Rebounding. It is a core tenet in the church of Thomas Joseph Thibodeau, Jr., and has been key to the Knicks’ recent success. The numbers are somewhat startling when you consider them.
New York has collected a bunch o’ boards this season. Their total of 3,343 is second-best in the league, behind only the Milwaukee Bucks. The offensive variety is the most important, naturally, and only the Houston Rockets have more than New York’s 902.
It’s hard to believe, but their average of 47.1 rebounds per game is the most by a Knicks team since the 1977-78 squad.