This is an oddly long homestand, no?
Anyhow, this is a major game for tanking purposes, as the Knicks have to be the big favorites tonight, which would tie them with Cleveland.
If they win this one, that starts to make falling out of the bottom three a real possibility. That would be pretty devastating.
I’ll still root for MitchRob to have a good game, though! I can’t help it!
47 replies on “2018-19 Game Thread: New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers”
All Hail the MitchLob!
Jesus Christ!
Nasty dunk from Dotson.
The Shop eh? I see why AD wants to be LA bound.
Hopefully Clarkson can have the game of his life
Mitch’s rebounding is really picking up…
Mudiay’s defense is so abominable.
Mitch’s top comp in the building!!!
Cambyman!
Robinson has made a name for himself
Great move by Zo
Trier is pretty damn good at creating space for himself.
Shoot. More. Threes.
@6
Top comp? I think that’s his floor if you’re to believe the metrics.
21-34 and we are losing
He plays a lot like Camby I think.
Manure Bol averaged almost 5 blocks per game as a rookie. Pretty amazing
Steve is showing the kids at his old HS that they too can achieve great things if they find the right billionaire to kiss up to.
Bad call on Mitch. That was a clean block.
I love Mitch so much
@12 + 13
Ditto.
Mitch is bigger in stature. Camby was more of a long, athletic 4 than a pure 5. He ran the floor better than Mitch and had a bit more offensive polish. But yes, there are lots of similarities.
On that play, I thought Mitch fouled him by pushing off down low, not up high on the block.
@ 16, that’s also what I thought.
I liked Smith’s shot chart. If only they’d all adopt that distribution.
Lol, rude.
Royal Ivie is a great name. He can really rock that bowtie.
Did he play with Luol Dung?
Poo Richardson really held the team back.
Fiz really made sure to limit MitchRob’s minutes against an equally shitty team.
@19+20
You guys really know your shit.
Knox helps us answer the age old question “what if Frank Ntilikina was taller and shot all the time?”
MitchRob’s entire presence just changes the entire complexion of the game.
Trier is like a raging bull to the basket. No one stops him in full charge.
DSJ is having a reaaaaal nice game.
I finally understand the “we want Kanter” idiots. They foresaw the tank getting blown up.
It is amazing how Mitch changed the game.
My apologies to Manute.
Henry 3llenson
Breen would do terribly in an armored division. Can’t believe he is happy about these wins. I know he is #teamtank in his heart.
None of them hold an airwick to Emmanuel Doodiay
My god Knox is so bad.
Ha!
Can’t believe we found a way to lose this game. Collin Sexton and Jordan Clarkson to the rescue.
Well, the tank is alive and well.
What a loss this would be lol. Knox is pro tank at least
Knox is one of the best tank weapons we’ve ever had
Rommel, Patton and Montgomery couldn’t have done better
Tank Knox, baby! Gotta love it.
Love bodied Robinson off the boards.
Great loss! The tank is back on track.
I predict a great future for Knox after his NBA career ends and he joins the Big3 league.
To quote Dennis Green: “Mudiay is what we think he is.” Not good. Blew my mind he was primary ball handler at the end with dsj at the 2. If dot doesn’t land on his ass the Knicks win this one.
How did they lose this game? I’m in a luxury box waiting for the Ducks game to start and just saw it crawl across the ticker. Weren’t they up 12 with like 8 to go?
Who is the “all tank team” from this point on? I’m guessing at a minimum it includes Knox and Mudiay.
As tanking goes, Knox is a 5-star general; Mudiay a high-ranking commander but Knox is in a class by himself.
Let’s give Fiz a little credit- his going with a Smith/Mudiay backcourt and leaving Trier on the bench down the stretch really secured the L.
Trier did foul Clarkson on the breakaway for the clear path foul which resulted in a 5 point play. That was kind of crucial. Knox is just terrible and they managed to ice Robinson out for about five minutes. Cavs hit a few threes. Love also has a little left in the tank too.