Iman Shumpert Takes Blame For New York Knicks Loss

Iman Shumpert took the blame for the New York Knicks‘ 110-99 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and said he needed to control the ball better and he allowed Deron Williams to have his way on the court.

Iman Shumpert is “gonna take this one.” The loss to the Brooklyn Nets wasn’t completely his fault, but the New York Knicks guard said he didn’t do a good job stopping Brooklyn guard Deron Williams, and had a self-critique on his ball control.

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“I got to get better with controlling the ball after [Williams was] coming off the ball screen,” Shumpert said after the loss. “I didn’t do a good job of that tonight. As a reflection of that, our bigs got in foul trouble [and Brooklym] hit threes from everywhere on the court because he kept getting into that paint. I got to do a better job of getting over the ball screens and not letting [Williams] get into our defense.”

Williams scored 29 points on 10-for-15 shooting, with six assists. The Knicks matched up other players on Williams, but Shumpert was his primary defender.

Carmelo Anthony said Shumpert shouldn’t take all the blame for the loss.

“I know how much he loves to play defense, and how much he loves matchups, so him saying that it’s his fault, you need to take that with a grain of salt and help him out,” Anthony said. “We’re all in the NBA, no one person can stop another one person. We gotta help him out and do a better job.”

Iman Shumpert took the blame for the New York Knicks‘ 110-99 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and said he needed to control the ball better and he allowed Deron Williams to have his way on the court.

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