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2025 Playoffs Game Thread: Knicks @ Celtics, Game 2 – Now You Don’t Talk So Loud

Well, you all know what I had to say about the first game, and the Knicks did exactly what I hoped that they would, and turned around the narrative.

So now the aura of inevitability is completely gone from the Celtics, but there is still that sense that the Knicks got “lucky” in Game 1, so, well, the best way to get rid of THAT narrative is for the Knicks to win this one, as well.

So let’s hope that they do that.

Let’s go, Knicks!

11 more wins to go! I bet you are all paying closer attention to my wins countdown then when I first started doing it, huh?

The Dylan song is the iconic “Like a Rolling Stone,” from Highway 61 Revisited.

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Official Pagliacci predictions:

-Towns under 15 shots and under 20 points
-Brunson FG% under 40
-Celtics over 20 3pm
-Mitch 0 FGM
-Knicks 3FG under 30%
-Lose by 25+

I don’t know about NBA players, but I think I need more than one day of rest between games to recover.

I keep saying it and people keep trying to get around the fact, but Brunson is awful on defense.

It’s not bad they have five points in four minutes. It’s horrible that we have zero.

This game making last night’s Minnie performance look like the Dantoni Suns

weird they gave og a 3 on the board and then took it back away

I don’t know about NBA players, but I think I need more than one day of rest between games to recover.

😊

Jesus this one’s over already lol

I already regret Game 1 for maybe saving Thibs’ job. Celtics in 5.

It really isn’t normal for a top 5 offensive team to play like a bottom 5 in every single playoff game.

This might be the worst 4 mins of offense in Knicks history.

worst 8 minutes in history

4 point in 8 minutes is roughly Mitch Robinson’s career rate.

Hart made 3 followed by the OG to Mitch score is some welcome Alice in Wonderland stuff

I love to see Mitch altering shots and getting to the rim, though.

I don’t know about NBA players, but I think I need more than one day of rest between games to recover.

I spent the off-day “playing” the UCL semifinal, I’m exausted 😁

Alas, the shots aren’t falling (except Josh’s three).

Might need to play an actual 5 out lineup to help the offense, but I’m not the coach

This is a different C’s team, especially on the defensive end. Nothing easy for the Knicks.

Mitch should make kornet his pornette if we wanna have a chance

It literally sickens my stomach when Prichard digs out an offensive rebound in a crowd of Knicks.

Adam Silver just ordered that the video of this first quarter be permanently expunged from the NBA archives

This is getting tough to watch.

I may have to watch season 4 of Wildfire.

wow. fugly, for sure, but I’m lovin’ Mitch stepping up a bit, and our shots will start falling.

My guess is that Mazzulla has seen enough and it’s hack a Mitch time.

Does anyone know if there is ANY broadcast I can watch or listen to without Kevin Harlan and Reggie? Audio, video, anything.

I would literally rather hear Mike Breen while a pigeon shits in my mouth than have to listen to Kevin Harlan again.

Pags: You’re not working hard enough, my man.

What’s there to work on? We’ve already lost the game and we are on pace to score about 50 points. As usual, I greatly overestimated our chances.

Revised Pagliacci predictions:
-We finish under 70 points, lose by 35+
-Team FG% under 30
-Outrebounded by 15+

Does anyone know if there is ANY broadcast I can watch or listen to without Kevin Harlan and Reggie? Audio, video, anything.

Pretty sure TNT is the only network carrying the game

Knicksfantv does live play by play , but no video of the game live.

Stop whining with the refs, they won’t whistle anything to you, make peace with it and play defense.

Every time a Knicks player complains to the refs he should be benched immediately its so fucking annoying.

Definitely could be worse. Could be better too. The Celts just missed a bunch of open looks.

Every time a Knicks player complains to the refs he should be benched immediately its so fucking annoying.

Totally. Where are the advanced stats showing just how stupid it is to do that.

I know we’re complaining a lot but even Reggie said KAT was fouled there

Embiid woukd have 10 FTs by now

Also this might be a series for Wright to get the backup pg mins instead of Payne.

Wright should def get a look, he was useful in his minutes when Brunson was out. Clearly still a rotation level player.

2 FTA in 20 minutes lmao

Celts twice as many despite a 64% higher 3pa rate.

Just NBA things

on pace for 11 asts which is not 27

yeah, was thinking about that with respect to last game. somehow we won without hitting The Raven Assist Threshold.

How are we destroyed on the glass by this shitty rebounding team every time?

Will Towns make a single three this series?

Brown has Hart in the torture chamber…

Should make it a lot easier to give playing time to somebody else.

Brunson is playing so bad that a 25-points 4th is guaranteed, but I’m not sure the refs will allow us to be close enough for it to be meaningful.

Ok game over, I’m turning this off. See y’all on Saturday

We were all pretty sure this was a loss but do we have to play this shitty?

Hart is having one of those games where he’s absolutely killing the Knicks offense.

Refs calling nothing but we’re also playing some horrendous offense. Brunson Hart and Bridges have all been awful.

Our guys basically shit their pants this half. If we can get it down to ~10, it’s good.

u said you were turning the game off on mon pag and then you kept posting anyway

Maybe they’ll start missing all of their shots again

Not sure that would matter. We’d lose 75-59.

You have to be willing to bench Hart in games like this

Is trying Shamet not an option

We keep fighting and despite our pathetic offensive display it’s still a game.

I will happily take single digit halftime deficit after the start to this game.

Looks like the refs are going to swallow their whistles for the whole playoffs. Happy to be within 10 right now.

Cam Payne since his Game 1 heater vs Detroit

8 points in 46 minutes

How many layups has Bridges missed this game? He’s draining a lot of last game’s good will.

Defense is solid but theirs also…i’d try to grind them with extensive east is big modus. Rebounding battle must be won and they have trouble finishing against Mitch.

Mazzula wants Mitch off the court and Thibs usually agrees after hack a mitch

I hope Brown keeps acting like he has something to prove because he’s just chucking away

Gotta think Bridges was celebrating last game too much at the Luck of the Irish on Newbury.

thibs only had one thig he had to say at ht: take better care of the ball

NBA refs might be worse at their jobs than any other professional in their profession.

A winnable game is going down the drain thanks to refs, turnovers and an obscene shooting night.

How does Towns get called for an offensive foul and nothing when he shoots

It might take a miracle but hopefully Knicks return to Boston for Game 5 tied 2-2.

They should have given us that dunk for being so cool and now everything has gone to shit

We were rushing for no reason that entire quarter. I know we don’t want them to set their D but multiple guys on our end have loose handles tonight. That was on Brunson to slow it down to “chip away” pace, and then Thibs was six points too late with the TO.

Gotta re-set.

We should not have taken Mitch out. We can’t win without Mitch.

I don’t understand what happened to the offense. Why can’t we make basic shots? Why can’t we take anyone off the dribble?

Get Mitch in and take Mikal out

Thibs seems terrified of hack-a-Mitch and has refused all season to hold Bridges accountable for his bad play.

That OG offensive foul call was crazy, Thibs not challenging it was crazier.

Huge momentum shifting call. Since that it’s been all Cs who are so beatable it’s actually hurting me.

You would think we’d get some referee home cooking for games 3 and 4 but somehow I’m not that confident

We took many tough shots before refs fuked us.
Need better options

Brunson, OG, and Bridges have fewer points combined (13) than Josh Hart (15). No bueno.

Towns having a fairly good offensive game despite being mauled it’s a shame his teammates have mostly not shown up on that end

Normally you think, hey, we got one on the road and go home with home court advantage. Not really feeling that.

I don’t know, OG’s dunk looked like an offensive foul to me. I don’t think Thibs would win that challenge.

Game over. Blowout losses; n games 3-4 guaranteed

hahaha. gotta love hearing “Doooooce” at the “other” Garden. hahaha.

Never seen a team that loves to waste 2-for-1 opportunities like the Knicks.

We really could’ve used one more there, but I’ll take it I guess

Not the worst place to be….Celts must be thinking “Who are these guys?”

Game over. Blowout losses; n games 3-4 guaranteed

Is this all you post.. it’s like copy and paste for 2 and a half hours

It seems like Brown is having a good game but he has 20 points on 19 shots and 6 turnovers

61 points in three quarters and I don’t think the pace was that slow. I think we have to start deliberately going to our role players gor shots. They aren’t worse than this.

They’ve played pretty well this game just JB and Mikal have missed too many shots. Need someone to get on a heater this quarter

This game shouldn’t be this close. Make them pay for not taking this as seriously as they should!

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Can we not leave the best shooter in the league wide open?

Three consecutive OREBs off airballs for Boston, then the broken play by Tatum that led to a three.

How do you not call that offensive foul by Horford on Deuce. Jesus.

This is some low % shooting for both teams…they got 12 shots more because of rebounding disparity
defensive death lineup on the court

Regardless of how this game turns out, have the Celtics really proved anything tonight?

Bullshit no call on the Brunson 3, a 5 point turnaround. Ridiculous. White literally hit him on the legs on the way down.

Worst game of Brunson’s career?

Game 5 against Detroit

Yeah. Kinda think we’ve even won Reggie over. He noted some missed calls on KAT in the first half and that big one there against Jalen.

I’m really glad Jayson Tatum has forgotten how to shoot

He and Brunson cancelling each other out

Interesting dilemma do you put OG back in for Mitch?

No way, not yet. We’re making a run with this lineup, ride it.

Can anyone explain what the benefit of hack a Mitch is if he’s not taking free throws?

Boston isn’t even running plays anymore lol. Clownishly coached.

Well, we’ve got one shot to win it. Can’t really ask for more after winning game 1.

I think that that really helps them a lot. Tatum could have taken the last shot. That’s honestly a good thing.

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Felt like Horford held OG there, but they are never going to call it.

I haven’t been this in shock by a Knicks win since LJ’s 4pt play.

No time out, Tatum goes 1 on 5 to who knows where.

Thanks, Joe.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

They HAD a timeout! Tatum is just THAT stupid. I’m shocked he didn’t try a fadeaway three over Robinson.

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Don’t think I have ever been this happy in sports since the Rangers won the cup.

Fuck The Celtics

Of course, Thibs must be fired. These guys can’t even reach 100 points. Rebuild time.

Tatum is just a moron. I love it!

They kept doing the exact same shit that led them to lose Game 1. Unbelievable.

Sadly, a clutch Knicks win means a late Yankee loss, but i can live with that trade. 🙂

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Was out of Pinot grigio macerated(orange) so i drank this greenish pinot blanc and sucked it dry. Used only orange lighters and smoked pueblo blue. I did my part:)

I never in a million years thought we’d be up 2-0 on Boston. This is legitimately amazing

Shout out to my man Mitch.

Now a plus 32 in this series.

It’s why Mazzulla wanted him out of the games.

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Mitch’s defense on Tatum and then OG’s help and then Mikal’s steal/block, what a freaking sequence.

Knicks won a game on the road while shooting 29% from deep, lol.

This team is a nightmare to watch we’re constantly down by 12 playing the worst basketball imaginable and then reel off 13 points for a win. I love it and hate it so much simultaneously.

The Celtics aren’t used to the other team not just wilting and dying. They play with their food waaaaay too much. Tatum is just a fool.

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Big props to Hart, too, game leader in points and was the only Knick to score the ball there for a looong while.

And we’re not even actually playing that well. What happens if we can actually put together some complete games?

Shout out to my man Mitch.

Now a plus 32 in this series.

He makes a HUGE difference on defense

Remember what I said entering the fourth? There was no way it should have been that close. Just careless basketball from a very talented team that seems to think that they’re owed wins.

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14 from Mikal in the 4th, and that final play. Take all of my first round picks.

The amazing thing is that the Knicks mostly played like shit on offense for two games.

Shaq: ~ “They shooting too many threes.”
Kenny: ~ “That’s what they do.”
Shaq: ~ “Yeah? You know what rhymes with ‘do’? 0 and 2.”

Hahahahaha

Knicks rope-a dope Celts for 3 quarters then land the knockout in the 4th (30-17)

And Saturday too (-:

Oh, Boston has to have this game on their minds for an extra day while the Knicks rest their legs? Yes please.

I always felt thibs was the right man for the job and we would finally jell in the semi final round…….

Jalen Brunson feels more like the main character in a basketball movie than a real person.

What happened to “the Knicks just don’t have the toughness of last years team” narrative?

Shaq: ~ “They shooting too many threes.”
Kenny: ~ “That’s what they do.”
Shaq: ~ “Yeah? You know what rhymes with ‘do’? O and 2.”

Hahahahaha

That’s really funny!

Mikal plays like Grover from Sesame Street all night then “decides” to win us the game. Insane.

It’s the sphincter one two. Spot em twenty so the ring relaxes then come at em so hard that they shitting diamonds.

Haven’t chcked yet but guess one dude on our team has a plus minus Mitchillion in just a hack a time

Let’s Fucking Go Knicks!!!! Money Mitch +19 tonight, +32 for this series. Joey Maz SHOULD be scared

How long did Boston go in the 4th without making a shot? It felt like a dream

NBA has to be regretting putting Warriors Wolves at 830pm Saturday instead of Knicks Celtics.

Mikal said he was waiting for the playoffs, i guess he was right. 😀

That should wipe the smirk off Bill Simmons face…

How many times shall you make me apologize Mr Bridges!? I sincerely apologize. Holy shit — Bing Bong!!!

How many teams have started the playoffs with 5 straight away wins?

Where was Bridges’ aggressiveness all season? He was finally hunting shots. Amazing stuff from him on both sides.

Wingstop with a 96.6 defensive rating in the clutch… this team is all clutch, no gears

What happened to “the Knicks just don’t have the toughness of last years team” narrative?

That was before we signed PJ Tucker

First time a playoff team has ever come back from 20 to win back-to-back games

How long did Boston go in the 4th without making a shot? It felt like a dream

For the last 8:40 of the game, Boston hit four free throws and Tatum’s dunk. 6 points. That’s … it.

Knicks scored 23.

Bridges playing like complete garbage on offense for 3 quarters and then that in the 4th, just crazy

This feels like it should be the Eastern Conference Finals.

That was before we signed PJ Tucker

LOL! And Delon Wright! 😛

We’re joking, but since those signings, when they scrimmage the starters have to go against Payne, Deuce, Wright, Tucker and Mitch. That made them a lot tougher than before.

Last 3 times Knicks were in the Conference Finals they played Indiana so it would be fitting if they faced each other again.

Official Pagliacci predictions:

TRUE-Towns under 15 shots and under 20 points
TRUE-Brunson FG% under 40
FALSE-Celtics over 20 3pm
TRUE-Mitch 0 FGM
FALSE-Knicks 3FG under 30%
-Lose by 25+

Very impressive reverse jinx from Pags being more right than wrong but still powering us to a win

Finally I get off work in time to catch the end of a game and holy shit, what a treat. Thankfully next game is Saturday so I can watch the whole game finally, never in my wildest dreams I would have believed we would be 2-0 heading back to MSG.

FUCK the Celtics

5-0 in road playoff games

What would the Celtics say if we asked to play the rest of the games at TD Center?

Also, I was at a bar and couldn’t mention it in real time but the charge call on the OG dunk was the worst call in NBA history. It was the incorrect call, but more importantly it was deeply spiritually wrong.

Boston is mentally soft. I knew we had a shot this game too when I read the quote by Mazzula where he was all snippy about how they only lost bc they missed so many threes.

Yeah, no shit. That’s the only way y’all know how to play. Chuck em up. But you can’t play a game when it’s close and you’ve never been tested.

We’re gonna be inside these fuckers heads the entire rest of the series now. No matter how much they lead by in the back of their head the second we score a few buckets they’ll be thinking “uh oh.”

Boston is mentally soft.

Goddamn it, y’all. We’re up 2-0 against the defending champs and game three is at the garden!!!

I….

Hmph..
I got nothin..
There are no words..

Go Knicks

I havne’t loved all his moves but Leon signing PJ saved the season

MSG might just break the Richter Saturday

I love this shit

Six straight playoff games decided by 3 points or fewer. My poor heart.

I always felt thibs was the right man for the job and we would finally jell in the semi final round…….

yes, me too ✋️

okay, no not really…

Also, man, please please please Mitch can you work on the free throws and catching/finishing this off season? I want you to be a Knick forever and you used to be a respectable free throw shooter for a big and a good finisher. You are such a force on defense. Truly a game changer and if you could just lessen those weak spots a little we could have a real thing going here not only the rest of this run but next year too. Love to see the big fella back in action after going through so much with these injuries. You make all the difference.

Kind of hoping this public embarrassment will make Mitch put in the work to shoot 62% from the line next year

Hey, can someone tell BBA we came back and won? Last I checked he was switching to the Yankees game…

Mazzulla might be coaching for his job at this point. He’s been a train wreck. I could not understand why the hack a Mitch w so few team fouls in the middle of the 4Q. That was very odd.

I could not understand why the hack a Mitch w so few team fouls in the middle of the 4Q. That was very odd.

Yeah Mazzulla was like, “We’re losing our lead, so I really want to stop the clock and get us in the penalty ….”

Then Thibs was going to take Mitch out and said, wait, let them foul him one more time before that. Then the Celtics do it.

Never seen veteran defending champs players and coaches that don’t know how to win close games. Why did Mazzulla & Tatum think it was a great idea to score early and hand Brunson the ball to win the game?

I could not understand why the hack a Mitch w so few team fouls in the middle of the 4Q. That was very odd.

I asked that as it was happening. How the hell does that help Boston?

Why did Mazzulla & Tatum think it was a great idea to score early and hand Brunson the ball to win the game?

Yeah, for a half second I thought Thibs wanted us to let them get a quick two, preferring to have the ball in Jalen’s hands to decide the game. But that would be crazy, right? Right?!

hey yoo Pags, – kiss my ass.

God forbid we win game three on Saturday.

Z-man I did see Cody break up the no-hitter but switched back to watch last quarter of the Knicks game! Honestly I only switched to the Yankees game during halftime, caught the Cody HR during a commercial. Didn’t even put the Yankees game on my phone it’s the fucking playoffs no matter what the score is of course I’m staying on the Knicks game til the final buzzer!

I floated the idea that on Boston’s penultimate possession we were letting them score to get the ball back, football style. I highly doubt it because I have never seen nor heard of a basketball team doing that, but it’s funny it worked out that way.

God forbid we win game three on Saturday.

To be sure, my Knicks-Kneurosis does have me worrying the league has arranged for Boston to “let” us win the first three games in thrilling fashion b/c everyone “knows” the Celtics can easily roar back from 3 games down. (I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do I do I do believe in spooks).

I can’t believe Brunson missed the shot that lead to his game winning FTs.

Why did Mazzulla & Tatum think it was a great idea to score early and hand Brunson the ball to win the game?

Mazzulla did some dumb shit tonight but I think if you’re down 1 with 20 or so seconds to go and you get a dunk you absolutely take it, that’s an almost certain lead and the other team has probably less than a 50% chance to make a shot

although I guess the math might be different if the other team has Jalen Brunson

I didn’t think it would matter but now hoping for anyone other than OKC to win the West so Knicks can have homecourt in the NBA Finals…

Either way, if you’re the World Champions, having the ball down by one with 12 seconds to play is actually pretty good. Lotta options. They just fucked up (again).

Boston’s strategy was good to me, they still had the ball with 12 seconds left, but you can’t account strategically for Tatum trying to make a Kobe moment for himself, then totally panicking and throwing it away.

The Bridges awakening in the 4th quarter was truly remarkable. That has to be the most aggressive I’ve ever seen him on the offensive end, when has he ever played like he was the number one option?

I’ll take shitty 3 quarters Bridges and stellar 4th quarter and OT Bridges all day long.

OKC doing in Game 2 what Boston was supposed to have done in Game 2. Gonna be hard to blow this one (though the Celtics could maybe find a way)

Boston’s strategy was good to me, they still had the ball with 12 seconds left, but you can’t account strategically for Tatum trying to make a Kobe moment for himself, then totally panicking and throwing it away.

Even if he had taken the shot, OG and Bridges had him smothered. It would have been a miracle if the ball got near the basket.

Boston is a better road team than a home team. Just sayin.

Boston had a timeout there, you’d think they’d want to draw up an inbounds play. Instead they did the default “give it to the star” thing and it was complete chaos.

Uncanny that Mikal got a steal in exactly same part of the floor then did the same thing of throwing the high arcing lob down the court to kill off the clock.

Mitch fed Tatum into help on the same exact dunk they gave him play before, except with backside help from wingstop. Chefs kiss.

Mitch fed Tatum into help on the same exact dunk they gave him play before, except with backside help from wingstop. Chefs kiss.

yeah, if I thought Thibs was smarter, I would suggest he gave Tatum the first one easy, so they could stop his predictably overconfident second one.

KBA; not gonna lie, that was my first thought lol.

To your point, I will say based on evidence it’s more Tatum doing dumb shit than us doing smart shit, but 2-0 coming to a day drunk brunch 70 degree weather MSG crowd with us in their head is going to be interesting.

Mazzulla was asked why he didn’t call a time out then and he said that since Tatum scored on the last play going down the court he thought they could do the same again. Somehow it didn’t occur to him the Knicks would remember the previous Boston scoring play and defend it better this time. SMH

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