Mr Lescure was too close to his baby to take the hard-nosed decisions needed to turn Canal Plus round.

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First, the Pacers (32-21) are the sort of hard-nosed team the Knicks would be poised to meet in a second-round playoff series.

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From a hard-nosed perspective, the other nominees who will not get up-or-down votes in this round can be considered casualties of war.

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