Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau draws up plays during a timeout in the first half against the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Dec. 13, 2020. Credit: Getty Images/Dave Reginek
Tom Thibodeau has talked about his desire to see different combinations on the floor, finding out how players mesh together. And Knicks fans, absent from Madison Square Garden for the home preseason debut of this team Wednesday night, have expressed their desire, too, flooding social media with pleas for the new head coach to play the team’s young players.
The two desires came in sync late Wednesday night when the Knicks fell behind a shorthanded Cavaliers squad by as many as 18 points.