The Knicks BEAT these guys, and now have to go on the ROAD to play them because they lost in the Cup? Make that make sense, NBA!
At least the Magic suck right now, so that should help the Knicks get a win to shut the critics up.
Let’s go, Knicks!
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121 replies on “2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks @ Magic: Screw You, In-Season Tournament”
Let’s Go Knicks!
Deuce Deuce!
Miles McBride
Miles Bridges
Miles Plumlee
Miles Simon
CJ Miles
Darius Miles
Aaron Miles
Isaiah Miles
3 possible outcomes tonight
– Knicks romp – “well they should beat a team missing their 2 best players”
– Knicks win a close one -“Jeez we barely beat a team missing their 2 best players”
Knicks lose – “Man we suck we just lost to a team missing their 2 best players”
In other words, not a lot to look forward to tonight
Orlando is the only team remaining that is undefeated at home. Don’t care how ugly it might be a Knicks win tonight would still be great.
Losing tonight would be so deflating that it seems like a mortal lock
Please someone slap Brunson in the face, he’s playing like an idiot
Turnovers on 4 consecutive possessions. Jesus.
The Magic are basically a football team.
Brunson and Hart look like they’re fucking drunk.
Looking a lot like the game in Atlanta.
We make a lot of dumb passes in transition.
6 turnovers in 6 minutes JFC
5 consecutive TOs. Insane.
Which offense has been more embarrassing tonight?
We have no option after backdoor cuts and Jalen Brunson
Wow we have 2x as many turnovers as we do field goals.
Somehow our allegedly great offense sucks against good defenses while our allegedly mid defense sucks against terrible offenses
Mikal preferred to take a shot clock violation than a shot at the rim. Not great.
Maybe don’t play Hart and Precious together against a good defense.
Has there ever been a top 3 offense for which a 3 point lead consistently feels unrecoverable?
Pretty sure we’re the first. This is a loss.
Last year’s third quarter is this year’s first quarter. We SUCK in the first quarter.
Here i am! Let’s win this!
Maybe Brunson’s baby is having one of the first year sleep regressions this past week.
Mo Wagner is quite an annoying player
Achiuwa making me miss Sims
The bad Wagner is annoying, and i only watched 2 minutes
Mikal miracle!!! He’s shooting FTs!!
Sometimes I still think about how insane it is that we landed Jalen Brunson
Josh Hart has 4 turnovers…
i want this poster d-mar, keep it next to all my sports memorabilia…
The Knicks play so stupid.
Bill Pitdo seems like a nice guy,, but man, he’s a terrible play by play announcer
People want to know why ratings are down, the refs and these stupid reviews are a big part of the reason.
Elbowing Wagner in the face was worth it
Bridges playing with offensive urgency. Kind of nice to see…
If Mo Wagner is ever on the Knicks I’m sure I’ll love him but for now, fuck that guy
Bridges at the basket!
I miss Clyde
Really poor decision by KAT to not close out on Wagner, but at least he’s still an offensive juggernaut
mikal might be starting to feel it a bit…
saw him talking shit while wagner was shooting free throws…he wears a mouth guard and is fairly quiet, so not sure if anyone else on the court noticed…
but, his demeanor seems to have shifted…
was hoping the remaining wagner wasn’t all that good…
Magic are a chippy bunch, fuck them
Another review…
This is one of the worst reffed game I’ve ever seen, it looks like the refs want a fight to erupt just for fun…
Also it would be nice if the Knicks grabbed a loose ball once in awhile.
i’m beginning to hate scrappy teams this season…
Suggs suggcks
Use the fucking glass Deuce!
Knicks bench has been hot garbage tonight.
Get Precious out of there just horrible.
This shot refused by Precious is a shame
My general policy of not bitching about the refs is being stress tested
They’re 3 for 18 from three so far. Thank goodness.
Pretty soon Thibs might go with a 6 man rotation and I wouldn’t blame him.
Masterclass by Brock Aller to remain under the second apron after giving the ISM a one-day contract
Magic are handing us this game, we should definitely accept it
This is who the Magic are though, they’re the worst 3pt shooting team in the NBA for a reason.
Easily the most frustrating 10 point lead I’ve ever seen
Hart needed to take that fast break himself, he let Suggs back in the play
Without Wagner the Younger it seems like Orlando just doesnt have the juice on offense, as long as we keep putting in a middling offensive game and cut down on the turnovers we should be fine
I was gonna say the same
they are some grinders these orlando magic…in there mucking things up…
suggs is just a fiend after the ball…
nobody at all on the new york knicks wants to try to lay the ball up, cuz there’s a good chance it will be blocked…
they run back on defense so well, and with so much effort…
yeah, we better make some outside shots this half, or…
The thing about grinders with shitty offense is that if their energy or focus lapses at all we can score some points quickly, and they just don’t have the means to make up that gap grinding it out unless they get hot from three
Agree, but people who couldn’t watch the game tomorrow will say “I read the boxscore, we played well, why are you bitching so much?” 😉
Knicks are winning this game similar to how last season’s team would’ve been winning, isn’t that what many people here miss seeing?
Just point out the 11 turnovers at the half, and I think it was 7 in the first quarter.
and, keep forgetting the orlando magic are right ahead of us in the standings…
let us hope…be nice to have a run of threes sometime here in the 3rd…
that was big defense right there from jalen…
is goga bitadze supposed to be playing this well…
Maybe the best defensive sequence of the year for Bridges…
OG’s shot selection has been terrible since he had that big game.
Alright, I am back in the fight.
Does Josh Hart ever miss?
Brunson with 1 assist so far…
Bridges has been incredible this game.
good to see josh hart getting after it…and mikal bridges going to the bucket…
Bridges layup. Feel like that hasn’t happened in a while
Josh Hart looked like a great fullback there
Mikal has scored on more layups this game than the rest of the season combined.
The Magic don’t exactly have a lot of firepower but we really do look locked in on the defensive end tonight
we definitely need to see mikal doing more of that: talking low key smack out on the court…yes, more please…
Mo Wagner hitting threes is making me throw up a little in my mouth each time…
This feels exactly like the Atlanta game
The ghost of Corey Joseph come back to haunt us..
I’ve never heard Moritz Wagner talk, does he have a heavy german accent? Hope so.
Mikal barely touches Black, foul. Joseph harasses Brunson, no foul. Okay.
Achiuwa oop
Really nice
A scrub having a great game against the Knicks? Check!
Mikal gets kudos for trying the heave…
Deuce!!!
Great steal from Hart foo
Brunson is amazing
Talent > Scrappy
Josh thinks every one of his made baskets should be an and 1.
It’s kind of comical
I have a friend who regularly makes the Josh Hart “I was fouled” face. I think of that guy every time Hart scores a basket
The patented Karl Anthony Towns Moving Screen
Let’s go guys, ler’s close this game…
You don’t wanna make Jalen Brunson mad
Suggs needs to go back to playing football.
He’s a dope
Suggs protesting over his 6th foul is the funniest thing of the night…
Suggs losing his hair and his mind
Stellar work by the captain there
jalen brunson totally used and abused jalen suggs this game…
nice comeback game for him…
Jalen Brunson has sent Suggs to the mental shadow realm
My theory of baby Jalen having sleep regression was premature.
However, if Suggs and Josh Hart played on the same team they’d lose every game 32-28.
If we face these guys in the playoffs it’s gonna be like 1990’s Knicks-Heat
Get these bricklayers out of here
Magic color guy just said Suggs probably isn’t a good poker player because you can see exactly what he’s thinking on his face.
Knicks have absolutely punked the Magic in the 4th quarter, love to see it!
That whole sequence was magical
Lol, Hart.
This is a spiteful challenge.
Does Thibs have the Knicks -9 or something?
NBA refs might be the worst people at their jobs in the world.
This booth, yikes.
nice win…
Nice to have another 3 days off before a very interesting game at Minnesota on Thursday.
Feels weird rooting for a Knicks team who are just much more skilled playing against a team of all defense guys who can’t fucking shoot to a tremendous degree
The team Orlando had available tonight was not exactly bursting at the seams with talent, but this was still a nice road win for the Knicks. Brunson was great in the fourth quarter, was the best player on the floor by a mile and wasn’t going to let the Knicks lose. Just some incredible handle from the captain there at the end.
Maybe I’m hallucinating but I could have sworn I saw Mikal Bridges really moving his feet and playing some quality man defense on at least a few occasions. In general, when Mikal is having a good game it seems like we are tough to beat.
Mikal looked like he really bothered Suggs tonight, it may be he can still provide good POA defense against guys who aren’t high level small guys. Suggs is a terrific athlete and he’s strong but he doesn’t have anything close to a handle like Trae or the speed of someone like maxey
I think Bridges had his best defensive performance as a Knick by a mile. Team defense overall was not excellent but, if I remember correctly, for the first time this season was consistent throughout the game. It psychologically helped, of course, that the opponent’s shooting was atrocious. Only once, after we went up by 14 midway through the third quarter, there was some complacency, things became messy for a couple of minutes, and Orlando went on an 8-0 run. Thibs took a timeout and things were fixed.
It’s possible that after 3 full days between games, there was a combo of schematic adjustments and rest that helped Bridges look better. Now there’s another long break before a much more telling game where he’ll be dealing with that monster known as Ant-Man.
The Mavs and Warriors just broke the NBA record for most three pointers made in a game with 48
How’s it goink?
Mo Wagner may be an annoying dirty whiner, but he seems to have become a pretty decent backup C.
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