Roland Physicality Report

Game 4: NYK @ BOS | Final Score: NYK 121, BOS 113

Team Physicality Game Summary

Winner: NEW YORK

Team	RPR*	Pts	Wins	L/D	L2+	Falls	K/D
Boston	288.5	328	100	21	25	21	26
New York	381.5	383	138	24	35	26	21

Header notes:
RPR = "Roland Physicality Rating" (in development)
Plays = Physicality Plays (adjusted by level of force)
Wins = a Physicality play that is deemed a 'win'
L/D = Losses/Defeats (non-intentional fouls and soft plays)
L2+ = level 2 or higher force physicality plays
Falls = player hits the ground
KD = Knockdowns: causes opponent to hit the ground
Net Pts = 'results over process' calculation

Player Physicality Stats

NEW YORK KNICKS

...NEW YORK KNICKS "physicality suffered"

Analysis:

• Josh Hart another strong physicality game from Hart, leading in many categories. Set a lot of screens but also active on defense with absorbing contact and being handsy/hounding the Celtics.


• Jalen Brunson was especially tough in this one, stil targeted on defense and subjected to a lot of holding and bumping on offense. He took all that and meted out his own physicality while delivering a standout scoring performance. A masterclass in creating space to get his shot off.


• KAT often a focal point on offense for the Knicks to generate high force level 2+ plays. Led all players with 12 of those. A good mix of physical activity, with more than usual offball screens, rebounding tangles, and absorbing a lot of iso drives against.

BOSTON CELTICS

...BOSTON CELTICS "physicality suffered"

Analysis:

• Jayson Tatum was having a marvelous game until the sad injury. His physicality was markedly better than in previous games, and was showcasing it particularly on the offensive end.


• Jaylen Brown with a very quiet physicality game by his standards, aside from the knockdowns. Which again makes it seem like he is not fully 100% healthwise. Can he bounceback and be the hero in game five?


• White/Holiday two of the key roleplayers who have done so much to help the Celtics, both in winning last year and the earlier games of this series, were both net negatives on the physicality in game four as the Knicks' collectively raised their force level.

Game Four Signature Physicality Moments

• Q1 (11:46) Knicks set the tone on the first play
  Right from the get go the Knicks were 'hitting first' with offball and onball screens. It won't be like the last game Boston.


• Q1 (10:33) Knicks shake off the holding
  The Celtics are grabbing and holding like crazy but Towns gets free of Horford cuts to the rim and finishes over White.


• Q1 (3:20) Hart takes the hit for the team
  Battling hard against a Brown postup, Jaylen swings his arm wildly sending Hart to the ground for the offensive foul.


• Q2 (8:55) Intense physicality both ways
  Payne grabs Jrue, Horford sets long duration screen in return, but Payne fights to get his hand on the ball, Kornet hard screen on Bridges, Mitch bumps Brown to derail his drive, Towns gives a shoulder to Kornet as he moves down the lane, but then Kornet screens Towns and Horford drains the open three.


• Q2 (6:32) Towns stymies Brown
  Brown iso's Towns with a hard drive but KAT delivers the hard bump and Brown throwns up a wild shot and falls. The Knicks take the 5on4 break the other way for a splash three -- timeout Boston!


• Q3 (9:58) Towns gets the best of Jrue
  on an under out of bounds play Towns sets a good screen to free Bridges, keeps Jrue above him and cuts to the rim for an open dunk.


• Q3 (7:39) Brown with the mental error
  Hart pushes it upcourt fast, Jrue absorbs the initial drive well but Brunson is open for three and Brown commits the flagrant sliding his feet into the landing area. Turns into a four point possesion to get the Knicks close again.


• Q3 (2:53) Porzingis could look for better
  KP has Hart on a postup seeming mismatch but settles for a fading sideways jumper and then looks to the ref for a bailout which isn't coming.


• Q4 (10:17) McBride shining moment
  McBride fights through two offball screens, then an onball one to hound Pritchard into a loose pass that OG intercepts.


• Q4 (6:12) Tatum won't be denied
  Jayson uses a multiple bump drive on Anunoby as OG bumps back, near double dribble, but winds up with the and one to tie the game.


• Q4 (3:06) The Play that may decide the series
  White screens Bridges who fights over gets a hand on the ball to knock away from Brown, both Brown and Bridges fall in the collision, OG and Tatum make a break for the ball but Tatum crumples to ground with a likely devestating injury as OG gets the runout dunk.