While Tom Thibodeau may hide his gameplan from the public the Knicks players have gotten a feel already what his preparation is like. They believed it was no accident that the Knicks won in blowout fashion the second night that they played the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"As far as Thibs, he’s definitely detail-oriented," Knicks guard Elfrid Payton said. "We’ll do something 100 times if he feels we’re not doing something right. The game planning coming back after playing Cleveland, after watching film on them and kind knowing what they were going to do, it really showed a big difference in the second game.