Tom Thibodeau is renowned for his hard-driving style, but when he met with the team following Saturday’s disappointing performance against the Denver Nuggets he sent them on their way with a message — go home, take a day off on Sunday, and think about what they want to be.
The day off after a game in which they trailed the shorthanded Nuggets by 30 points in the fourth quarter and were booed loudly by the home crowd at Madison Square Garden might seem out of character for Thibodeau, but finding the character of his team is what is on the table right now, more than any X’s and O’s.