Landry Shamet's performance in the Knicks' first-round series against the Hawks, which is tied 1-1 heading to Atlanta, has seen his struggles worsen as the playoffs begin. Shamet has been playing poorly, shooting just 30.4 percent from deep and missing five games due to a knee injury. His performance was so poor that coach Mike Brown decided to give Jose Alvarado some playing time over Shamet in the second and fourth quarters of the game. The Knicks' lack of a backup point guard behind Jalen Brunson has been noted so far in these playoffs, with Shamet and Miles McBride sharing the court for 23 minutes each and generating a minus-1.9 net rating.