The Knicks head to Phoenix, where the Hawks kicked the Suns’ ass, so the Knicks really need to do the same. A win here guarantees at least a 3-3 road trip, which would pretty much assure them of avoiding the play-in game (they already have really good odds of avoiding the play-in game).
Come on, Derrick Rose, pretend that it’s Memphis!
Let’s go, assure at least a 3-3 road trip, Knicks!
116 replies on “2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Suns – Time To Ensure a Road Trip Split!”
LOL Celts
Frank Frank
Yankees suck again.
I was looking forward to tonight’s game but with such a depleted bench not that excited anymore.
Celtics with the big loss!
I hate late games. I’m DVRing this in case (for when) I nod off.
We are now 3 ahead in the loss column to the Celts. Our magic number with them is now 4. Although it’s tricky with that last game deciding the tiebreaker…
We won lots of games without Burks and with IQ playing poorly, so I think we can still pull this one out if the rest of the team steps up.
That Heat Celtics 2 game series on Sunday and Tuesday gonna be super interesting.
Neither Randle nor Barrett had good games vs. PHX last time, they both have to step up.
Gimme Frankie or gimme shit!
Let’s Do it baby!
My hope is that the Celts lose both, but no matter what happens it helps us.
Last game against Phoenix, Thibs had Payton pick up Chris Paul from 3/4 court to try to tire Paul out down the stretch. That plan did not work, as Paul was fresh enough to dominate the last 2 minutes.
Down to 60% turnover rate. Let’s keep getting that puppy down!
We ain’t winning this one if we don’t actually get any shots off.
And they’re all pretty much unforced errors…
How about not jerkin off with the ball for a start?
To use a Clyde phrase: “Knicks in disarray “
Bridges and Paul are both plus defenders.
RJ is regressing
He’s taken 1 shot so far.
maybe the worst challenge i’ve seen
Letting Ayton alone under the basket don’t seem like a good idea
The part of Teen Wolf will be played by Julius Randle tonight. Personally, I want to see the footage of him surfing on top of the Howard’s Hardware van.
Well, at least in this disaster of a 1st quarter Randle has shown up, unlike the Denver game.
It does feel that every shot the Suns take is either a layup or an open 3, and every shot we take is something contested or a Randle typical attempt, and that is not a good sign…
Who’s playing Chubby?
I’m at work and can’t watch, but from the box score, Randle is doing most of the scoring. At least he’s not shut down the way he was against Denver
I can’t stay up for this even if we were winning …
What an awful challenge. What a moron.
Words I never thought I’d say: Thank God for Derrick Rose
I didn’t go to bed … 🙂
Is is surprising that the Knicks thrive when Rose is running the point?
Yeah baby!
The Ks are back!
Rose once again changing the game, now we’re the ones getting the quality shots!
Holy crap we’re ahead. I wasn’t expecting that…
Not a coincidence that Paul goes to the bench and we go on a tear
I’ve got a fever and the only prescription is more Physical Play!
Kevin Knox is playing the part of Chubby tonight. It is now an ironic nickname. The similarity is in the usefulness on the court.
What a turnaround!
So here’s a question for the panel: come playoff time, should Thibs start Rose? He’s so good off the bench, but Payton is so bad and gets us off to these horrid starts
Thoughts?
DRose is a Vet’s Min God!
Dumb double. I don’t need to take it out of bookers hands just yet. Especially giving up the easy corner 3
He may not start, but he’s playing way more than 25 minutes per game.
Payton should be kidnapped mystically during the halftime and sent to China
I’m really not sure. Was Peyton guarding Paul and Vice versa? That would be a reason for a bad start on his part.
Frank!!
Obi had Paul on him in the post and immediately passed. Inexcusable
Did Brian actually call Obi… Maude?
I’ve seen enough of Frank already.
Maude with a big three from the corner…
Youngins lookin real good.
I guess part of what is allowing Rose to be so good is that he’s not playing super heavy minutes, so unfortunately Elfrid is a bit of a necessary evil… maybe Vildoza could help, if he even plays? Payton just sucks the life out of the offense so much it hurts.
Frank makes Cp3 look like Payton!
okay obi
Obi!!!!!
obi took that out of the mitch playbook
That might have been Obi’s finest moment of the season
Still can’t believe Obi blocked CP3 on an iso
Obi had his best defensive stretch of the season. Thibs left him in for 8 minutes.
We have no answers for Booker
Booker is 1-5, just let him shoot instead of fucking biting on every single pump fake, he’s clearly trying to get to the line
Fix the paint D, put more Frank and get the W
Knicks have punished the Suns for playing zone defense at the end of each quarter.
Great ending to the half you can’t ask for much more from our guys
Winnable
If we can get this win, our odds of avoiding the play in will be like 90%
First few minutes of 3rd quarter will be critical , Payton needs to not suck ass
It won’t be easy but it’s doable
Best Conditioning gets the W
Couldn’t have asked for a better 1st half but they really need to tighten up the perimeter defense if they’re gonna somehow win this game.
Mets with a gritty win, featuring a Lindor game-tying HR and some bearded scrub with a walk-off swinging bunt.
Payton should be playing with Nanjing Monkey Kings tomorrow if we want to win this one!
I don’t think letting the Suns walk into open 3’s is a good defensive strategy.
So much for the tightening perimeter defense, allowed back to back wide open 3pters.
3s are evil stuff
Get Elfrid out of there
Ayton has 20 points by basically catching passes from Chris Paul
I hate Chris Paul with all my strength
payton sucks big time…
..
ayton is going to owe cp3 like 80% of his next contract….
Well so far we’ve prevented the big run…
Ayton was almost breakdancing under the basket
oof
jfc rj
That was the worst sequence of the year.
Nauseating
What the actual fuck was that, holy shit
This one has loss written all over it
Only down 2 going into the 4th quarter but sure feels like this game is over.
phuck
WtF
Well, it was the third quarter. You knew it wasn’t going to end well. They just saved the giant steaming dump until the final second.
RJ and Bullock might play all 24 mins in the 2nd half.
Never mind.
This fell apart super fast
Goodnight.
for whatever reason… the refs just don’t like rj…
Thank god we didn’t draft that Bridges stiff
So predictable. Just annoying constant mistakes on both ends.
Knicks really missing Burks and IQ right now.
If we lose, this is the RJ lost us the game game. He’s played like he’s in middle school JV. He doesn’t deserve a call going his way.
Taj was slow getting back, which led to RJ on Kaminsky in the lane and a wide open corner 3 for Bridges.
JFC on every drive RJ gets contact but he has just 2 FTA.
now that sequence was the game
Payne looks like a left handed Lou Williams
Taj should have punched Paul in the nose.
Does Chris Paul ever stop yakking?
Crowder has been super annoying tonight too.
Any Suns player takes 1 dribble inside the 3pt line and the entire freaking team collapses into the paint and they’re just giving up a shit ton of open 3pters I don’t get it.
road trip from hell
Didn’t watch the game, but reading the game thread i see that we hanged in there until the 4th quarter. Gotta address this trend to have awful 4th quarters, and i think i even prefer our previous trend of having awful 3rd quarters, because that way we still had a quarter to make up for it.
But this one is behind us, and we’re still 4th, so not all is bad. 😉 Now let’s try to sweep the LA teams. 🙂
I went to bed at the end of the 3rd quarter and seems like I missed quite a collapse
Remaining schedule of the teams involved:
It’s hard to tell what is the best outcome in the MIA-BOS matchups, because we’re still aiming for the 4th/5th game with ATL. For the Top6 goal it’s easy, it’s best that the team farther behind (BOS) loses both, which would (probably) put the Celtics in the play-in (a plus :P) getting the chance to witness the “Terry Rozier revenge game” in the 7th/8th play-in game (another plus). ;D
Kind of curious to know what RJ did at the end of the third or start of the fourth, sounds like he murdered someone…
We fought valiantly but they had more firepower at the end of the day. The difference was all of the threes by Mikal, Crowder and Payne. Hell, even Carter threw one in from 30 feet away as time ran out with his eyes closed. We definitely missed IQ and Burks tonight.
Pretty gaudy line from Ayton too. 26 and 15 on 17 t-shots with no turnovers. And Paul.
I watched This is a Robbery with my wife and then went to sleep. Apparently this game was not (a robbery.) Decent doc series fwiw but an absolute must watch for all connoisseurs of Boston accents.
I know we couldn’t have ended up with Luka and Bridges but I have been pretty irritated lately about what might have been.
Ayton definitely benefited from CP3. He’s not as good as his line indicated. And, yes, I’m kind of glad that Taj sent CP3 that little love tap near the end of the game.
Kind of curious to know what RJ did at the end of the third or start of the fourth, sounds like he murdered someone…
end of third. booker rebound. starts out even with rj and pushes. rj takes a weird angle and lets him go. booker misses layup. rj stands aimlessly while craig comes from half court and puts in the rebound. that was the good part. next was this:
https://tinyurl.com/5xz7rb8y
Oof