Comments on: 2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:53:32 +0000

Yeah I think this might be the best win of the season! Or tied with the last win over Cleveland Lol

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:39:44 +0000

Following the box score I noticed that Barrett was off the court during crunch time. Quickley was there instead. This may reflect two things. One, Quickley has gotten better overall than he used to be, and two, Quickley is probably better at defending Cleveland’s guards.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:49:46 +0000

Even though it is hard to discern from the box score (he was the only starter without a negative +/-), I thought RJ had an overall lousy night. He did hit some timely baskets and had a key steal (!) but commited a bunch of unforced errors on both ends. It was key that Thibs kept him off the court for a long stretch in crunch time. Hopefully he’ll do that more when RJ is clearly an overall negative.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:45:45 +0000

Agree on all counts, cyber. I distinctly remember how happy everyone was that we won that last game to clinch the Hawks and home advantage. Didn’t work out so well!

By: Z--man

Z--man — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:43:43 +0000

Julius was terrific at denying the 3 and midrange on that last shot.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:41:06 +0000

I agree with Brian too, once it was clear his comment wasn’t a slight to I-Hart 😉

By: Z--man

Z--man — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:14:53 +0000

Mitchell agrees with Brian. From ESPN:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35520989/groin-injury-turnovers-haunt-cavs-mitchell-loss-knicks

But, from his vantage point, Mitchell said the loss was solely on his shoulders.

“I screwed that up,” Mitchell said. “The last few possessions, I can cry about the foul calls all I want. I’ve just got to be more poised for our group. I had one turnover on a layup, even though I feel like I got fouled, pull it out, run a play, get something. And then the second one where I airballed the layup, that’s on me. I let the team down at the end of the game. We played a really good game up until that point, all of us, and I didn’t do my job. And that’s on me.”

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:14:45 +0000

About wanting to play the Cavs in the playoffs, i wouldn’t take away a lot from this games, in 2020-21 we swept the Hawks during the regular season and we all know how it went in the playoffs. Either by memory or because E keeps bringing this up every other thread. 😀

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:12:13 +0000

I fell asleep at the beginning of the 2nd quarter, only to wake up in the 4th with around 7:30 to play and the Knicks up by 11 (82-93). By minute 6:11 we were up by 2 (91-93). At that point i thought it was all over and that i must give bad luck to the team. LOL. But they kept fighting back and that was a hell of a statement win. I loved it.

By: cybersoze

cybersoze — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:07:28 +0000

Great win! And this can give us more confidence that we can beat good teams, which is even better.