In this context, the shitty Bulls are the “Hollow Horn” (one of Dylan’s few references to Chicago in his songs involved his song about the murder of Emmett Till, and, well, as you might imagine, that’s not an appropriate reference to use for a fucking basketball game matchup).
The Knicks kick off the second half of the season (which, of course, is well past the midpoint of the actual season, as we’re more like 2/3rds of the way through at this point) by hosting the shitty Bulls ahead of two super juicy matchups against the #1 and #2 seeds in the Eastern Conference tomorrow and Sunday.
OG remains out, and Josh Hart is out, as well (I am assuming it is all good with Hart, and nothing I should worry my pretty little head about), so Deuce moves into the starting lineup alongside Brunson, Bridges, Precious, and KAT.
Hopefully the Knicks get an easy win ahead of the tough Cavs game, so they’ll have everyone well rested for tomorrow night, where I really want them to kick some Cav ass.
Happy birthday, Ess-Dog!
Let’s go, Knicks!
58 could still be great!
The Dylan song referenced in the headline is the iconic, “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”
178 replies on “2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bulls – From the Fool’s Gold Mouthpiece the Hollow Horn”
DEUCE DEUCE
Gooooo Knicks! 🧡💙
Dooooooooce!!!
Feels like it’s been all summer since we last played.
That got a guffaw
Wait, is Monica doing the game with Breen?
Yep. No Clyde.
Maybe huk will get some decent minutes tonight
Two wide open 3’s. Vuc lined up the laces.
Well, tough start
Less than 2 mins into the game and I dunno who’s more pissed between me or Thibs.
Well there’s the hole dug deep in only the first minute and a half. Well done Knicks!
His ability to make layups is certainly not precious.
And what about the dunks? 😉
Precious!
There is not going to be a lot of defense played in this game
Is the hockey game on yet?
Happy trigger on both teams now
Paul Westhead would love this
His ability to finish lobs is more precious.
KAT thinks he’s still playing in the All-Star game.
This is a very low quality game.
Deeeeeeeuuuuuuceeee
Deuce stroked that one!
This is a very fugly game, but we’re tied…
“Paul Westhead would love this”
lol!
It’s athletics with a basketball 😀
These two teams are going to take 80 shots and score 40 points cumulatively in this quarter
“so you get this ball, and you push it with your hands into that net? Let’s give this a try’
Jason Segel didn’t make Paul Westhead look great in Winning Time.
Hukelbuk!
Buzelis made Towns look like a traffic cone on that drive
Huk made Buzelis look like a small child there
When Draymond Green talks about how bad the NBA is right now this game is a perfect example.
My eyes!!!! 😀
Giddy sometimes looks like the villain in Dirty Harry
Don’t see KAT doing anything wrong there. Z-man has made that move thousands of times.
Is the intentional long rebound a strategy?
Shamet made a shot, take a shot
This might be the worst quarter of KAT’s career.
Mikal is as passive as a _______ (can’t think of a word passive enough to fit)
Where’s summer league when you need it?
Add Bridges to also having the worst quarter of his career, this is fucking embarrassing.
We agreed with the Bulls to try to break the record of missed FGs in a game 😀
Me loves some Huk.
Imagine watching this as your first game of Basketball.
Also: Mikal is as passive as a block of wood
Also Also: Huk is the opposite of passivity
KAT destroying his TS%
Hart and OG deserve raises.
“Both teams shooting under 30%”
Sweet! 😛
Putrid. Vomit emoji
etc
I was fascinated with the Westhead Nuggets as a kid
This is some shitty ball
HUK
Huk!
Is this a horror movie, or a comedy movie? 😀
The stupidest part about this game is we have the lead.
Our defensive metrics are improving dramatically without OG and Hart
Hart would already have 10 rebs by now.
Great shift by Huk.
“good game to pad your rebounding stats” Mike Breen is a treasure
Huk was good but looked a bit like a certain Knick big of yore in the winded dept (Aldrich)
Precious!!! That was sweet
At last, a good sequence of basketball
Watching how much ground Huk covered on D compared to KAT is pretty disturbing.
Precious putting on an innings eating clinic
The Start Deuce contingent should feel very good about himself
And yeah, KAT closing out a three point shooter is like watching a tectonic plate move
Man, these guys musta had fun during the break!
DEUCE
Deuce has been the catalyst.
If Philly can’t pass Chicago in the standings to make the play in tourney that franchise should be disbanded.
What a great block by Deuce
KAT and Bridges are 3 for 20.
This feels like a D2 game
Seems like the break isn’t affecting the Celts much…
David Lee would have 20 rebs by now.
Towns is bricking up a storm.
Geez Precious.
Karl-Anthony Starks
“This feels like a D2 game”
If I were a D2 team I’d be very insulted.
Clank-Anthony Towns
Well, let’s destroy all the tapes of this half and hope for a better 2nd half. LOL
Teams a combined 35-106
Deuce with 2 steals and 3 blocks at the half…
Maybe a li’l hair of the dog in the locker room?
Deuce was awesome. That’s about it. Huk was solid.
Deuce still awesome in the 3rd quarter.
I was Start Deuce skeptical but might now be Start Deuce curious
Of course he then misses 2 wide ass open 3s.
Knicks defense still fucking awful.
KAT waking up but we can’t get a stop.
Precious has Jared Jeffries’ layup package
After tonight I think I might skip watching the Knicks next 2 games…
Precious flashes stuff that is pretty great but never seems to put it all together
In case anyone was curious, we’d have the worst defense in the league by about 4 points since OG went down
Stephon Marbury looks incredible for 48, should we all be eating Vaseline?
KAT!!
Marbury was low key great his first couple of seasons with the Knicks.
Towns with the ol’ “play better” adjustment at the half. No one expects it.
Damn, KAT is on a heater
Boston might score 200 pts against the Knicks on Sunday.
I was making a joke there about the defense that was mostly about how badly the Bulls were shooting
2 point game feels uncomfortable
With this lineup Bridges needs to take every shot.
I did kind of love how the one time Payne doesn’t shoot and chose to throw that alley oop it was a clear shot
Huk has an NBA body for sure
Yeah, I know. Went to check it anyway… it’s bad. On the bright side, if you exclude the Celtics game, we’d be around 29th, marginally better than Washington on the season.
Wasn’t trying to call you out or anything
Huk swallowed him there
the Huk Holla
Bridges has scored or assisted every Knicks basket so far in the 4th quarter.
Incredible Huk!!!
I’m at the game. Good to see the bench playing well. Brunson has some brace on his calf and looks like he’s done for the day. I’m sitting on chase bridge with my son. Low energy crowd today. But we are having a blast.
I want to see Mitch, Precious, OG, Bridges and Deuce for a 10 minute stretch.
Brunson puts heating pads on his calves when he is resting. He’s OK.
On that Huk block, I had a Willis Reed flashback. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Huk trying to dribble the ball with his actual ass.
What a shitty toss, that went right to Giddey.
At least the Yankees play their 1st Spring Training game tomorrow.
Zman thanks for the the info that makes me feel better. I’ve Sat all over this stadium in my almost 50 years of life. First time on chase bridge. I really enjoy this viewpoint.
Great possession after the timeout.
2 straight brutal possessions after the timeout and with Brunson and KAT back.
This is too ugly to watch.
basketball iq – do the knicks have it?
Yes, but it’s fairly low
Bench Brunson.
Brunson missing some shots here he often makes
Giddey has 15 effing rebounds.
This looks very familiar. We are simply being outhustled.
Josh Hart is the MVP
Precious got away with a travel.
Ok I’m back
Brunson doing his best imitation of Randle dribbling too much.
Lonzo shooting means we have a chance
Shite this looks like a harder watch than Raging Bull…
Captain Crunch? Is that a thing?
It just was
It was so fucking obvious the Bulls were gonna hit a 3 after that inbounds pass.
Hmm, one of the worst 4th quarter defending teams suddenly gains the ability to defend
We suck on the boards on key possessions
Shocking Knicks couldn’t get a defensive reb without KAT on the floor.
NO FOUL
Tremendous defensive play by Bridges.
MIKAL FUCKIN BRIDGES FOR DPOY
Give the Nets a couple more 2nd rounders!
Fuck this stupid game, but now I want to win it for Mikal.
Wow
Bridges, respect
OT is not what we needed on a B2B.
Fucking Giddey is having an all-NBA game.
Bridges pulling an Igor Shesterkin on the play
What have we done to be punished by having to watch another 5 mins of this game.
After that horrific start, KAT has 32 points on 30 shots. He was 2-15 at one point.
Let’s not do what we did against the Hawks
Fuck
Pathetic at closing games
Towns with the greatest performance in “guy who started 2-for-15” history
Why did Brunson shoot a 3 there? 🤪
Didn’t that go off Buzelis?
And yeah, Brunson shot quick there
Nice hustle by Cap
Hope Bulls shoot a 3pter, last thing I want is another OT.
We did it
First time ever a Knicks opponent misses a game winning shot at the buzzer and I don’t cheer.
Precious played that very well.
Feels like every Knicks-Bulls game in the last 2 years has been the same.
Deuce starts, Knicks win. Simple as.
They’re all line drives in the box score.
Thank fucking god now lets never talk about that game again. Except Deuce. We can talk about Deuce.
I don’t think I’m going to watch tomorrow unless OG and Hart are playing. It could get really ugly unless everyone is back. B2B off a tough OT game against a deep Cavs team less than 100%. Are we allowed to just forfeit and gear up for the Celtics?
Guess I’ll take it… not how you want to start a b2b against a shit team. Not sure we’d win tomorrow anyway
Losing to a Vucevic 3 would have really fucking stuck in my craw.
Cavs had a competitive game for 3 quarters in Brooklyn and they have to travel too so I think the only thing they will have is home court advantage.
Knicks certainly don’t make it easy. Or pleasant.
Nice to see 30 seconds of key Delon Wright there on critical plays. Wasn’t expecting that. Thibs must be seeing something in practice.
If Cavs don’t win in a blowout tomorrow they’re bigger frauds than the Knicks.
Turned it on halfway through the 4th. Happy we got the win but that was sloppy as shit. Hopefully just some rustiness after the allstar break.
We are going to lose by 40 tmw
But I am pretty happy about this win. Being on the verge of being swept by the Bulls would be a strange look.
While it was a great play by Bridges, it was also pretty embarrassing by Vuk.
The late game execution is watch Brunson dribble, hope something happens. I’ve rarely seen consecutive, greatly-executed plays.
Billy Donovan has coached circles around Thibs lately. They always seem in control in our matchups and it takes a furious Knicks comeback or someone saving us to grab a win.
Amazing block by Bridges at the end of regulation tho
The Rock will be on Smackdown tomorrow, unfortunately show doesn’t start until 8pm so I’ll probably be stupid enough to watch 1st half of Knicks Cavs.
If Chicago had a smart GM they could be a pretty good young team in a couple of years. I don’t know if Karnisovas is that guy, but he did pretty well in dumping Zach.
Karnisovas went for an instant compete team, which I didn’t like, but to his credit, the Bulls were the #1 seed in the conference when Ball got hurt, and their entire team was basically built around Ball (on defense and to keep Lavine and Derozan happy), so I’d like to see what he can do with a rebuild.
Damion Baugh looking good against the Nuggets
I’ll take the win. Crowd came alive in OT. No hart No OG, Brunson off. I’ll take the fucking win. Now let’s get some reinforcements tomorrow and go to war!!!!!!!
Sims played for the Bucks tonight and had a sort of Ntilikina line. 17 minutes, no points, two rebounds and a personal foul but was +9, better than any of the Bucks starters, in a game the Bucks won by 6.
Precious 46.05
Bridges 43.32
KAT 42.38
Deuce 42.29
Brunson 38.29
Thibs want to make sure no one gets any crazy ideas about being fresh tomorrow.
llcoolbp when I’m at MSG any kind of win is good enough for me!
Bob sang a song in Masked and Anonymous (a movie so inspired, Dylan plays Mickey Rorke’s brother!) that I’m pretty sure had the lyric:
🎶”the winds in Chicago have torn me to shreds; reality has always had too many Alexey Shveds”🎶…
…but I could be wrong.
It’s no more wild than stating that playing 40 minutes a game leads to injury, when there are several hundred examples of actual basketball players doing it and not getting hurt. Heck, Allen Iverson averaged 41 minutes per game for his career. He still managed to play 17 seasons as an undersized guard that couldn’t shoot for shit. And never had a major injury. (And that’s not a bygone “Wilt played every minute of every game” example, AI played during Knickerblogger’s golden era!)
I’ve actually got tickets for the Sunday game against the Celtics at TD Garden — i.e. I’m going behind enemy lines.
I hope OG and Hart are playing by this Sunday — if not, this could be an ugly circumstance. Are there any injury updates?
Watching the Cavs game tonight will be tough. But for the Bulls, a W is a W is a W.
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