Josh Hart is tired of talking about it.
He’s unable to pinpoint the right answers. But the problem is not going away. In fact, it seems to be growing more prevalent.
The Knicks have too many defensive lapses, whether it be a lack of concentration or effort. There have been times when both are stellar. There have also been plenty of times when both are sorely lacking.
Sam Hauser of the Boston Celtics puts up a 3-point shot as Josh Hart of the New York Knicks defends during the third quarter of Game 5. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
“I don’t know. I wish I could tell you, I wish I could pinpoint it because [then] we could address it,” Hart said after the Knicks’ 127-102 Game 5 loss Wednesday night at TD Garden. “So I think that third quarter we just — there was a lot of frustration, and that seeped into everything that we were doing. We’ve got to make sure that we control what we can control. That’s our communication and that’s our effort, that’s our intensity. Let everything else fall by the wayside. I feel like that’s not what we did today. We’ve got to learn from it and execute and be better Friday.”