Knicks fans outshout Cavaliers fans again to take 3-1 series lead
J.B.Bickerstaff can design plays no one in the history of basketball has ever seen for Game 5 on April 26 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. It won’t matter if the Cavaliers' fans don’t cheer better than they did in the two games played at Madison Square Garden this weekend.
Cavs fans followed up a 99-79 loss on April 21 by getting outshouted, 102-93, on April 23. The Knicks lead the best-of-seven series, three games to one, because their fans want to win more. The excuse of “This is the first time Cavaliers' fans have been in the playoffs” has gotten old quickly.
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It all comes back to the crowd. The Cavs have to win Game 5 at the FieldHouse to send the series back to New York for Game 6 on April 28. They won’t do that if the crowd doesn't do better.
“That’s the ‘it.’ Bickerstaff said in his postgame interview. “We keep talking about it and keep talking about it. You learn when it hurts the most. We’ve been talking about our fans... In these three games, they haven’t learned quickly enough, and they’ve made us pay.”