Comments on: 2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks @ Heat: Road Opener

By: hubert

hubert — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:43:40 +0000

And for the sake of balance, you could make an argument that last night might have been a game we could have won last year. Thibs would have played Clarkson, Yabu, and Shamet 8 minutes instead of 47 bc they were all so shit. And maybe Brunson goes nuclear if he stayed in the game. But honestly I’d rather take the L than use that smoke & mirrors BS.

By: hubert

hubert — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:37:39 +0000

My takeaways from last night:

1. We are an extremely thin team with no margin for error. At full strength, we can make the NBA Finals. But a simple injury to any of our top 5 players means we’re fucked and could lose in the 1st round.

2. Deuce is one of those top 5 players. Hart & Mitch are important but Deuce feels critical.

3. The early signs on Leon’s reinforcements (Yabu & Clarkson) are very discouraging.

By: DS

DS — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:32:34 +0000

Brunson, Bridges, and Deuce seem healthy and in a great place. OG and KAT are lagging but not altogether lost… not sure why Hart is waiting until June to get surgery. It seems like he needs it now.

By: Underground_Kings

Underground_Kings — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:10:50 +0000

Brunson was a + 6

Kolek (-) 12

That’s a 18 point swing

Entire bench was awful

By: Underground_Kings

Underground_Kings — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:07:06 +0000

Shamet is a solid 3 point shooter. Career 39%

It’s the one thing he can do

By: Rough

Rough — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:07:01 +0000

It’s not like we played great and blew out our opponents the first two games. I am personally not thrilled by the way we have been playing so far but it’s only game three. Spoelstra is very smart. I expected this tonight. Mike Brown said a few good things at the press conference. Let’s wait and see.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:05:10 +0000

I thought the Heat played very good defense and are not a bad team at all. It wasn’t just that we couldn’t shoot. Our starters were ok but our bench couldn’t score and only Hart, who got rebounds snd assists, played well off the bench. I have the intuition that Diawara, with his mobility, could have helped, but I’m probably wrong about that.

By: GoNYGoNYGo

GoNYGoNYGo — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:03:31 +0000

Disappointing night. Team looked they were partying all
Night in South Beach.

By: hubert

hubert — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:02:57 +0000

We shot some bad 3s tonight guys. This is what I was talking about earlier. It’s not about the volume of 3s. It’s about the quality. You have to create more high quality 3s not default to chucking up more 3s.

I thought most of them were good, open, spot-up attempts (excluding KAT, but he gets to shoot from wherever).

OG, in particular, was getting great looks. So were Shamet, Clarkson, and Yabu.

Those three bench guys were 0-12 and most of those 12 were good shots. If they shoot 25% on their open looks instead of 0% we win the game. Those guys might just suck.

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 01:02:44 +0000

With you there, Strat. There were a cacophony of upchuck chucks. KAT gets one logo three a game, two if he makes the first. Nobody else should be doing that unless time is about to run out.

Yabu and Clarkson shooting 17% on 17 shots was not a good thing. Nor was their each going 0-4 from three. I know it’s just three games, but if Brown cut them later tonight my eyes would be dry. Because it’s not just the shooting.