The Knicks head to Washington to kick the Wizards’ ass!
Let’s go, Knicks!
183 replies on “2023-24 Game Thread: Knicks @ Wizards (OG’s Road B2B Opener, which is not a thing)”
Cronin will take full responsibility if we lose this one…
Kyle Kuzma’s done some weird stuff to his eyebrows.
Knicks dishing and swishing all night long, let’s hope.
Cronin will take full responsibility if we lose this one…
I will take full responsibility for their beatdown of the Wizards!
So what do you do if you’re the Wiz GM? Not a lot of great options, I guess your most valuable asset is Kuzma and he kinda sucks.
They may be in the worst situation of any team in the NBA.
I must admit that I underestimated the immediate impact of the trade. I think I had evaluated OG fairly as he is exactly what I expected.
However, despite shitting on RJ consistently for a long time I don’t think I fully grasped the enormity of his negative impact. RJ’s absence seems to have unlocked a ton of benefits for other players including iHart, DDV, and Grimes. If Deuce has actually leveled up enough to blunt the impact of losing Quickley, this is maybe the rare trade that helps both teams to a similar extent.
As I’ve said before, it’s not just the results but the way we’ve come by them. Our defense has looked legitimately formidable and last night was not just the best win of the season, but the most convincing — we didn’t need outlier shooting to blow them out and both their best players got theirs — we just looked like the better team.
That said, this is the trappiest trap game that ever trap gamed, and the Knicksiest thing we could do is follow up the best win of the season with the worst loss. Here’s hoping that this is for real and we put together a nice strong run that has me eating crow for the rest of the year!
Respect for facing the music Pags, not everyone does. You’re not the only one to have maybe underestimated the addition by subtraction re: RJ. I think I did too.
In retrospect, it seems obvious that a guy who takes a lot of shots at well-below average efficiency and doesn’t do much else is an active detriment. Non-shot creators can still replicate or best the efficiency of a missing shot creator if that efficiency sucks.
I guess even a major skeptic like myself still had a nagging assumption there had to be something more to the RJ experience, but it’s looking like the numbers did in fact tell the full story.
McBride two great challenges at the rim, and some good scuttling downcourt for the Randle drop-off.
This game so far feels like a friendly pickup game…
And I’m okay with it 😀
Man this Wiz team is really fucking terrible.
Holy shit Deuce!!!!
Deuce is one lovable scrub!
As a handicap, Deuce should have to get up 20 shots in this game.
Deuce pulls a Nate!!!
Deuceeeee
DEUCE!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit McBride. We’ve focused so much on things IQ can do that he can’t but that tip jam was definitely not in IQ’s bag.
34 x 4 = 😉
So far doesn’t look like a back to back, which is great.
Just turned it on. The deuce is loose?
They really should try to get OG some shots on offense.
Too many guys on the team with braids and headbands now, we might need to make another move
The Nate vs. Deuce comparison is valid, they both were excellent football players…
Knicks can’t survive two minutes without Deuce. Need to find a better back up for him.
Deuce looking more and more confident and Grimes showing a quick trigger*, nice…
* but lazy passes…
This is confusing, pagliacci might have to change his handle to figaro or something…
9 assists on 14 made baskets
They really should try to get OG some shots on offense.
And he gotta shoot it. He was open at the FT line and he didn’t took it.
This is a good game to get Randle’s confidence back, the Wizards don’t seem to have anyone who’s remotely interested in playing defense.
You can’t stop the Human Fastbreak…
And he gotta shoot it. He was open at the FT line and he didn’t took it.
He’s been a little timid, sure, but he averaged like 6 or 7 3PAs with the Raptors and he hasn’t been getting them so far.
How is that not a goaltend from iHart !?
Everybody Beats the Wiz
@Cyber,
he’s so cocky right now he’s bending all the rules 😀
I don’t want to jinx this, but so far we just look like a different level of team compared to the Wizards.
he’s so cocky right now he’s bending all the rules 😀
LOL
How is that not a goaltend from iHart !?
It was supposed to be an alley-oop… But may have been a shot…
Trivia answer has to be Mase or David Lee?
We’re really good but the Generals are beyond terrible…
Looks like Embiid hurt his knee playing the Knicks, maybe when he bumped knees with Randle. Maybe he shouldn’t have stayed in to keep his streak going.
I don’t want to jinx this, but so far we just look like a different level of team compared to the Wizards.
The Wizards are so bad though. The Knicks aren’t even playing particularly well and they are up 20 halfway in the 2nd quarter.
What was that garbage from Poole?
I’m sure I’m the only one, but I’m getting a little annoyed with the way Randle and Brunson are playing in the half court. They are always looking for their own shot or just each other instead of moving the ball. We know they can go for 30 each, but that should not be the goal.
Man, Hart has been more than I hoped for on D
The pace and passing is just contagious!
Trivia answer has to be Mase or David Lee?
Yeah, i thought of Mase too.
quite an elaborate trap
Man the Wiz are terrible – it’s like they were just thrown together and don’t know each other yet
look at us playing these bozos off the floor
This is insane how good the Knicks are looking right now. They’ll have their offensive droughts but the defense now looks like will be able to cover for those bad offensive stretches.
I’m really curious about the JB-Grimes-Hart-OG-Hartenstein lineup. Thibs won’t keep Randle in the bench for too long, but this lineup is such a defensive force.
I’m old enough to remember when Jordan Poole was a solid young NBA player
quite an elaborate trap
They went for Rube Goldberg and ended up just rubes
Wiz reach our first quarter point total with 3 min left in the half.
Strat: “They are always looking for their own shot or just each other instead of moving the ball.”
Clyde’s Suit: “The pace and passing is just contagious!”
KB at its best! 😀
Wizards might not get to 40 by halftime
I’m sure I’m the only one, but I’m getting a little annoyed with the way Randle and Brunson are playing in the half court. They are always looking for their own shot or just each other instead of moving the ball. We know they can go for 30 each, but that should not be the goal.
Knicks have been getting scoring in recent games from lots of places, tho.
You need your best to be best…Randle has disappeared from time to time.
Dante, Hart, Hartenstein, McBride, OG, Grimes. Getting contribs all over.
I like the flow
That graphic beat me to it – one of the reasons all the recent negativity was so laughable is our schedule. Lots of back-to-backs, away games, games vs good teams like Boston, Milwaukee. We’ve barely played the dregs – Wizards, Hornets, Pistons, Blazers, Spurs.
Fully support Randle making hilarious gambles like that in this game
How does Washington have any wins?
The thing is it’s obvious to see that the other guys on the court want Randle and Brunson to dominate the offense and they look to play off of them.
Washington is bad but we’re making them look like a high school team.
Count me onboard the iHart > Mitch train. He seems to give us 90% of Mitch’s strengths without the severe offensive weaknesses. Per36:
10 pts
11 rebs
2.7 ast
3.3 stocks
On .638 TS%. Oh, and 1st in defensive EPM by a fair distance.
Looks like Thibs is starting to buy into him as a passer as well, so he might even be trending up into some sort of homeless man’s Jokic…
Two sloppy efforts by Brunson there to close the half.
That graphic beat me to it – one of the reasons all the recent negativity was so laughable is our schedule. Lots of back-to-backs, away games, games vs good teams like Boston, Milwaukee.
Respectfully, there was legitimate reason for concern in our record vs. the better teams and the way we lost to them, often without competing and with no ability to hamper their offenses. Over the last 4 games we look radically different and our defense is just night and day.
Enes Freedom?
I’ll wait to see Mitch playing with an all-defense guy (OG) to give my take on iHart vs Mitch.
I’m in Wizards hell. Living in DC area means I can’t watch msg.
The local announcers are just fluffing the Wizards, talking a little trash on fouls and overstating plays as their team is getting crushed.
Just a bad, bad team.
This is a lot less satisfying than beating the 76ers
Would love to hold these jabronis under 90
I’m not ready to pass judgment.
Mitch was having an historic season.
Knicks were winning games merely because of second and third chances.
There is more balance now, but that is more about OG and subtracting RJ.
Mitch still is a shooting liability.
Hartenstein is playing great. No doubt.
Apparently, Kuzma has been “magnificent…” according to the local announcers….
The clear obvious difference with Mitch and iHart is on the offensive end, there’s no really disputing that. However as good as iHart has played defensively he’s still nowhere near Mitch’s level on that end.
They’re different players who complement the rest of the team perfectly.
I’ll wait to see Mitch playing with an all-defense guy (OG) to give my take on iHart vs Mitch.
Def this, but we may end up really liking the passing iHart with the iso starters and the dunking Mitch with the passing bench players.
Clyde’s Suit: “The pace and passing is just contagious!”
The others are passing well and getting opportunities in transition, but once it settles into half court it’s too much Randle/Brunson dribble dribble dribble create a shot and shoot or pass it to the other to do the same. We need more ball and player movement etc… it doesn’t matter against scrubs like this, but we are not playing optimal offense with 3 guys standing around so much hoping for a kick out.
Yeah Frank O., I’m stuck with the Generals’ announcers and they’re like their team: terrible.
I like that every team that plays the Knicks says they need to find a way to match their physicality.
Maybe someone should tell the Knicks that the second half started…
Pretty pathetic start to the 2nd half, hopefully they wake up quickly before this becomes an actual competitive game.
KP left the game with an eye injury, IND making it a game…
Maybe I’ve jinxed it…
Travel???
trap be springing
This would BY FAR be the worst loss of the season.
Anunoby looks a little lazy tonight on defense tonight and I suspect I know why.
No matter how good we are, we’re still the Knicks
Deuce, Hart, Grimes to the rescue?
Zman’s fault for summoning the spirit of pagliacci…
Wow, starting the 2nd half now… what happened !?
Hartenstein!
Soft foul
Who wanted Tyus Jones again?
Never knew how much I hate Avdija till this game.
The Knicks are really missing Mitch’s offensive rebounding. They need to trade for another big man.
Not DDV’s finest quarter so far… 🙁
I step out to pick up a few things at Trader Joe’s and this is what happens?
How is it that after every miss the Wizards are getting 3 on 1’s fastbreaks??
Now this is starting to look like a back to back. 🙁
It’s a back to back for the Wizards as well.
Wizards can’t score in the half court.
Avdija makes some dumb fouls… Wizardsblogger must be on fire! 😀
Hart yelled ‘he fuckin hit it’ and he was right
Were you guys seriously worried about this game??
Order not surprisingly has been restored.
How’d the wiz get back in it? We were kicking their asses so badly I switched to football
Wizards defense must be really fun to play against.
beautiful little 2 man play by Brunson and DDV at the end of the quarter
Clyde, “It hit the net, but it has to go through the hoop.” Hahaha
Fake comeback’s over, yo’ of little faith… 🙂
Dred they hit a bunch of fast break 3s to get back in it but once those attempts dried up it was back to normal.
Thoughts on the Bill Pidto / Clyde broadcast matchup? Seems not as much “play-by-play” and more like 2 color commentary guys. Still rather have Breen, but it’s better than Wally.
Deuce stepped into the painted area!!! Baby steps, let’s go
Bill Pidto is a very fine backup announcer.
The Wizards are just way too shit to make this a real trap game.
The only question now is will the Knicks cover the 9 ½ point spread
Knicks looking good again.
this is a truly terrible game of basketball
Wizards couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from 3 so far.
Pidto is pretty good, we’ve just been spoiled with Breen for so long and Kenny who’s great too.
The Wizards are just way too shit to make this a real trap game.
And the Knicks are just too good right now.
Feels greedy to complain when we’re up by 20, but we should be up by more than 20
For all intents and purposes this is the Point Hartenstein lineup
iHart has 8 points and 5 turnovers. . .Mitch would never
Clyde with his first “Noby” of the season
The Deuce Hypemobile just blew a tire…
This bench really does need a playmaker or something to generate gravity.
Brunson just has a way of stopping the other teams’ momentum
We’re not blowing games to bad teams because we have Jalen Brunson and they don’t.
Jalen Brunson is so sweet.
Oh man. It’s like a cat playing with its food
Brunson is a stone cold killer. Like the greats.
Haven’t had a guard like this since Clyde
Randle smh
OG!
Brunson is an opposing team run killer
Very, very confident Knicks team.
OG is emotionless.
OG is emotionless.
Like a shark
This was fun, please take out the starters now
amazing to think back to third year 24 year old jalen brunson only get 16mpg in a seven game playoff series
Nice to see one bad night didn’t get into Randall’s head. Like to see OG pull the trigger on a few more shots. But it’s amazing how quickly this group has gelled. Feels like we are 1 or 2 more pieces away from being a deep post-season run threat.
Sims always looks embarrassed to be coming in for garbage time
Strong evidence for the theory that IQ/RJ usage will be absorbed by Brunson and Randle.
Did Omoruyi used to play with Tutti Frutti?
iHart with 19 boards
Pretty impressive for the Knicks to now be in the 4th seed considering they were barely in the playoffs picture earlier in the week…
OG’s lack of expression is pretty funny
Can’t play your only good center 40 min on the second night of a back to back against the Wizards of all teams.
How bad has Jericho been in practice that he can’t get any burn on a back to back game except in pure garbage time minutes?
Vote those all star ballots, folks.
And, yeah, I hope Thibs doesn’t break all the wheels on our shiny new apple cart.
Onward to 50 wins!
Schedule should be opening up for the Knicks soon. More home games, weaker opponents. Good chance to stabilize position in the standings.
Not even half the season has gone. It’s why saying stuff like “barely in the playoff picture” is silly.
Be interesting to see where Bontemps and ESPN have us in the Power Rankings next week. I expect a big jump!
“Pretty impressive for the Knicks to now be in the 4th seed considering they were barely in the playoffs picture earlier in the week…”
And Philly is starting to get banged up…let’s hope Utah hangs on tonight, they’d be only 2.5 games up…
Wally truly nauseates me.
Up to 4th in the east, matriculating up the standings
Yeah, my only real complaint is that Sims should’ve played at least 10-12 minutes against the junior varsity. Gafford can’t dominate him, and there were a solid 18 minutes without Gaff on the court.
I’m glad iHart got 19 rebounds, but he goes down after stepping on someone’s foot in the last five minutes of a blowout and we’re in the shit.
Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of the city’s most underrated offerings. It’s right along the East River and the sunsets are incredible.
oh wow noble, that spot does look like a gem, i like how the southern portion of the park is close by those terminals…sort of like the east river park it has a freeway and water as it’s borders, helping to provide it’s own environment…
lingering on the telecast, for the post-game, thibs came out for a like 2 minutes, and left…
i can definitely see philly fading in the standings, dropping down to the 6th seed or so…embiid misses more time, they are going to drop fast…
their whole team is basically embiid and maxey, just a bunch of old mercs after that…
In the 4 games since OG’s arrival we haven’t given up more than 106 points.
At this moment the Knicks are in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, 7.5 games behind the Celtics for top seed.
There’s a lot of season left.
Funny team statistics. It’s close across the board, like this was a nerve-wracking 5-point win. We had fewer turnovers, they had more fast break points, otherwise it was close. Weird.
Play in tourney has been pretty successful but sure looks like this season in the East it’s gonna be pretty unfair. There is a huge gap building between the Top 8 and 9 thru 10.
It kinda annoyed me that the Wizards made that buzzer beating 3 at the end because it will lower our defensive rating.
We got manhandled by the Magic, which kinda triggered this trade. I can’t wait to see how we do against them now. They’re the MLK
matinee game, so we won’t have to wait long.
21-12 edge in made free throws helped a lot. 19 of those came from Brandle.
Man this is really bad, can’t tell who is in worse position them or detroit
Bucks starters that don’t have Greek citizenship are currently a combined 8-28. Ouch.
finally got around to the 2cellos stuff…that is so awesome…i had absolutely no idea there was such a thing as an electric cello…nice…sad to see though they’ve stopped touring just last year…
watched some video performances, very cool euro vibe stuff…
Hah, the game’s write-up in the Wash Post sounds positively Knickerbloggian in its face-palming about missed opportunities. Sound familiar?
“Jalen Brunson (33 points) was available when Washington took Troy Brown Jr. in the 2018 draft. (Brown now resides in Minnesota, averaging 4.7 points for the Timberwolves.) Hartenstein, whose eight points and 19 rebounds Saturday provided the type of rim protection and rebounding that Washington sorely missed, cost the Knicks just $16 million over two years in 2022 free agency.
Josh Hart, who went to school in the Wizards’ backyard at Sidwell Friends, was available for scraps early in his career; his hometown team never bit. Julius Randle, who led all scorers with 39 points, was considered expendable until he got to New York. At the 2017 draft, Washington had traded away the 22nd pick. At No. 23, the Toronto Raptors scooped up two-way stalwart OG Anunoby, whom the Knicks traded for in late December.”
I like where your head is at, JK, but I feel like Brandle doesn’t give Brunson enough due. I mean, Julius gets his whole name, and Jalen gets two letters?
If we change it to Brundle, Jalen gets the b-r-u, Julius gets the d-l-e, and they both share the n. Perfectly equitable.
I just gave this way too much thought, didn’t I?
Yes, that’s right, Brandle. Like Bennifer.
🤣Excellent! Although I’d go with “Brundle” to give a bit more homage to Brunson. 😉
So are our kids McGride?
Ah yes, Brundle is definitely better. Hive mind for the win
It sucks to ever wish good things for the Celts but it would be helpful for them to beat the Pacers again on Monday.
If we’re combining names why not combine the first and the last names.
Jalius Brundle
The Celtics manhandled the Pacers. If they can stay healthy, they will be a very tough out in the playoffs.
Awful idea, Swift.
FYI, Brundle turned into a fly. (Be afraid. Be very afraid.)
Anyway, it’s Julien. Julien Brundle. Shaken not stirred.
I’m going to have to bring the 53 win tracker back now!
Nobody beats the Wiz! (Except for everybody).
(The perk of a 4pm game is that I can’t watch it even if I want to… in fact, I don’t think I’ve seen the Wizards play, like, ever. Not since they were the Bullets. I still don’t know what Bradley Beal looks like.)
I’m optimistic but I’d say slow your roll a bit Brian! I honestly don’t care what the final win total is, I just want to finish in the 4/5 seed again. Of course if they can make a run at 50 wins who knows maybe the 3 seed could come into play but for now I’ll settle for again being in the 4/5 matchup.
OG and Simms leading the vote for the all-NBA Stoics team.
They definitely get my vote!!!
Anyway, it’s Julien. Julien Brundle. Shaken not stirred.
Perfect. Now, is there a “write in” option on the NBA All Star voting form?
183 replies on “2023-24 Game Thread: Knicks @ Wizards (OG’s Road B2B Opener, which is not a thing)”
Cronin will take full responsibility if we lose this one…
Kyle Kuzma’s done some weird stuff to his eyebrows.
Knicks dishing and swishing all night long, let’s hope.
I will take full responsibility for their beatdown of the Wizards!
So what do you do if you’re the Wiz GM? Not a lot of great options, I guess your most valuable asset is Kuzma and he kinda sucks.
They may be in the worst situation of any team in the NBA.
I must admit that I underestimated the immediate impact of the trade. I think I had evaluated OG fairly as he is exactly what I expected.
However, despite shitting on RJ consistently for a long time I don’t think I fully grasped the enormity of his negative impact. RJ’s absence seems to have unlocked a ton of benefits for other players including iHart, DDV, and Grimes. If Deuce has actually leveled up enough to blunt the impact of losing Quickley, this is maybe the rare trade that helps both teams to a similar extent.
As I’ve said before, it’s not just the results but the way we’ve come by them. Our defense has looked legitimately formidable and last night was not just the best win of the season, but the most convincing — we didn’t need outlier shooting to blow them out and both their best players got theirs — we just looked like the better team.
That said, this is the trappiest trap game that ever trap gamed, and the Knicksiest thing we could do is follow up the best win of the season with the worst loss. Here’s hoping that this is for real and we put together a nice strong run that has me eating crow for the rest of the year!
Respect for facing the music Pags, not everyone does. You’re not the only one to have maybe underestimated the addition by subtraction re: RJ. I think I did too.
In retrospect, it seems obvious that a guy who takes a lot of shots at well-below average efficiency and doesn’t do much else is an active detriment. Non-shot creators can still replicate or best the efficiency of a missing shot creator if that efficiency sucks.
I guess even a major skeptic like myself still had a nagging assumption there had to be something more to the RJ experience, but it’s looking like the numbers did in fact tell the full story.
McBride two great challenges at the rim, and some good scuttling downcourt for the Randle drop-off.
This game so far feels like a friendly pickup game…
And I’m okay with it 😀
Man this Wiz team is really fucking terrible.
Holy shit Deuce!!!!
Deuce is one lovable scrub!
As a handicap, Deuce should have to get up 20 shots in this game.
Deuce pulls a Nate!!!
Deuceeeee
DEUCE!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit McBride. We’ve focused so much on things IQ can do that he can’t but that tip jam was definitely not in IQ’s bag.
34 x 4 = 😉
So far doesn’t look like a back to back, which is great.
Just turned it on. The deuce is loose?
They really should try to get OG some shots on offense.
Too many guys on the team with braids and headbands now, we might need to make another move
The Nate vs. Deuce comparison is valid, they both were excellent football players…
Knicks can’t survive two minutes without Deuce. Need to find a better back up for him.
Deuce looking more and more confident and Grimes showing a quick trigger*, nice…
* but lazy passes…
This is confusing, pagliacci might have to change his handle to figaro or something…
9 assists on 14 made baskets
And he gotta shoot it. He was open at the FT line and he didn’t took it.
This is a good game to get Randle’s confidence back, the Wizards don’t seem to have anyone who’s remotely interested in playing defense.
You can’t stop the Human Fastbreak…
He’s been a little timid, sure, but he averaged like 6 or 7 3PAs with the Raptors and he hasn’t been getting them so far.
How is that not a goaltend from iHart !?
Everybody Beats the Wiz
@Cyber,
he’s so cocky right now he’s bending all the rules 😀
I don’t want to jinx this, but so far we just look like a different level of team compared to the Wizards.
LOL
It was supposed to be an alley-oop… But may have been a shot…
Trivia answer has to be Mase or David Lee?
We’re really good but the Generals are beyond terrible…
Looks like Embiid hurt his knee playing the Knicks, maybe when he bumped knees with Randle. Maybe he shouldn’t have stayed in to keep his streak going.
https://global.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39255283/sixers-joel-embiid-sidelined-vs-jazz-swelling-knee
The Wizards are so bad though. The Knicks aren’t even playing particularly well and they are up 20 halfway in the 2nd quarter.
What was that garbage from Poole?
I’m sure I’m the only one, but I’m getting a little annoyed with the way Randle and Brunson are playing in the half court. They are always looking for their own shot or just each other instead of moving the ball. We know they can go for 30 each, but that should not be the goal.
Man, Hart has been more than I hoped for on D
The pace and passing is just contagious!
Yeah, i thought of Mase too.
quite an elaborate trap
Man the Wiz are terrible – it’s like they were just thrown together and don’t know each other yet
look at us playing these bozos off the floor
This is insane how good the Knicks are looking right now. They’ll have their offensive droughts but the defense now looks like will be able to cover for those bad offensive stretches.
I’m really curious about the JB-Grimes-Hart-OG-Hartenstein lineup. Thibs won’t keep Randle in the bench for too long, but this lineup is such a defensive force.
I’m old enough to remember when Jordan Poole was a solid young NBA player
They went for Rube Goldberg and ended up just rubes
Wiz reach our first quarter point total with 3 min left in the half.
Strat: “They are always looking for their own shot or just each other instead of moving the ball.”
Clyde’s Suit: “The pace and passing is just contagious!”
KB at its best! 😀
Wizards might not get to 40 by halftime
Knicks have been getting scoring in recent games from lots of places, tho.
You need your best to be best…Randle has disappeared from time to time.
Dante, Hart, Hartenstein, McBride, OG, Grimes. Getting contribs all over.
I like the flow
That graphic beat me to it – one of the reasons all the recent negativity was so laughable is our schedule. Lots of back-to-backs, away games, games vs good teams like Boston, Milwaukee. We’ve barely played the dregs – Wizards, Hornets, Pistons, Blazers, Spurs.
Fully support Randle making hilarious gambles like that in this game
How does Washington have any wins?
The thing is it’s obvious to see that the other guys on the court want Randle and Brunson to dominate the offense and they look to play off of them.
Washington is bad but we’re making them look like a high school team.
Count me onboard the iHart > Mitch train. He seems to give us 90% of Mitch’s strengths without the severe offensive weaknesses. Per36:
10 pts
11 rebs
2.7 ast
3.3 stocks
On .638 TS%. Oh, and 1st in defensive EPM by a fair distance.
Looks like Thibs is starting to buy into him as a passer as well, so he might even be trending up into some sort of homeless man’s Jokic…
Two sloppy efforts by Brunson there to close the half.
Respectfully, there was legitimate reason for concern in our record vs. the better teams and the way we lost to them, often without competing and with no ability to hamper their offenses. Over the last 4 games we look radically different and our defense is just night and day.
Enes Freedom?
I’ll wait to see Mitch playing with an all-defense guy (OG) to give my take on iHart vs Mitch.
I’m in Wizards hell. Living in DC area means I can’t watch msg.
The local announcers are just fluffing the Wizards, talking a little trash on fouls and overstating plays as their team is getting crushed.
Just a bad, bad team.
This is a lot less satisfying than beating the 76ers
Would love to hold these jabronis under 90
I’m not ready to pass judgment.
Mitch was having an historic season.
Knicks were winning games merely because of second and third chances.
There is more balance now, but that is more about OG and subtracting RJ.
Mitch still is a shooting liability.
Hartenstein is playing great. No doubt.
Apparently, Kuzma has been “magnificent…” according to the local announcers….
The clear obvious difference with Mitch and iHart is on the offensive end, there’s no really disputing that. However as good as iHart has played defensively he’s still nowhere near Mitch’s level on that end.
They’re different players who complement the rest of the team perfectly.
Def this, but we may end up really liking the passing iHart with the iso starters and the dunking Mitch with the passing bench players.
The others are passing well and getting opportunities in transition, but once it settles into half court it’s too much Randle/Brunson dribble dribble dribble create a shot and shoot or pass it to the other to do the same. We need more ball and player movement etc… it doesn’t matter against scrubs like this, but we are not playing optimal offense with 3 guys standing around so much hoping for a kick out.
Yeah Frank O., I’m stuck with the Generals’ announcers and they’re like their team: terrible.
I like that every team that plays the Knicks says they need to find a way to match their physicality.
Maybe someone should tell the Knicks that the second half started…
Pretty pathetic start to the 2nd half, hopefully they wake up quickly before this becomes an actual competitive game.
KP left the game with an eye injury, IND making it a game…
Maybe I’ve jinxed it…
Travel???
trap be springing
This would BY FAR be the worst loss of the season.
Anunoby looks a little lazy tonight on defense tonight and I suspect I know why.
No matter how good we are, we’re still the Knicks
Deuce, Hart, Grimes to the rescue?
Zman’s fault for summoning the spirit of pagliacci…
Wow, starting the 2nd half now… what happened !?
Hartenstein!
Soft foul
Who wanted Tyus Jones again?
Never knew how much I hate Avdija till this game.
The Knicks are really missing Mitch’s offensive rebounding. They need to trade for another big man.
Not DDV’s finest quarter so far… 🙁
I step out to pick up a few things at Trader Joe’s and this is what happens?
How is it that after every miss the Wizards are getting 3 on 1’s fastbreaks??
Now this is starting to look like a back to back. 🙁
It’s a back to back for the Wizards as well.
Wizards can’t score in the half court.
Avdija makes some dumb fouls… Wizardsblogger must be on fire! 😀
Hart yelled ‘he fuckin hit it’ and he was right
Were you guys seriously worried about this game??
Order not surprisingly has been restored.
How’d the wiz get back in it? We were kicking their asses so badly I switched to football
Wizards defense must be really fun to play against.
beautiful little 2 man play by Brunson and DDV at the end of the quarter
Clyde, “It hit the net, but it has to go through the hoop.” Hahaha
Fake comeback’s over, yo’ of little faith… 🙂
Dred they hit a bunch of fast break 3s to get back in it but once those attempts dried up it was back to normal.
Thoughts on the Bill Pidto / Clyde broadcast matchup? Seems not as much “play-by-play” and more like 2 color commentary guys. Still rather have Breen, but it’s better than Wally.
Deuce stepped into the painted area!!! Baby steps, let’s go
Bill Pidto is a very fine backup announcer.
The Wizards are just way too shit to make this a real trap game.
The only question now is will the Knicks cover the 9 ½ point spread
Knicks looking good again.
this is a truly terrible game of basketball
Wizards couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn from 3 so far.
Pidto is pretty good, we’ve just been spoiled with Breen for so long and Kenny who’s great too.
And the Knicks are just too good right now.
Feels greedy to complain when we’re up by 20, but we should be up by more than 20
For all intents and purposes this is the Point Hartenstein lineup
iHart has 8 points and 5 turnovers. . .Mitch would never
Clyde with his first “Noby” of the season
The Deuce Hypemobile just blew a tire…
This bench really does need a playmaker or something to generate gravity.
Brunson just has a way of stopping the other teams’ momentum
We’re not blowing games to bad teams because we have Jalen Brunson and they don’t.
Jalen Brunson is so sweet.
Oh man. It’s like a cat playing with its food
Brunson is a stone cold killer. Like the greats.
Haven’t had a guard like this since Clyde
Randle smh
OG!
Brunson is an opposing team run killer
Very, very confident Knicks team.
OG is emotionless.
Like a shark
This was fun, please take out the starters now
amazing to think back to third year 24 year old jalen brunson only get 16mpg in a seven game playoff series
Nice to see one bad night didn’t get into Randall’s head. Like to see OG pull the trigger on a few more shots. But it’s amazing how quickly this group has gelled. Feels like we are 1 or 2 more pieces away from being a deep post-season run threat.
Sims always looks embarrassed to be coming in for garbage time
Strong evidence for the theory that IQ/RJ usage will be absorbed by Brunson and Randle.
Did Omoruyi used to play with Tutti Frutti?
iHart with 19 boards
Pretty impressive for the Knicks to now be in the 4th seed considering they were barely in the playoffs picture earlier in the week…
OG’s lack of expression is pretty funny
Can’t play your only good center 40 min on the second night of a back to back against the Wizards of all teams.
How bad has Jericho been in practice that he can’t get any burn on a back to back game except in pure garbage time minutes?
Vote those all star ballots, folks.
And, yeah, I hope Thibs doesn’t break all the wheels on our shiny new apple cart.
Onward to 50 wins!
Schedule should be opening up for the Knicks soon. More home games, weaker opponents. Good chance to stabilize position in the standings.
Not even half the season has gone. It’s why saying stuff like “barely in the playoff picture” is silly.
Be interesting to see where Bontemps and ESPN have us in the Power Rankings next week. I expect a big jump!
“Pretty impressive for the Knicks to now be in the 4th seed considering they were barely in the playoffs picture earlier in the week…”
And Philly is starting to get banged up…let’s hope Utah hangs on tonight, they’d be only 2.5 games up…
Wally truly nauseates me.
Up to 4th in the east, matriculating up the standings
Yeah, my only real complaint is that Sims should’ve played at least 10-12 minutes against the junior varsity. Gafford can’t dominate him, and there were a solid 18 minutes without Gaff on the court.
I’m glad iHart got 19 rebounds, but he goes down after stepping on someone’s foot in the last five minutes of a blowout and we’re in the shit.
oh wow noble, that spot does look like a gem, i like how the southern portion of the park is close by those terminals…sort of like the east river park it has a freeway and water as it’s borders, helping to provide it’s own environment…
lingering on the telecast, for the post-game, thibs came out for a like 2 minutes, and left…
i can definitely see philly fading in the standings, dropping down to the 6th seed or so…embiid misses more time, they are going to drop fast…
their whole team is basically embiid and maxey, just a bunch of old mercs after that…
In the 4 games since OG’s arrival we haven’t given up more than 106 points.
At this moment the Knicks are in 4th place in the Eastern Conference, 7.5 games behind the Celtics for top seed.
There’s a lot of season left.
Funny team statistics. It’s close across the board, like this was a nerve-wracking 5-point win. We had fewer turnovers, they had more fast break points, otherwise it was close. Weird.
Play in tourney has been pretty successful but sure looks like this season in the East it’s gonna be pretty unfair. There is a huge gap building between the Top 8 and 9 thru 10.
It kinda annoyed me that the Wizards made that buzzer beating 3 at the end because it will lower our defensive rating.
We got manhandled by the Magic, which kinda triggered this trade. I can’t wait to see how we do against them now. They’re the MLK
matinee game, so we won’t have to wait long.
21-12 edge in made free throws helped a lot. 19 of those came from Brandle.
Yes, that’s right, Brandle. Like Bennifer.
https://twitter.com/CPNYSports/status/1743818356572946468
Man this is really bad, can’t tell who is in worse position them or detroit
Bucks starters that don’t have Greek citizenship are currently a combined 8-28. Ouch.
finally got around to the 2cellos stuff…that is so awesome…i had absolutely no idea there was such a thing as an electric cello…nice…sad to see though they’ve stopped touring just last year…
watched some video performances, very cool euro vibe stuff…
Hah, the game’s write-up in the Wash Post sounds positively Knickerbloggian in its face-palming about missed opportunities. Sound familiar?
“Jalen Brunson (33 points) was available when Washington took Troy Brown Jr. in the 2018 draft. (Brown now resides in Minnesota, averaging 4.7 points for the Timberwolves.) Hartenstein, whose eight points and 19 rebounds Saturday provided the type of rim protection and rebounding that Washington sorely missed, cost the Knicks just $16 million over two years in 2022 free agency.
Josh Hart, who went to school in the Wizards’ backyard at Sidwell Friends, was available for scraps early in his career; his hometown team never bit. Julius Randle, who led all scorers with 39 points, was considered expendable until he got to New York. At the 2017 draft, Washington had traded away the 22nd pick. At No. 23, the Toronto Raptors scooped up two-way stalwart OG Anunoby, whom the Knicks traded for in late December.”
I like where your head is at, JK, but I feel like Brandle doesn’t give Brunson enough due. I mean, Julius gets his whole name, and Jalen gets two letters?
If we change it to Brundle, Jalen gets the b-r-u, Julius gets the d-l-e, and they both share the n. Perfectly equitable.
I just gave this way too much thought, didn’t I?
🤣Excellent! Although I’d go with “Brundle” to give a bit more homage to Brunson. 😉
So are our kids McGride?
Ah yes, Brundle is definitely better. Hive mind for the win
It sucks to ever wish good things for the Celts but it would be helpful for them to beat the Pacers again on Monday.
If we’re combining names why not combine the first and the last names.
Jalius Brundle
The Celtics manhandled the Pacers. If they can stay healthy, they will be a very tough out in the playoffs.
Awful idea, Swift.
FYI, Brundle turned into a fly. (Be afraid. Be very afraid.)
Anyway, it’s Julien. Julien Brundle. Shaken not stirred.
I’m going to have to bring the 53 win tracker back now!
Nobody beats the Wiz! (Except for everybody).
(The perk of a 4pm game is that I can’t watch it even if I want to… in fact, I don’t think I’ve seen the Wizards play, like, ever. Not since they were the Bullets. I still don’t know what Bradley Beal looks like.)
I’m optimistic but I’d say slow your roll a bit Brian! I honestly don’t care what the final win total is, I just want to finish in the 4/5 seed again. Of course if they can make a run at 50 wins who knows maybe the 3 seed could come into play but for now I’ll settle for again being in the 4/5 matchup.
OG and Simms leading the vote for the all-NBA Stoics team.
They definitely get my vote!!!
Perfect. Now, is there a “write in” option on the NBA All Star voting form?