA than the Detroit Pistons. Amd if anything, the Knicks are underachieving. The Knicks lack depth but their starting 5 is pretty insane. Detroit is one legit 2nd scorer away from factoring in the east.

Ivey out hurts...

Stewart as well....

2 pieces in the puzzle...

J.B. Bickerstaff's head coaching position? He Didn't Earn It.

He turned Cleveland into a playoff team. Now he has turned Detroit into a playoff team.

Hands down better? They needed a 21-0 run at home and then had two wins by a total of 3 points. One the league immediately said was an error in officiating. 

Pretty evenly matched teams

@HockeyNight11

 He's an example of good coach for young players to get your team from A-B, but not from B-C. There's many of those coaches, and it's ok. 

This is not on JB this is on the NBA and their epic failures that continue season after season. In the last two minutes of any game, anything should be reviewable. Period. 

@TheBoyWonder

 My post had nothing to do about the HC. Know nothing about him nor do I care to

@HockeyNight11

 You forgot your exclamation point at the end