The Knicks host the Bucks in a game that will decide if the Knicks move on to the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup.
That, in and of itself, doesn’t really mean much, but at the same time, the fact that you’re IN the NBA Cup is, generally speaking, a good thing. The Pacers for instance, won it the year they made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Thunder won it last year. Winning it DOES suggest that you can hang with the best teams in the NBA.
So they really should just win it.
Let’s go, Knicks!
111 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bucks”
Of course Giannis is playing tonight.
if we wanna be the best we gotta beat the best but yeah i know what you mean
Who guards Giannis?
Huk can!
Huk Huk.
Man how many superstars gonna have injuries then suddenly be healthy enough to play the Knicks at MSG? First ANT now Giannis…
They call him dairy bird
Shocking garbage ass start by the Knicks…
Towns actually needs to give a shit on D. Totally gave up on that Myles 3
Ok if we can hold them to under 80% on threes the rest of the game I think we have a chance
Maybe we should just let Giannis get his 40 and defend the other guys.
Yabu!!
I always liked that guy…
Okay, maybe not.
This is embarrassing…
Where’s Mitch?
Better when we play the hornets
They’re down to 73% from three, so there’s a chance…
Seriously, can we guard the three point line now? Giannis is out.
Tape of 1st quarter to be used on a tutorial: How to exploit the Gap Defense
edit: MB to reply, Wait for regression…
That was not very pretty
Mitch all of a sudden becoming garbage at defense isn’t helping.
The fact that we’re down by only 4 after what was really a pretty sucky first quarter is about as close to a win as losing can be…
It’s so simple yet the Knicks never get it. Close out the shooters and force them to put it on the floor. Bucks offense looks good now because they are hitting 3s but it actually isn’t.
I’d rather give up paint points than wide open 3 looks
Here i am, how are we looking?
Yeah that quarter sucked ass but Knicks gonna still win this game.
Sweet Kolek sweep shot.
Hart is so good at the rim…
Beautiful move by Kolek
Josh Hart – the human fast break
Kolek-Deuce-Clarkson-Hart-KAT
Not enough shooting
I take it back the Knicks might not win this game…
Portis and Hart are thinking about bringing the 90s back 🙂
11 for 16 from 3 by the Bucks but yes please worry about the paint fuck the 3pt line!!!!
Maybe the 3 point contest this year should be all Bucks. 🤦
Brown’s defensive scheme believes in the opposite. ( as does OKC, but they close out much better)
He just wants to fit in with the rest of the guys until OG is back. 😜
Anyone want to trade for Giannis?
Not a fun Jordan Clarkson game, and also Mitch looks hapless out there.
KAT got hammered there, no call
Mitch doesn’t look right
Count me in
josh hart on giannis doesn’t seem to be working so well…
edit: okay, josh with the steal on giannis and good defense…
Giannis is a man among boys out there
Mitch looks out of shape and his timing is off. He’s making some plays anyway but his fitness level doesn’t look great
Clarkson may do some dumb shit but he’s active as hell out there
Feels like this could be a lot worse.
Where’s Mikal tonight?
I remember one nice steal buts he’s mostly invisible so far.
There’s Mikal !
Giannis’ minutes restriction is the MVP
Mitch’s FTs are eye-gougingly ugly
Towns Defense has been so bad this season I don’t think his offense has been good enough to justify his presence
good game, competitive…the bucks with giannis are a good team…
kuzma looks way better this season, rollins is really good…this could go down to the wire…
truth is, no one, josh hart included, can defend giannis one on one, josh is doing pretty alright (miss OG), mitch started mitching a bit during his last run, hopefully the late mikal 3 sparks him for a strong second half…
keep it close and let jalen close it out…
Towns a bucket … For the opposing team.
Kuzma buzzer beating 3pter a fitting end to the half.
I can’t believe we are only down one. It’s feels so much worse.
Knicks not taking many threes so people are getting their wish
*Towns letting wing players shut him down per usual
Gotta give credit Knicks have played much better defense in the 3rd quarter.
I hate this game.
There’s KAT’s b-ball IQ in a nutshell
Knicks cant find a way to get KAT involved on offense and without that he’s a negative to the team
Game to be decided by Freak’s minute restriction
Brunson and Bridges really saved us there.
I kind of like SVG.
Worried about the non Brunson mins to start the 4th quarter.
He’s a LOT better than he used to be. I’m enjoying him tonight also.
Brunson with 16 that quarter
Deuce!!!!
Well, I am ready for Koleksanity.
Kolek!!!
DeuceMVP
I guess I shouldn’t have been worried!
Wow the 3-guard lineup is killing it.
Deeeuce
It’s raining 3s…..for us this time.
Kolekdeucesanity!
KAT is killing us!
Clarkson is murdering us.
Clarkson not exactly lighting it up tonight
Need Mitch to throw the ball to the right team
Maybe we can package them to Doc for Giannis.
That’s two great hustle plays by Mitch where he completely unnecessarily throws it too fast and right to a Buck.
How many times is Mitch going to throw passes straight to a Bucks player?
I can’t believe how many dumb ass TOs and bad plays we’ve made.
Also, why are we having Brunson bring the ball up against full-court pressure by Kuzma so the game slows way down and they can double him as soon as he crosses half court?
I thought Brown was a smart guy…
This would be a God awful stupid loss.
Who had Kuzma shooting 100% on their bingo card?
We’ve clanked a bunch of good looks…not helping.
It’s last years offense. Frustrating.
Against the Knicks every player in the NBA can shoot 100%.
Up in NH on my phone with no WiFi and the image quality is kind of coming and going.
Also, I can’t get it to play in the background so I can listen and post.
YouTubetv much better so far than prime
The +/- numbers in the Magic-Pistons game are insane…
This is an epic choke job on offense by the Knicks.
Not sure Hart can guard Giannis. Not sure anyone can other than OG though
No one can guard Giannis 1-on-1….that’s what makes someone an MVP candidate.
The missed open shots are killing us…as are the fouls.
How many in and out shots?
I hate this game.
I should be watching Landman instead of this crap.
KAT has been lol KAT this game
They better not dare overturn this foul call..
How is Kyle doing this to us
I hate kuzma
KAT cant hit a bunny or a foul shot
Take out Towns and put Hukporti in. How can he be worse?
Giannis – still good
Hell yes Jalen
Cap to the rescue
KAT with redeeming steal on jump ball!
Thank God we have a closer because we were really shitting the bed until he took over.
Still some dumb open 3s allowed but much better Knicks defense in the 2nd half.
Helluva game. Not quite as much fun as it might have been, but a win is a win.
I think Stan might have done some serious pregaming
Knicks at Toronto in the quarterfinals.
Now go win the cup, Knicks!
Bucks seem to have Towns’ number. His worst games this season have come against them. But his continuing horrible is a bigger issue. Either he actually puts the effort or we can got to do a better job masking it.
It was a nice gritty win tho. Once the 3s stopped falling, the Bucks looked very average even with Giannis
Pretty sure any Bucks deal involving Towns was put to rest tonight
That’s because they are very average even with Giannis. Probably a bit below average, really.
Jalen Johnson with a 29-12-12 tripdub tonight. He was a great pick.
Would look nice on the ….
So it seems we will play Toronto on Sunday in NY and then play them again in Toronto on December 9.