Rachel Nichols

So we know the Cavs are down 3-0.

Does Kenny Atkinson know the Cavs are down 3-0?

Take a listen to Cleveland's coach.

Jason.

What he's talking about, just in case people don't understand the analytics that he is going to, is there are numbers now on what a particular player averages from a particular spot on the floor and what the defender averages from defending that spot on the floor.

Guess what?

Analytics don't talk about heart.

This Cleveland team has not shown the heart that they need to be showing.

They had a chance to close out their first two series.

They didn't.

There was no killer instinct there.

They had to go to game sevens.

And it doesn't take into account, by the way, sort of how players rise to the occasion in the playoffs.

The Knicks, when you talk about the average defender,

The Knicks are not playing their averages, much like the average defender.

They are going after guys.

I listened to this Kenny Atkinson quote, and I'm like, this is like an insane person talking.

I could not believe it.

It's one thing to say, oh, we got unlucky.

I can see ways we could have won two of those games.