he doesn’t even follow the play… watch him when opponent shoots… he just drifts around the floor, seemingly mindlessly… somethings missing in his brain right now… or maybe is always has been
Raven: C’mon, that was one of the funniest shots I’ve seen since Bargs…
LOL
I mean the one thing Obi is good at is dunks, and he even fucked that up
The guys on the Sixers broadcast are raving Burks, make the trade Leon
pepper:
toppin is the next kenny sky walker…and maybe not even that good…
I was thinking exactly the same thing and that thought made me cringe…
Right now Toppin is a walking train wreck.
Frank’s still 0-fer post ASG, he’s good on D but he needs to do something on offense too…
It looked to me like Scott gave him a slight shove. But yeah, hoping that was Obi’s career low point.
So the new rule of game-watching is don’t watch the ball, keep your eye on Obi on offense, watch Frank on defense.
RJ is doing some stuff on his drives lately. Using his body very effectively to create space at the rim.
Unfortunately Simmons has some talent in that area also
We’re going to regret all this missed FTs…
Leaving Tobias open is not a good plan
Yeah Baby! That’s it!
one thing can be said for our lottery picks…they are good towel wavers on the sidelines..
Simmons got the needed answer… nice!
“So the new rule of game-watching is don’t watch the ball, keep your eye on Obi on offense, watch Frank on defense.”
LOL! Keep your eyes where the Action is!
I loathe Dwight Howard.
Knckerblocker Noel
God i love his blocks. So elegant.
Howard has always been one of my least favorite players in the NBA
nice rj
RJ is becoming our best player.
RJ Barrett is crazy strong. I almost think Anthony Mason is a better comp than Paul Pierce.
If Quickley misses time I might have to take a few games off
IQ might be injured.
Quick in the locker room, no explanation. Might be Frank the rest of the way…
There’s a short list of players I’d dislike on the Knicks even more than DRose, and Dwight Howard is on it.
Who’s our worst lottery pick?
Frank?
Knox?
Obi?
I have the utmost respect for Reggie Bullock as a person and I can see him playing a role as a solid rotation player from the bench next year, but let’s say his basketball IQ is not top notch…
BTW him, Gibson and Burks played well, then Julius and RJ went to work.
Good team effort on D considering it’s a SEGABABA.
I’m worried for IQ.
Frank now has missed his last 12 shots…
Passing a shot to get into a shot clock violation is peak Frank.
Frank must be a joy to guard, like getting the night off.
marechal:
Passing a shot to get into a shot clock violation is peak Frank.
that’s his “go to” move..
The odd thing about this game is that it feels like the Knicks are the better team, and it’s just a matter of time until we impose our will. Kind of the opposite of the Nets game.
I’m going to say Knox. As Jowles said, there weren’t obviously better players available when Frank was drafted. In this blog we were arguing between him and DSJ. I don’t like Obi as a pick at all and am worried he is another Kenny Walker, but he’s played so little compared to Knox and is still getting minutes over him. Knox on the other hand, was picked with a bad process and picked when several other players looked better and has made very little progress in the time he’s been with the Knicks.
Pidto’s 150 was awesome.
rj getting back to the line regularly is so good to watch and will be key to how good he will be…
Looks like IQ just had to take a shit.
IQ is coming out for the second half.
Its almost like a Willis Reed Game 7 moment.
Well, almost.
IQ looks fine outthere
IQ is back
Jubilation slightly curbed by that foul
Funny how they didn’t call Randle for a travel this time
Bullock
Buzzer
Beater
Nice to see IQ back on the floor,
it was just that he had a message for Philly’s sewer system…
Bullock with 5 fouls…
glidepath:
Funny how they didn’t call Randle for a travel this time
I was thinking the same thing
Reggie about to foul out
Let’s get Frank out there on Curry before it’s too late.
curry is torching quickley
Release the Franken!
need to keep weathering
not weathering at all
what the F is quickly doing here
Quickley cooked by Curry and eaten by Green…
we tend to forget he’s a rookie, good experiences…
quiet here tonight…
It’s possible that Quickley is playing at less than 100%.
Love that move by RJ. Like a veteran.
Burks has been huge so far tonight.
15 more min of this
It’s been a long while since we had a team with this toughness. They may not have quite the talent of the 76s (with Embiid it isn’t close), but they clearly feel they can dominate them. Even the good Melo teams didn’t have that intensity and toughness – they were really more finesse teams.
Breen is right, what a mess this is….ah, Frank. Great rebound, dumb pass, nice steal…how old is he again?
frank got a rebound…woohoo
Pretty amazing that Dwight can still throw Randle around like that.
Great defense. These Knicks just won’t quit.
Man, this is sweet. Such effort!
dwight trying to make plays off the dribble from 25′ lol
For someone who gets alot of criticism on this site Burks is pretty good.
The D is A’
BigBlueAL:
For someone who gets alot of criticism on this site Burks is pretty good.
tonight, yes
We weathered a barrage of threes and kept a nice edge, great team effort.
Burks with the revenge game.
that move from barrett harden-esque
Dwight sets some pretty active screens
toppin treating the ball like a hot potato
pepper:
toppin treating the ball like a hot potato
toppin handoff to frank… what could go wrong
not sure i’ve seen anyone as good as that off man block from behind as thybulle
The closing won’t be easy
This would be an absolutely devastating loss if they can’t hold on to this lead.
Is it too soon to bring the starters back in?
I was going to say how much I enjoy watching Thybulle play D but then he drains the three, so fuck him.
I’m ready to sell on Obi. I know it’s premature but man, he looks like the PF version of Frank out there, with no defense.
Ntilikina currently with the 3rd highest plus/minus but some of you aren’t ready for that conversation
Clyde with 10 different pronunciations of Korkmaz.
frank super strong J
Thybulle is the new Marcus Smart…
Legs are getting heavy, Frank 13 straight misses.
We need to grind it out.
These homers on the Sixers broadcast, everything we do is a violation for them
DRed:
Ntilikina currently with the 3rd highest plus/minus but some of you aren’t ready for that conversation
still digesting that airball but after that I can have the conversation
Frank is 0 for 4 with 3 air balls.
At a certain point you have to go with Harper over Frank. This is getting embarrassing.
Randle is gonna have to find a second and third wind here, he’s probably exhausted
only thing worse than a fake comeback is a fake win… not that this one was in the bag … you know what i mean… its worse because i live in philadelphia and i have to deal with it… their fans are complete snobs these days…
We went cold in the fourth, a common occurrence in SEGABABA…
Keep on grinding guys!
shot… selection
Quickley must be hurt right? We are very shot creation deprived right now
put iq in there…cmon thibs
The phrase “high basketball IQ” isn’t used much in reference to Dwight Howard
Obi Toppin’s struggles might lead to LaMarcus Aldridge in NY. LMA for Frank & Rivers works in the trade machine.
I think we can win this by just fishing for fouls on Howard
ephus: Obi Toppin’s struggles might lead to LaMarcus Aldridge in NY.LMA for Frank & Rivers works in the trade machine.
Why would SA do that?
Philly plays D too
We’re not alone
Gonna be hard to close this out, they are clearly tired
Most devastating loss of the season.
Randle is running on fumes
Can’t fault Bullock for that – solid D, but Tobias is a pretty good player.
Need to make some shots
You can fault Burks for that, though
RJ!
Turns out Randle can run out of energy
SA would save about $8M in cash by taking back so much less in salary, if they traded LMA for Frank & Rivers.
Randle was wide open if Burks was an actual point guard
after going up and down last night… randle has done it about 6 times tonight…
Playoff intensity
man, that was such a necesssry time for the knicks to go 2-for-1
Crazy good pass by Randle. Tough miss for RJ.
Exciting ending… That last play they should have went 2 for 1 though…
Randle just too tired. Tough loss coming our way.
Though missed free throw! We still have a chance….
Ball don’t lie
man, that such an obvious time to go 2-for-1
yup, that was inexplicable. complete failure by the players/coaches
Harris has played Randle very tough
I like these guys, tho. Regardless of outcome.
Tough team
Who misses the three? I say Burks.
argh
An egregious blunder…
They just make small mistakes down the stretch of these games.
what was the rush there… ? why did we have to put one up so quickly… no pun intended
That’s pretty extreme, Sixers without Embiid are still a decent team.
Knicks can’t challenge because they do not have a TO left.
Painful, brutal loss…
I told about the missing FTs in the first half, they weight heavily in a close game,
plus they were clearly tired and we’re missing three rotation players (two of them starters).
We played two good games and head home with nothing, but they let everything on the floor as usual, can’t complain with the effort.
i think we were outta timeouts so no challenge left
They just make small mistakes down the stretch of these games.
Playing the best teams in the east down to the wire is good, but we obviously need to learn how to finish.
The positive news is that Thibs is making me feel OK about my COVID-times weight gain. Svelte, even…
Gutsy effort. Randle looked a little tired at the end, as he should be.
Can’t complain about the loss that much but should have been a W. But Sixers are a solid team even without Joel.
this one hurts.
no moral victory here.
Breen said it right. We could have used Derrick Rose tonight.
d-mar: That’s pretty extreme, Sixers without Embiid are still a decent team.
9 point lead heading into the 4th quarter after last night’s tough loss, this one stings. Not to mention they’ve fallen under. 500 and are dropping rapidly in the standings. Granted I would’ve taken a 1-3 start to the 2nd half considering the tough road trip but blowing this game tonight really hurts.
The Jazz beat the Celtics (but man, Robert Timelord Williams is good),
Knicks’ trade target Oladipo with 34 in Houston 100th consecutive loss,
future Knick Zach Lavine with 40 in Chicago win over OKC.
Max: and we’re missing three rotation players (two of them starters)
I think we don’t miss one of them :P
Also the 3 Lottery pick busts really stand out in a game like tonight.
Rama, try what I do for weight. No eating until noon everyday.
Seems to work for me. I eat breakfast, I gain weight. I don’t, I lose. Haha!
Also, Tobias Harris played a great game.
And Simmons is just awesome on defense. Fun to watch.
Hard to call any loss against a very good team on the road on the tail end of a back-to-back a devastating loss. It hurts, but we were simply out-executed by a better team down the stretch. Same with last night.
The reality is that we’re at best around a .500 team. If this were at home, or if Philly was on the 2nd game of a b2b I’d be more upset. Even without Embiid, they’re a very good team.
Rose is gonna play all 48 minutes in his 1st game back.
Nets game was fun but as it played out probably was never winnable. But tonight. We controlled everything … pace ended up good for us … defense ratchets up we don’t execute as well … however … we did have looks. Just didn’t make a bucket.
Just noting we scored 14 points in the 4th… wow
MSG post-game pretty much roasting Frank.
KJG: we did have looks. Just didn’t make a bucket.
That is generally the reason why good teams beat less good teams. We don’t really have a closer, and even if you call Randle a closer, good teams will make someone else beat them.
I actually wouldn’t mind Zach Lavine at this point
Wally not toeing the corporate line tonight. Tempers high.
On paper going 1-3 in this first four of the second half was expected,
we’re upset because we played the last two to the wire,
but it’s a good sign, we were clear underdogs, the Nets are the Nets and the Sixers are better then us even without Embiid.
Now we need to go 4-0 (or at least 3-1) in the next stretch.
Frank #1 in plus minus but the MSG propaganda outfit won’t say that
missed free throws will always come back to bite you in the butt…
why the rushed 3’s, normally you hold till the last second to shoot. we made the same mistake twice in the final possession
I really believe we could have ended this one from the 1st half if we were more careful but it’s understandable since we weren’t playing against a g-league team.
2nd unit offensively was Burks one on one. Thibs tried to slightly mix the 2 units but wasn’t enough.
Frank tried hard on D as always but in offense he should give… something!
Obi is a problem right now
Fun game but it could have been much more fun
82 minutes in back to back nights for Randle seems excessive.
Team stats are close.
Player stats show Harris/Curry/Simmons killing us.
The lynchpin of our offense was too exhausted to make plays in the 4th quarter, and without our two pointguard like substances we have trouble scoring. I don’t think this loss is all that complicated. We scored 14 points in the 4th quarter-the Sixers without Embiid are still pretty good defensively but nobody is that good.
Does Randle have a 2nd wind in him for the second half? Or would that be a 3rd wind? Would you believe a fourth wind?
Lonzo is Balling again….come to the Knicks please.
The way the Pelicans will burn possession after possession without giving the ball to Zion when nobody on the other team can stop him from scoring at will is really something to see. He’s 11-16, why the fuck is Eric Bledsoe even looking at the basketball.
Dame is amazing but that is just a complete clown show by the Pelicans
up until we lost the lead late in the 4th, I thought we would still win…
that was a bummer…lots of missed free throws cost us the game, that and curry and that other guy getting hot in the 3rd…
interested to see if taj backs up julius when mitch returns…
here’s the pre-march madness draft update:
1. Jalen Suggs
2. Jalen Green
3. Cade Cunningham
4. Evan Mobley
5. Jalen Johnson
Cade’s been on an absolute tear and probably cemented himself as the #1 pick but i still have some doubts mainly because Suggs has been so good and Cade has been less than stellar in aggregate.. Green’s Ignite experiment went pretty well.. he was exactly as advertised and looked downright dominating at times against half decent comp… Johnson is tough to rate from the earlier discussions about the offcourt stuff but he’s right around here if you ignore it… the offcourt stuff does matter tho so it’ll be interesting where he ends up…
6. James Bouknight
7. Moses Moody
8. Scottie Barnes
9. Jonathan Kuminga
10. Josh Christopher
Kuminga did not look great in the gleague but also wasn’t terrible… there’s def glimmers of what gets folks excited however it did highlight the same questions from hs… his outside shot and his bullyball tendencies which predictably wasn’t as effective against tougher comp…. Barnes’ OTOH has played well and i think is solidly in the mid lotto… he has the same shooting question marks but his passing ability/handle for a guy with his size and measurements is very unique and is probably worth rolling the dice on…
11. Charles Bassey
12. Keon Johnson
13. Jaden Springer
14. Jared Butler
15. Ayo Dosunmo
16. Franz Wagner
Besides Bassey, this group should all be a part of teams making deep tourney runs and they are all pretty underrated… they all provide a multi level skill set with one major question mark… but they’re diverse contributions should give them a fair chance to succeed despite that… my gut says we’re probably shopping within this group which does make the tourney a fun follow..
17. Chris Duarte
18. Terrence Shannon
19. Sharife Cooper
20. Neemias Queta
This group of names round out a pretty solid first rd and most should be available for our…
DRed:
The way the Pelicans will burn possession after possession without giving the ball to Zion when nobody on the other team can stop him from scoring at will is really something to see.He’s 11-16, why the fuck is Eric Bledsoe even looking at the basketball.
It’s honestly aggravating to watch, he even went 6-6 on free throws so there isn’t even the excuse that he would get fouled and have a lower chance to score at the line. The Blazers are playing Melo and Kanter at their front court and Zion only gets 17 shots in a close game while Ingram and Bledsoe are throwing jumpers at the rim.
So what’s the record for most consecutive games leading your team in plus-minus while missing every single shot? I’m guessing Frank just broke his own record (initially set yesterday) with 2.
Smells like a win!!!
Monty McCutchen has a surprising amount of …… style?
:p
Wow, Simmons, quite a shot
Frank was a plus 5!
IQ is heading to the 80s from the line. Sad
Strange fact: Quickley has missed as many FT in the last four games (6) than in all the first half…
Who are these guys shooting a lot of 3s?
The same guys that are turning a lot of balls over…
Both offenses have anemia
Sorry for the lack of a thread, guys, I was doing an interview for an article and it went over.
RJ shoots FTs at 75% rate – “Oh man, he’s shooting FTs so well”
Quick shoots FTs at 75% rate – “Man, what’s happening with Quick!?”
:D
That Quick floater is so saucy
We had a chance to take a good lead, with the Sixers playing so poorly, but we didn’t play smart and missed a lot of shots…
WTF with all this Gibson’s threes?
Let’s stop putting Taj in the corner.
Sixers let Taj alone in the corner, i wonder why they do that? :D
Love the way IQ gets into the paint and takes his time
The Knicks with 12 threes in the first quarter, now if they could start hitting them a bit more…
I hate when players don’t try the last shot before the buzzer…
Put the French Ninja in to take care of business!!!
Obi still no good
I thought we might see Knox rather than Obi but I guess not.
Lord Frank. He is the new Mitch in the foul department.
Dwight looks really spry
Watching Obi makes me sad
In the penalty in two minutes plus, I hate the refs…
Good play by Frank.
OMG Obi… what a disaster….
toppin is the next kenny sky walker…and maybe not even that good…
Toppin is such a mess out there. Rose bought a bag of magic beans.
C’mon, that was one of the funniest shots I’ve seen since Bargs…
he doesn’t even follow the play… watch him when opponent shoots… he just drifts around the floor, seemingly mindlessly… somethings missing in his brain right now… or maybe is always has been
LOL
I mean the one thing Obi is good at is dunks, and he even fucked that up
The guys on the Sixers broadcast are raving Burks, make the trade Leon
I was thinking exactly the same thing and that thought made me cringe…
Right now Toppin is a walking train wreck.
Frank’s still 0-fer post ASG, he’s good on D but he needs to do something on offense too…
It looked to me like Scott gave him a slight shove. But yeah, hoping that was Obi’s career low point.
So the new rule of game-watching is don’t watch the ball, keep your eye on Obi on offense, watch Frank on defense.
RJ is doing some stuff on his drives lately. Using his body very effectively to create space at the rim.
Unfortunately Simmons has some talent in that area also
We’re going to regret all this missed FTs…
Leaving Tobias open is not a good plan
Yeah Baby! That’s it!
one thing can be said for our lottery picks…they are good towel wavers on the sidelines..
Simmons got the needed answer… nice!
“So the new rule of game-watching is don’t watch the ball, keep your eye on Obi on offense, watch Frank on defense.”
LOL! Keep your eyes where the Action is!
I loathe Dwight Howard.
Knckerblocker Noel
God i love his blocks. So elegant.
Howard has always been one of my least favorite players in the NBA
nice rj
RJ is becoming our best player.
RJ Barrett is crazy strong. I almost think Anthony Mason is a better comp than Paul Pierce.
If Quickley misses time I might have to take a few games off
IQ might be injured.
Quick in the locker room, no explanation. Might be Frank the rest of the way…
There’s a short list of players I’d dislike on the Knicks even more than DRose, and Dwight Howard is on it.
Who’s our worst lottery pick?
Frank?
Knox?
Obi?
I have the utmost respect for Reggie Bullock as a person and I can see him playing a role as a solid rotation player from the bench next year, but let’s say his basketball IQ is not top notch…
BTW him, Gibson and Burks played well, then Julius and RJ went to work.
Good team effort on D considering it’s a SEGABABA.
I’m worried for IQ.
Frank now has missed his last 12 shots…
Passing a shot to get into a shot clock violation is peak Frank.
Frank must be a joy to guard, like getting the night off.
that’s his “go to” move..
The odd thing about this game is that it feels like the Knicks are the better team, and it’s just a matter of time until we impose our will. Kind of the opposite of the Nets game.
I’m going to say Knox. As Jowles said, there weren’t obviously better players available when Frank was drafted. In this blog we were arguing between him and DSJ. I don’t like Obi as a pick at all and am worried he is another Kenny Walker, but he’s played so little compared to Knox and is still getting minutes over him. Knox on the other hand, was picked with a bad process and picked when several other players looked better and has made very little progress in the time he’s been with the Knicks.
Pidto’s 150 was awesome.
rj getting back to the line regularly is so good to watch and will be key to how good he will be…
Looks like IQ just had to take a shit.
IQ is coming out for the second half.
Its almost like a Willis Reed Game 7 moment.
Well, almost.
IQ looks fine outthere
IQ is back
Jubilation slightly curbed by that foul
Funny how they didn’t call Randle for a travel this time
Bullock
Buzzer
Beater
Nice to see IQ back on the floor,
it was just that he had a message for Philly’s sewer system…
Bullock with 5 fouls…
I was thinking the same thing
Reggie about to foul out
Let’s get Frank out there on Curry before it’s too late.
curry is torching quickley
Release the Franken!
need to keep weathering
not weathering at all
what the F is quickly doing here
Quickley cooked by Curry and eaten by Green…
we tend to forget he’s a rookie, good experiences…
quiet here tonight…
It’s possible that Quickley is playing at less than 100%.
Love that move by RJ. Like a veteran.
Burks has been huge so far tonight.
15 more min of this
It’s been a long while since we had a team with this toughness. They may not have quite the talent of the 76s (with Embiid it isn’t close), but they clearly feel they can dominate them. Even the good Melo teams didn’t have that intensity and toughness – they were really more finesse teams.
Breen is right, what a mess this is….ah, Frank. Great rebound, dumb pass, nice steal…how old is he again?
frank got a rebound…woohoo
Pretty amazing that Dwight can still throw Randle around like that.
Great defense. These Knicks just won’t quit.
Man, this is sweet. Such effort!
dwight trying to make plays off the dribble from 25′ lol
For someone who gets alot of criticism on this site Burks is pretty good.
The D is A’
tonight, yes
We weathered a barrage of threes and kept a nice edge, great team effort.
Burks with the revenge game.
that move from barrett harden-esque
Dwight sets some pretty active screens
toppin treating the ball like a hot potato
toppin handoff to frank… what could go wrong
not sure i’ve seen anyone as good as that off man block from behind as thybulle
The closing won’t be easy
This would be an absolutely devastating loss if they can’t hold on to this lead.
Is it too soon to bring the starters back in?
I was going to say how much I enjoy watching Thybulle play D but then he drains the three, so fuck him.
I’m ready to sell on Obi. I know it’s premature but man, he looks like the PF version of Frank out there, with no defense.
Ntilikina currently with the 3rd highest plus/minus but some of you aren’t ready for that conversation
Clyde with 10 different pronunciations of Korkmaz.
frank super strong J
Thybulle is the new Marcus Smart…
Legs are getting heavy, Frank 13 straight misses.
We need to grind it out.
These homers on the Sixers broadcast, everything we do is a violation for them
still digesting that airball but after that I can have the conversation
Frank is 0 for 4 with 3 air balls.
At a certain point you have to go with Harper over Frank. This is getting embarrassing.
would love a timely 3 here
didn’t mean seth curry
Clyde is correct. Randle shouldn’t have left Curry wide open there.
helping off of curry to dbl harris in the post was not the wisest choice..
Curry left alone is not a good idea
That should be a plus, for the +/-
Frank brings balance to the Force.
Curry is killing us.
Can’t believe we are losing this game
Randle is gonna have to find a second and third wind here, he’s probably exhausted
only thing worse than a fake comeback is a fake win… not that this one was in the bag … you know what i mean… its worse because i live in philadelphia and i have to deal with it… their fans are complete snobs these days…
We went cold in the fourth, a common occurrence in SEGABABA…
Keep on grinding guys!
shot… selection
Quickley must be hurt right? We are very shot creation deprived right now
put iq in there…cmon thibs
The phrase “high basketball IQ” isn’t used much in reference to Dwight Howard
Obi Toppin’s struggles might lead to LaMarcus Aldridge in NY. LMA for Frank & Rivers works in the trade machine.
I think we can win this by just fishing for fouls on Howard
Why would SA do that?
Philly plays D too
We’re not alone
Gonna be hard to close this out, they are clearly tired
Most devastating loss of the season.
Randle is running on fumes
Can’t fault Bullock for that – solid D, but Tobias is a pretty good player.
Need to make some shots
You can fault Burks for that, though
RJ!
Turns out Randle can run out of energy
SA would save about $8M in cash by taking back so much less in salary, if they traded LMA for Frank & Rivers.
Randle was wide open if Burks was an actual point guard
after going up and down last night… randle has done it about 6 times tonight…
Playoff intensity
man, that was such a necesssry time for the knicks to go 2-for-1
Crazy good pass by Randle. Tough miss for RJ.
Exciting ending… That last play they should have went 2 for 1 though…
Randle just too tired. Tough loss coming our way.
Though missed free throw! We still have a chance….
Ball don’t lie
yup, that was inexplicable. complete failure by the players/coaches
Harris has played Randle very tough
I like these guys, tho. Regardless of outcome.
Tough team
Who misses the three? I say Burks.
argh
An egregious blunder…
They just make small mistakes down the stretch of these games.
what was the rush there… ? why did we have to put one up so quickly… no pun intended
The fuck were we saving our challenge for?!
That’s pretty extreme, Sixers without Embiid are still a decent team.
Knicks can’t challenge because they do not have a TO left.
Painful, brutal loss…
I told about the missing FTs in the first half, they weight heavily in a close game,
plus they were clearly tired and we’re missing three rotation players (two of them starters).
We played two good games and head home with nothing, but they let everything on the floor as usual, can’t complain with the effort.
i think we were outta timeouts so no challenge left
Playing the best teams in the east down to the wire is good, but we obviously need to learn how to finish.
The positive news is that Thibs is making me feel OK about my COVID-times weight gain. Svelte, even…
Gutsy effort. Randle looked a little tired at the end, as he should be.
Can’t complain about the loss that much but should have been a W. But Sixers are a solid team even without Joel.
this one hurts.
no moral victory here.
Breen said it right. We could have used Derrick Rose tonight.
9 point lead heading into the 4th quarter after last night’s tough loss, this one stings. Not to mention they’ve fallen under. 500 and are dropping rapidly in the standings. Granted I would’ve taken a 1-3 start to the 2nd half considering the tough road trip but blowing this game tonight really hurts.
The Jazz beat the Celtics (but man, Robert Timelord Williams is good),
Knicks’ trade target Oladipo with 34 in Houston 100th consecutive loss,
future Knick Zach Lavine with 40 in Chicago win over OKC.
I think we don’t miss one of them :P
Also the 3 Lottery pick busts really stand out in a game like tonight.
Rama, try what I do for weight. No eating until noon everyday.
Seems to work for me. I eat breakfast, I gain weight. I don’t, I lose. Haha!
Also, Tobias Harris played a great game.
And Simmons is just awesome on defense. Fun to watch.
Hard to call any loss against a very good team on the road on the tail end of a back-to-back a devastating loss. It hurts, but we were simply out-executed by a better team down the stretch. Same with last night.
The reality is that we’re at best around a .500 team. If this were at home, or if Philly was on the 2nd game of a b2b I’d be more upset. Even without Embiid, they’re a very good team.
Rose is gonna play all 48 minutes in his 1st game back.
Nets game was fun but as it played out probably was never winnable. But tonight. We controlled everything … pace ended up good for us … defense ratchets up we don’t execute as well … however … we did have looks. Just didn’t make a bucket.
Just noting we scored 14 points in the 4th… wow
MSG post-game pretty much roasting Frank.
That is generally the reason why good teams beat less good teams. We don’t really have a closer, and even if you call Randle a closer, good teams will make someone else beat them.
I actually wouldn’t mind Zach Lavine at this point
Wally not toeing the corporate line tonight. Tempers high.
On paper going 1-3 in this first four of the second half was expected,
we’re upset because we played the last two to the wire,
but it’s a good sign, we were clear underdogs, the Nets are the Nets and the Sixers are better then us even without Embiid.
Now we need to go 4-0 (or at least 3-1) in the next stretch.
Frank #1 in plus minus but the MSG propaganda outfit won’t say that
missed free throws will always come back to bite you in the butt…
why the rushed 3’s, normally you hold till the last second to shoot. we made the same mistake twice in the final possession
I really believe we could have ended this one from the 1st half if we were more careful but it’s understandable since we weren’t playing against a g-league team.
2nd unit offensively was Burks one on one. Thibs tried to slightly mix the 2 units but wasn’t enough.
Frank tried hard on D as always but in offense he should give… something!
Obi is a problem right now
Fun game but it could have been much more fun
82 minutes in back to back nights for Randle seems excessive.
Team stats are close.
Player stats show Harris/Curry/Simmons killing us.
The lynchpin of our offense was too exhausted to make plays in the 4th quarter, and without our two pointguard like substances we have trouble scoring. I don’t think this loss is all that complicated. We scored 14 points in the 4th quarter-the Sixers without Embiid are still pretty good defensively but nobody is that good.
Does Randle have a 2nd wind in him for the second half? Or would that be a 3rd wind? Would you believe a fourth wind?
Lonzo is Balling again….come to the Knicks please.
The way the Pelicans will burn possession after possession without giving the ball to Zion when nobody on the other team can stop him from scoring at will is really something to see. He’s 11-16, why the fuck is Eric Bledsoe even looking at the basketball.
Dame is amazing but that is just a complete clown show by the Pelicans
up until we lost the lead late in the 4th, I thought we would still win…
that was a bummer…lots of missed free throws cost us the game, that and curry and that other guy getting hot in the 3rd…
interested to see if taj backs up julius when mitch returns…
here’s the pre-march madness draft update:
1. Jalen Suggs
2. Jalen Green
3. Cade Cunningham
4. Evan Mobley
5. Jalen Johnson
Cade’s been on an absolute tear and probably cemented himself as the #1 pick but i still have some doubts mainly because Suggs has been so good and Cade has been less than stellar in aggregate.. Green’s Ignite experiment went pretty well.. he was exactly as advertised and looked downright dominating at times against half decent comp… Johnson is tough to rate from the earlier discussions about the offcourt stuff but he’s right around here if you ignore it… the offcourt stuff does matter tho so it’ll be interesting where he ends up…
6. James Bouknight
7. Moses Moody
8. Scottie Barnes
9. Jonathan Kuminga
10. Josh Christopher
Kuminga did not look great in the gleague but also wasn’t terrible… there’s def glimmers of what gets folks excited however it did highlight the same questions from hs… his outside shot and his bullyball tendencies which predictably wasn’t as effective against tougher comp…. Barnes’ OTOH has played well and i think is solidly in the mid lotto… he has the same shooting question marks but his passing ability/handle for a guy with his size and measurements is very unique and is probably worth rolling the dice on…
11. Charles Bassey
12. Keon Johnson
13. Jaden Springer
14. Jared Butler
15. Ayo Dosunmo
16. Franz Wagner
Besides Bassey, this group should all be a part of teams making deep tourney runs and they are all pretty underrated… they all provide a multi level skill set with one major question mark… but they’re diverse contributions should give them a fair chance to succeed despite that… my gut says we’re probably shopping within this group which does make the tourney a fun follow..
17. Chris Duarte
18. Terrence Shannon
19. Sharife Cooper
20. Neemias Queta
This group of names round out a pretty solid first rd and most should be available for our…
It’s honestly aggravating to watch, he even went 6-6 on free throws so there isn’t even the excuse that he would get fouled and have a lower chance to score at the line. The Blazers are playing Melo and Kanter at their front court and Zion only gets 17 shots in a close game while Ingram and Bledsoe are throwing jumpers at the rim.
So what’s the record for most consecutive games leading your team in plus-minus while missing every single shot? I’m guessing Frank just broke his own record (initially set yesterday) with 2.