112 replies on “2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets: The Road Trip Begins!”
Very important game and a trap one…
Let’s do the job,
Let’s go Knicks!
Let’s Do it!
i don’t get being the worst team in the league and refusing to burn a TO when one of your guys is hobbling up and down the court
That looked like an offensive foul on Woods.
4 mins into the game and I already can’t wait until Payton is subbed out.
Payton in sleepwalking mode again.
Randle is having an All-NBA season but he does some of the dumbest turnovers ever…
I was just wondering if we could trade for Olynyk as our new starting point guard. He’s so much better at facilitating than Elf. And shooting. Probably rebounding too, I’d guess.
I have no idea how that 3 pointer by Payton went in. It was off line the whole way
I’m enjoying Randle’s corner 3 assists.
porter jr just making mannequins out there
Making all your 3s really makes your offense look good
Fool you, once, Taj, shame on them. Fool you twice ..
How Porter can shoot with two dangly braids over one of his eyes is beyond me. That shit would throw me off.
Raven:
How Porter can shoot with two dangly braids over one of his eyes is beyond me. That shit would throw me off.
It’s not as bad as the Elfrid upside-down boot hairstyle.
Not bad so far
Raven:
How Porter can shoot with two dangly braids over one of his eyes is beyond me. That shit would throw me off.
After Payton shaved his hair and that discussion died, we needed a “new weird hair that could potentially hinder shooting” hero
It would be so nice if we could make this a laugher and be able to rest the starters with Memphis on the schedule tomorrow night. Plus it gets Obi more burn.
So…Obi has been working on his 3, huh? Yikes.
if the Knicks were an Ikea furniture their instructions would be two lines:
1. Survive Payton’s minutes
2. Win the game
At least we can track Obi around the court with those shoes… dazzling.
Obi’s center of gravity is somewhere near his shoulders.
Knicks stopped passing the ball.
Ok, Obi, you can stay!
Taj is like a Mexican jumping bean tonight. He certainly plays hard
Obi is getting better game by game.
Taj not staying on his feet on defense. Getting burned by the head fake.
Porter has abused RJ a couple of times but he’s only got 5 points so no biggie
The Knicks are playing lazy as hell on rotations, but it’s amazing how they can turn the defense up when they want it, really well drilled and disciplined when they focus.
Tonite has featured some of the brickiest bricks of the season…
The negative effect of The Plague is unbelievable, as soon as he went out Randle hit two threes…
He’s like kryptonite for his teammates….
Where’s our Argentinian point guard? I doubt that he gets many minutes but I’d like to see him play.
Rest the starters Thibs we’ve got a huge game tomorrow night
We could’ve beat these jabronis with Randle and 4 Ntilikinas tonight
hang around for the last 8 seconds and you’ll get to see if you’re right
Invisible Sixth Man holding them to 20.8% from three…
ptmilo:
hang around for the last 8 seconds and you’ll get to see if you’re right
Haha! Randle will probably still be playing.
it’s been highly pleasant hearing opposing announcers chastise their players for going under screens on a “shooter like barrett”
oh…bummer…the celtics are gonna lose…
Hope they’re holding Noel out to be cautious
MELO!!!
This timeout was called by Thibs strictly to tell Obi that his defense sucks
This timeout is peak Thibs experience.
Should we have a pool on when Thibs puts Randle back in?
Where’s our Argentinian point guard? I doubt that he gets many minutes but I’d like to see him play.
Has he actually signed? There were articles saying they were close to doing it, but I haven’t read that they actually closed the deals.
Knick fan not in NJ: Has he actually signed?There were articles saying they were close to doing it, but I haven’t read that they actually closed the deals.
I don’t think that he has. There’s a buyout involved too.
Boston’s loss to Portland is very good news (thanks Melo for the clutch basket)…
brown and tatum collided in the final minute and brown looked possibly hurt
Thibs, we’re up by 35. Please sit our guys. Pretty please,
let’s just pray thibs doesn’t get cocky and take rj out before downs his usual 40
Please could someone tell Thibs that we have another game tomorrow?
Kevin Knox must be thinking his career is at an all time low
frank..where art thou frank….ou est frank?
d-mar:
Should we have a pool on when Thibs puts Randle back in?
If you had Randle and 4:48, you lost!!
Brown and Tatum both taken to the locker room after a late collision
How the hell does Knox look like less of a NBA player than Toppin?
Knox is still making rookie mistakes. Mikal or Miles, we screwed up.
Man Obi doesn’t exactly overpower people in the paint
I am not impressed by Norvel Pelle. Nice pass from Harper though.
Toppin adding a ton of garbage to garbage time…
Kenyon’s son looks like a real NBA player
Martin making both our rookies — Obi and Knox — look bad…
Nice win, now let’s get another one tomorrow
Well this was easy,
a well managed professional job against a terrible team.
It’s official, we break the streak of losing seasons, great work.
Tomorrow’s game will be very important, I hope Noel’s ankle is fine and Burks’ll be back.
Where’s our Argentinian point guard? I doubt that he gets many minutes but I’d like to see him play.
Has he actually signed? There were articles saying they were close to doing it, but I haven’t read that they actually closed the deals.
I don’t think that he has. There’s a buyout involved too.
The buyout was set at 2M on thursday. I think they’re waiting for Harper’s 10-day contract to expire (today). So i expect Vildoza to sign tomorrow, if it’s all set between him and the Knicks.
This was one of those 25 point wins where it made sense to play RJ 40 minutes I gather….
Shaping up to be a great night…Knicks win, Celts and Mavs lose….hmm, let me check the Mets score…
Oh shit, they scored 8 runs? I shoulda bought a lottery ticket today…
Oh shit Diaz
Edwin Diaz is back.
WTF
They shouldn’t have used Diaz for a second day in a row when the Mets had a 4 run lead.
Still, I think I’m gonna need a break from the Mets for a while.
That was pulled from the deepest nether regions of the Mets collective arses
With 8 games left in the 2020-21 season, the New York Knickerbockers are 8 games over .500.
Let that sink in for a moment.
d-mar:
With 8 games left in the 2020-21 season, the New York Knickerbockers are 8 games over .500.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Amazing accomplishment by EOTY Leon Rose and COTY Tom Thibodeau.
Still, there’s a good chance that we have to get to the 40-win mark to avoid the play-in, certainly at least 39, unless one of BOS (please!) MIA or ATL goes into a tailspin and they all have relatively friendly schedules. This MEM game is critical…we will have trouble beating any of LAL, LAC or PHX and it would suck going into our 3 last home games on a 4-game bender. I would hate for that last game to be pivotal to avoiding the play-in.
If you had told me the Knicks and Mavs would have the same record in May, I would have assumed Doncic suffered a season-ending injury.
Edit: and I would have been excited about two great lottery picks…
The Knicks have the same record as the Lakers
Edit: and I would have been excited about two great lottery picks…
Yeah I would have been dreaming about drafting 1-2
112 replies on “2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Rockets: The Road Trip Begins!”
Very important game and a trap one…
Let’s do the job,
Let’s go Knicks!
Let’s Do it!
i don’t get being the worst team in the league and refusing to burn a TO when one of your guys is hobbling up and down the court
That looked like an offensive foul on Woods.
4 mins into the game and I already can’t wait until Payton is subbed out.
Payton in sleepwalking mode again.
Randle is having an All-NBA season but he does some of the dumbest turnovers ever…
I was just wondering if we could trade for Olynyk as our new starting point guard. He’s so much better at facilitating than Elf. And shooting. Probably rebounding too, I’d guess.
Some sleep-walking early
I swear I didn’t see your post first 🙂
I have no idea how that 3 pointer by Payton went in. It was off line the whole way
I’m enjoying Randle’s corner 3 assists.
porter jr just making mannequins out there
Making all your 3s really makes your offense look good
Fool you, once, Taj, shame on them. Fool you twice ..
How Porter can shoot with two dangly braids over one of his eyes is beyond me. That shit would throw me off.
It’s not as bad as the Elfrid upside-down boot hairstyle.
Not bad so far
After Payton shaved his hair and that discussion died, we needed a “new weird hair that could potentially hinder shooting” hero
It would be so nice if we could make this a laugher and be able to rest the starters with Memphis on the schedule tomorrow night. Plus it gets Obi more burn.
So…Obi has been working on his 3, huh? Yikes.
if the Knicks were an Ikea furniture their instructions would be two lines:
1. Survive Payton’s minutes
2. Win the game
At least we can track Obi around the court with those shoes… dazzling.
Obi’s center of gravity is somewhere near his shoulders.
Knicks stopped passing the ball.
Ok, Obi, you can stay!
Taj is like a Mexican jumping bean tonight. He certainly plays hard
Obi is getting better game by game.
Taj not staying on his feet on defense. Getting burned by the head fake.
Randall sat down.
Taj’s biting every fake tonight…
Stop plagiarizing me
taj… “spinning and winning “
Obi’s got six minutes already. He must be exhausted. (Go Thibs!)
Oops, never mind. Six it is, Randle back in.
I can’t remember the last time I turned it on in the second quarter and felt perfectly certain we would win
Our offense is so much better it’s hiding the fact that we really miss Mitch
Dude, we’re on the same wavelength 🙂
I love those late in the shot clock double teams.
Me and you the same, dude.
Porter has abused RJ a couple of times but he’s only got 5 points so no biggie
The Knicks are playing lazy as hell on rotations, but it’s amazing how they can turn the defense up when they want it, really well drilled and disciplined when they focus.
Tonite has featured some of the brickiest bricks of the season…
Where’s Noel? Is he hurt?
Olynyk, Porter & Wood. How is this team so awful?
I’d say coaching
Well, those are also the only 3 NBA players on the team, so it balances it out
Celtics defense is fucking atrocious, Blazers have 103 points and the 3rd quarter isn’t even over yet
Saw that Lamelo pass on the 150. Pretty dope.
Also, Cole Anthony has a lot of confidence.
Body by Barrett.
Did Nerlens ice his hands at halftime?
These guys can’t take anything for granted. The first 3 minutes have been embarrassing.
we better hope we don’t play the olynyk pump fake in the first round
That was such an obvious and 1 by RJ he gets zero respect from refs
We just need to survive 3 more minutes of Payton and we’ll be good
uh-oh
If the Rockets were making their free throws this game would be uncomfortably close
We’re probably a bottom 5 team without Randle
Julius. Just unstoppable these days.
Julius taking over…
MVP! MVP!
Pissed off Randle is the best Randle.
Noel’s out of the game.
The negative effect of The Plague is unbelievable, as soon as he went out Randle hit two threes…
He’s like kryptonite for his teammates….
Randle beast mode, sublime sequence.
hali looks hurt
Where’s our Argentinian point guard? I doubt that he gets many minutes but I’d like to see him play.
Rest the starters Thibs we’ve got a huge game tomorrow night
We could’ve beat these jabronis with Randle and 4 Ntilikinas tonight
hang around for the last 8 seconds and you’ll get to see if you’re right
Invisible Sixth Man holding them to 20.8% from three…
Haha! Randle will probably still be playing.
it’s been highly pleasant hearing opposing announcers chastise their players for going under screens on a “shooter like barrett”
oh…bummer…the celtics are gonna lose…
Hope they’re holding Noel out to be cautious
MELO!!!
This timeout was called by Thibs strictly to tell Obi that his defense sucks
This timeout is peak Thibs experience.
Should we have a pool on when Thibs puts Randle back in?
Has he actually signed? There were articles saying they were close to doing it, but I haven’t read that they actually closed the deals.
I don’t think that he has. There’s a buyout involved too.
Boston’s loss to Portland is very good news (thanks Melo for the clutch basket)…
brown and tatum collided in the final minute and brown looked possibly hurt
Thibs, we’re up by 35. Please sit our guys. Pretty please,
let’s just pray thibs doesn’t get cocky and take rj out before downs his usual 40
Please could someone tell Thibs that we have another game tomorrow?
Kevin Knox must be thinking his career is at an all time low
frank..where art thou frank….ou est frank?
If you had Randle and 4:48, you lost!!
Brown and Tatum both taken to the locker room after a late collision
oops
Headband Frank hype!
How the hell does Knox look like less of a NBA player than Toppin?
Knox is still making rookie mistakes. Mikal or Miles, we screwed up.
Man Obi doesn’t exactly overpower people in the paint
I am not impressed by Norvel Pelle. Nice pass from Harper though.
Toppin adding a ton of garbage to garbage time…
Kenyon’s son looks like a real NBA player
Martin making both our rookies — Obi and Knox — look bad…
Nice win, now let’s get another one tomorrow
Well this was easy,
a well managed professional job against a terrible team.
It’s official, we break the streak of losing seasons, great work.
Tomorrow’s game will be very important, I hope Noel’s ankle is fine and Burks’ll be back.
The buyout was set at 2M on thursday. I think they’re waiting for Harper’s 10-day contract to expire (today). So i expect Vildoza to sign tomorrow, if it’s all set between him and the Knicks.
This was one of those 25 point wins where it made sense to play RJ 40 minutes I gather….
Shaping up to be a great night…Knicks win, Celts and Mavs lose….hmm, let me check the Mets score…
Oh shit, they scored 8 runs? I shoulda bought a lottery ticket today…
Oh shit Diaz
Edwin Diaz is back.
WTF
They shouldn’t have used Diaz for a second day in a row when the Mets had a 4 run lead.
Still, I think I’m gonna need a break from the Mets for a while.
That was pulled from the deepest nether regions of the Mets collective arses
With 8 games left in the 2020-21 season, the New York Knickerbockers are 8 games over .500.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Amazing accomplishment by EOTY Leon Rose and COTY Tom Thibodeau.
Still, there’s a good chance that we have to get to the 40-win mark to avoid the play-in, certainly at least 39, unless one of BOS (please!) MIA or ATL goes into a tailspin and they all have relatively friendly schedules. This MEM game is critical…we will have trouble beating any of LAL, LAC or PHX and it would suck going into our 3 last home games on a 4-game bender. I would hate for that last game to be pivotal to avoiding the play-in.
If you had told me the Knicks and Mavs would have the same record in May, I would have assumed Doncic suffered a season-ending injury.
Edit: and I would have been excited about two great lottery picks…
The Knicks have the same record as the Lakers
Yeah I would have been dreaming about drafting 1-2