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2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks @ Suns – Suck It, KD!

The Knicks kick off a West Coast trip with a game that suddenly doesn’t seem so difficult, due to Iron Man Kevin Durant’s absence (as well as the Suns’ starting guard and center, so three-fifths of their starting lineup, and two-thirds of their “Semi-Big Three”).

Good, eff KD.

Let’s go, Knicks!

146 replies on “2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks @ Suns – Suck It, KD!”

oddly enough, I’m anticipating jericho sims to do something spectacular tonight…don’t know what, but, maybe hit an outside shot or something…

I appreciate that Perk knows what he’s talking about – OG as the best player on the team right now

I am in “road mode”….. for about 20 minutes and then I will be asleep, so I won’t see Booker go for sixty to beat us

It was a heady play to get Cam Payne cause he was always the #1 contender for the random guy to flame us award

There hasn’t been a Knicks defender seemingly within 10 feet of any Suns 3pt attempt.

Fuck it who cares how many open 3s the Suns shoot Knicks are going to easily outscore them anyway!

Basketball is pretty fun when your favorite team can’t miss a shot!

Liking Jamal so far, definitely an improvement over Wally.

Damn, Greyson’s goin grey, son…

Ha, thought the same thing. Steve Martin effect.

On the Ground Anunoby

And ditto

Damn, Greyson’s goin grey, son…

I was gonna do that…

Defense looking a lot better

Feeling okay about not drafting Dunn again

KAT is the best QB in NY sports

My daughter would straight up tell Grayson to dye that shit. She tells me I need to every week so I know.

Jalen is so delighted not to have to sleep with a crying baby

I kind of remember a period after julius had a new child in the house, for a while it seemed he played better on the road…

josh hart with the twins…

the assist numbers speak volumes, but this team has made some legitimately great passes so far, a lot of movement, willing passers, it’s fun to watch.

Knicks needed to up their pace and they are doing that tonight. Thibs making offensive adjustments left and right. Now we just need a defensive coach. 😉

We came to dominate. Love the pace, the ball movement, the flame throwing 3s, the steals and the sweet Simms slam.

I’m not catholic but if I was I would privately confess to kind of looking forward to Sims’ minutes of late

I want to say that’s our most fast break points in a game this season… Probably not, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Maybe 2nd to the Detroit game.

Og making booker work for everything

I think we’ve moved him to my the PoA more often. It looks much better.

I’m not catholic but if I was I would privately confess to kind of looking forward to Sims’ minutes of late

Say 3 Hail Marys and 3 Our Fathers and you are forgiven.

Scoring 44 and KAT only has 4 points… Brunson with 11 and 6 assists, exquisite quarter by him.

Gotta say, pretty impressive that the Suns ended up with both Tyus Jones and Monte Morris as their guards when they had no cap space and no assets really.

I believe we had 16 fast break points in the first quarter. That’s our 3rd highest game total, tied with our 2nd Brooklyn game, only behind our games against Detroit and Milwaukee.

Couldn’t find the stat anywhere so I just counted it by going into team misc stats on NBA game and counting each game. Pretty easy because we basically never score fast break points.

He’s got a bit of Clyde’s humility. Doesn’t have quite as much to be humble about.

I am enjoying him also. He did a game last year right?

You can tell Breen likes him

How did the refs not see that push against Jalen? Really obvious, arms extended and everything.

Safe to say this has been the best half of defense so far this season? Not perfect, a few lapses, but feels like the best defensive energy we’ve seen yet.

Not sure if anyone cares, but Mikal is our designated heaver. That’s his 4th. Deuce and Kolek each have 1.

Four starters in double figures at the half, with Josh at 9.

Also Payne at 8.

Safe to say this has been the best half of defense so far this season? Not perfect, a few lapses, but feels like the best defensive energy we’ve seen yet.

Yeah. Rotations look good, some actual hustle. Booker has made some shots to render good possessions moot. Maybe guard Nurkic 3s a little bit (we’re leaving him open by design if you’re not watching).

“Painful IHart highlights on the MSG halftime show.”

13 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks in his first game back. Ugggghhhh.

I’m glad it’s back to 20, but watching a team that seems to want to engage in shootouts instead of playing some defense is very frustrating.

OG does not have great clock awareness

According to some people, RJ has a Swiss watch in his head. 😉

One of the Suns announcers is on suicide watch, he’s grumbling that Brunson is pushing off and that his shoe choice is disrespectful

I was kinda out on Sims before this season but he’s winning me over as a backup center, he’s getting close to perfectly cromulent

I’m not used to the Knicks out-chucking other teams. While KAT isn’t a lock-down defender, I’m not seeing much D from the rest of the team.

I dunno how Thibs is gonna make it thru this season without having a heart attack with the way they play defense.

I’m developing a love hate relationship with this team. The offense is great, but if no lead is large enough to relax because you can’t get stops it becomes almost unwatchable for me.

It’s frustrating but definitely not unwatchable cause the offense is so freaking good.

Strat, every team in the league lets opponents back in games, it’s the nature of today’s 3 point happy NBA. Boston won last night by 3 after blowing a 20+ point lead

I’m not gonna get too upset about letting the Suns cut it to 11, just get the W

Suns announcer is lauding the defense on Brunson as a positive takeaway for the Suns and dawg he’s 12-21 he dropped 36 on your ass and there’s time left on the clock

we didn’t trade I-Hart ESPN he left for more $

who am I kidding, expecting ESPN to do a modicum of research

Great start to the road trip, now time to get some sleep cause my alarm goes off in exactly 6 hours.

I like that we won but I don’t like how our D looks.

I don’t disagree, per se, but come on, they totally didn’t even take this game seriously, they were so sure they were kicking their asses (and they were right). If their D fails in a tougher game, I’ll be concerned, but not in a laugher like this.

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