The Knicks made it to the second round of the playoffs where they faced a very tough Indiana Pacers team. One thing that was duly noted before the matchup is how big the Pacers are and how much production the Knicks would need from their big man Tyson Chandler. Well it didn’t happen. Chandler averaged just six points and six rebounds in the series and was totally dominated by the Pacers center Roy Hibbert. Now Chandler is using it as motivation going forward. Read more after the jump.
via Marc Berman of the New York Post:
“I vowed to myself I would never let that happen again,” Chandler said Friday. “I would never let my team down and be in that situation again.”
In Chandler’s defense, he was coming off a neck injury and strep throat that caused him to lose 12 pounds.
“I’ve got to make sure that doesn’t happen,” Chandler added, referring to his second-round performance. “It’s not about him. It’s about me. My job is to stop whoever is in front of me and outplay them, no matter who it is. I’ve got to look at it like motivation, like I got my ass kicked. So next time I’m not going to let that happen.’’
What?