Comments on: 2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks @ Celtics

By: Z--man

Z--man — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:54:28 +0000

The morning after a gutty win over the Celts is always a nice thing! Just read some articles, watched some postgame crying by Mazzulla and Brown, and now going to listen to KFS postgame pod in the car. All is right with the world!

By: Knew Your Nicks

Knew Your Nicks — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:48:06 +0000

Yes.
That’s The bingbong Shit!
Very Proud of our mfkrs!

Fell asleep very early due to brutal working hrs but watched it a few hrs after it ended wo knowing the final score.

Vintage SportsFanPsychedelia

More of this Please!

By: Bo Nateman

Bo Nateman — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:18:03 +0000

Self-entitled douche Jimmy Dolan threatens beer ban at the Garden
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/nyregion/james-dolan-madison-square-garden.html?searchResultPosition=1

By: Nicos

Nicos — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:31:41 +0000

It’d make more sense if Brunson was a straight line driver but given how herky jerky (and time consuming) his drives can be he really needs to start the action a couple seconds earlier.

Maybe the most heartening thing was the second unit really playing well for the second game in a row. IQ looks close to breaking out into a second half like he had last year. He was really, really good tonight and needed and deserved to be out there late. Hart has been moving better, Obi’s coming around, and RJ while frustrating, is starting to carry over his solid play with the starters to the bench. That’s huge because it makes Deuce’s lack of offense less conspicuous. With the two center lineup there was too much need for scoring for Deuce’s defense to pay dividends. The Knicks winning the bench minutes won them the last two games.

By: ramahawk

ramahawk — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:03:49 +0000

Nice analogy Raven

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:59:15 +0000

Bruno, totally agree, but I do think there’s a solution, which is if you want to whittle down the clock, don’t iso-prevent, pass the ball around. Otherwise it’s like dribbling toward the sideline when you’re double-teamed — the clock becomes a sixth defender, cutting options out as it ticks toward zero.

By: Bruno Almeida

Bruno Almeida — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:51:04 +0000

There are definitely times when this team goes into “prevent offense” in th 4th when they are ahead and it’s really annoying because that only works if you have reliable superstars who can take difficult shots under pressure, which we don’t really have. It’s a big reason why we choke away leads so often but unfortunately there’s not much of a solution available on the roster outside of hoping Randle, Brunson or RJ are making those shots.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:21:32 +0000

Agree that Brunson was overdribbling there at the end. I know he wanted to take time out of the clock but starting our offense with under ten seconds left just isn’t a great idea when it’s so likely to be an iso that the defense can load up, and it’s either a turnover, wildly contested shot or a last-second pass-out for an overhurried three.

I know, I know, we won. Thank goodness.

By: Nicos

Nicos — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:15:50 +0000

Thibs really should have gone with Quick over Grimes or Barrett and Hart over Sims in the fourth. Also- Brunson pounding the ball late with leads just kills the offense- that has to stop. Still, best win of the year.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:07:50 +0000

I’ll say this about Deuce. When he goes in for Brunson, there is no hiding his +/- behing other players on the floor with him. When he gets a +11, that’s a really big deal. He must be doing something right!