NBA Scout Explains Why Knicks Don't Have 'Enough to Beat' Celtics or Cavs in Playoffs

One NBA scout believe the New York Knicks' 0-7 record against the top three teams in the league comes down to their lack of three-point shooting.

"At the root of it all, it's math. They're really efficient, and will win a ton of games," one Eastern Conference scout told ESPN's Chris Herring.

"But the [3-point] volume isn't enough to beat the Clevelands and the Bostons. Especially when you also factor in that the Knicks are [offensive] rebounding and getting to the line a lot less than last year's team did."

The Knicks have yet to win this season against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics or Oklahoma City Thunder.

All three of those teams rank top 11 in the NBA in both three-point volume and three-point accuracy.

The Knicks meanwhile rank eighth with a 37.0 percent accuracy rate, but sit at 27th with 34.1 attempts per game.

Last season, New York ranked 13th in the NBA with 35.8 three-point attempts per game.

But last season the Knicks had Donte DiVincenzo, who led the team with 8.7 shots from behind the arc per night. The departure of DiVincenzo, combined with a drop in three-point volume from Karl-Anthony Towns, has contributed to this season's decline from behind the arc.

Jalen Brunson recently said he believed the Knicks had "opportunities to where we can be aggressive, and pounce on it, and win" in their seven losses to top teams.

The Knicks could look to start increasing that aggression from behind the arc when their next opportunity to beat a top-three team comes up April 2 on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers.