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15 replies on “Knicks Morning News (2025.05.10)”
Even with Cleveland’s win last night, it’s fascinating how well underdogs have done so far in this round. The Denver-OKC series seems to have exposed an Achilles heel in the season’s most dominant team: when things get tight, SGA is really the only guy capable of generating offense on his own. The same could probably be said about us and Brunson, though.
Eye test, but I think Jalen Williams is pretty capable as well. And Holmgren if he has the right matchup. But I’m curious what the stats say.
In the improbable event that we make it to the Finals, I wouldn’t hate not having to play against that OKC defense again. And from a narrative standpoint, Wolves-Knicks would be spectacular.
But first, we’ve got to take care of business against these accursed Celtics. Fingers crossed that KAT starts bombing away from the perimeter today.
What both the Knicks and Pacers did in the first 2 games of this round feels different than anything in recent history. Anyone remember the ’92 Lakers (sans Magic) who, as an 8 seed, went up 2-0 against the Suns team who eventually made it to the Finals? That is the closest association I have… there was also the time the ’92 Knicks took Game 1 (but not Game 2) from MJ and the Bulls in the 2nd round.
Pretty poor showing by OKC, losing to the Nuggets on a night where Jokic had 20 points on 25 shots, was 0-10 from 3 and had 8 turnovers.
Playoffs basketball this year, for many reasons, and to a greater degree than usual, feels like incompletely different game from the regular season.
I was shocked the Nuggets won last night. Went to sleep early. Doesn’t even look like vintage Jokic.
I’ve been saying the entire year that OKC needs to pack up their depth pieces and consolidate them into another star, they have all these interchangeable dudes like Joe, Wallace, Wiggins, even Dort and Caruso were pretty bad last game, who can give you minutes here and there but don’t move the needle at all in the playoffs.
They look like the Harden Rockets, where their entire offense requires SGA to dominate, but when he shoots only 5 free throws and can’t get into rhythm like that it’s not enough.
If anyone else is gonna be at MSG and wants to meet up somewhere before let me know! TNFHGF is now well acquainted with the fact that I have a bunch of internet friends I love dearly, most of whom I’ve never met.
I think it’s fair to say that the contrast between regular season and playoff basketball has never been greater. A lot of these games look like 1990’s basketball…low scoring defensive slugfests. Scoring is down from 113.8 to 107.6 per game. Only the Magic, Hornets, and Nets averaged fewer than 107.6 during the regular season. That suggests that if you took the average of playoff teams only, the gap would be significantly greater.
OKC has so many options on how to move forward that it boggles the mind. The biggest advantage they have is a multitude of ways to avoid massive tax penalties while having a rock-solid floor of conference semis and perennial true contender.
Acquiring another “star” might mess with that mix. Presti might believe that he is so good at the draft and at talent evaluation, he should just continue to fleece teams out of SGA’s and picks and find more Chets, J-Dubs, etc.
The iHart move is an example of a FA move that would not have been possible if he was paying multiple stars max contracts. But the clock is ticking on Jalen and Chet, and iHart and Caruso are going to seem pretty expensive when those rookie deals are extended. It will be interesting to see whether Presti goes all in if they get knocked off this year. But that’s a long way from happening, this current series is far from over and I’d be surprised if they don’t get past the Nuggets. If they do, they should be heavily favored in the next round.
“If anyone else is gonna be at MSG and wants to meet up somewhere before let me know! TNFHGF is now well acquainted with the fact that I have a bunch of internet friends I love dearly, most of whom I’ve never met.”
Enjoy the game, should be a madhouse! Hpoefully there won;t be too many Massholes in green jerseys in the crowd.
That was the question about them all year. Could Chet and Jalen step up when teams load up to stop SGA?
The ironic thing about us is we might be one of the best equipped teams in the league to handle teams loading up on our star but we don’t use them effectively. SGA is out there giving the ball to his teammates and being let down. Brunson’s got guys who SGA would love to give the ball to but he isn’t passing it to them.
We might be on the verge of experiencing the 99th percentile outcome in these playoffs (100% health plus BOS, CLE, OKC all out in the second round). But this Captain Clutch narrative is looming over us. Make no mistake: I want Brunson taking the big shots. Just give up the ball when you’re doubled, bc you are not hitting those shots, and your teammates are really good.
What Josh Hart in particular has done to make himself a threat late in games is remarkable. Almost all our biggest late game shots in this series involve him in some way, whether it’s been directly via an assist or indirectly via intelligent motion. Used to be no one covered him on that pick and roll bc he wasn’t a threat. Now I think it’s bc they know Brunson never passes it to him.
The playoffs afford defensive schemes and defensive players significant advantages that the regular season just can’t. More information, more practice, tighter sphincters. In a league built on high octane offense where 3point variance is mitigated by volume that shit can translate wickedly as the market gets squeezed. The market is getting squeezed hard right now and maybe Elmer Fudd’s sticktoitiveness might be getting some grace. It’s rabbit season.
Hauser listed as doubtful as of yesterday. If he is out and KP is still under the weather, that is a huge help. If that happens, I wonder if Mazzulla will bring someone else in for at least spot minutes in the 2nd Q…Queta, Tillman, Craig…probably not but it wouldn’t shock me.
OTOH, if KP is close to 100%, he’s been pretty good at MSG despite relentless booing.
porzingis not on injury report hauser doubtful which is same as not playing
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