126 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bulls”
“Thanks, Z-Man. Drinking a strange champagne cocktail in celebration of the Knicks getting back to 500.
It ain’t a single malt, but the damn clock thing means the sun’s not yet down over the yardarm here.”
I’m recovering from a very unsober Halloween weekend. My buddies and I went to a party dressed as referees with money coming out of our collars and pockets.
just started the game, oh man, no clyde…
Did Mike Breen just say “…he whips it out…”???
Brunson is on a mission tonight.
Brunson just cooked him
From previous thread: where would we be without Brunson? His defense may not be great, but half the time he’s the only guy who can score.
I still don’t think he can shoot worth a damn, but Hart does seem a little more active out there. Doing the Josh Hart Things.
Still think he should get the surgery…fingers of NBA players should not be at angles.
If this team were just Jalen Brunson and Mitch Robinson and a bunch of guys, I’d still be a fan
Huerter should change his name
to Hurt-em
feel like I’m watching too much landry shamet this season…
Mitch is our 2nd best player
Fred Katz reporting Hart has nerve damage to his entire right hand not just his finger.
Hart seems like his back if fully recovered. The finger, not so much.
Mitch making a huge impact in his 6 minutes.
Yabba the Butt eating possessions out there…
Here comes the patented Knicks defense of giving up wide open 3s immediately after gaining a double digit lead.
Katador D…
So much fot the better defensive effort to start this game…
At least Don Nelson had the Knicks playing great basketball first couple of months before he got fired…
This may be the worst defense I’ve ever seen KAT play by quite a bit, and that’s saying something.
Towns single-handedly letting the Bulls back in
Fred Katz reporting Hart has nerve damage to his entire right hand not just his finger.
Yikes
I guess Josh Giddey is unstoppable
Jalen Smith game
David Ruffin is unstoppable…
Giddey tends to get stopped when OG guards him. No idea why Brown won’t make that switch. Maybe protecting Mikal’s ego.
Great shift by Flame
The Jordan Clarkson game!
As I’ve been saying all along, Clarkson was an amazing signing **cough**
Didn’t see the game thread and was commenting all alone on the last thread 😀
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Fred Katz reporting Hart has nerve damage to his entire right hand not just his finger.
Maybe it happened during the surgery.
..and on cue, he takes two terrible shots…
With every passing game JC becomes more and more indistinguishable from JR
Tepid Clarkson supporters, let’s enjoy our moment while we can
And on cue, Clarkson does something dumb
Clarkson having a good game but still managing to take dumb shots
As I’ve been saying all along, Clarkson was an amazing signing **cough**
LOL
We’re 6/23 inside the arc. Thank god we’re shooting lights out from 3.
OG and Clarkson heat checks are a mixed bag…
Looks like Brunson dinged his thumb on that play…
What a horrible double team effort by Brunson WTF was that.
OG guards Giddey and on the first possession Giddey gets stopped beyond the 3pt line. Finally.
Given how the Knicks shot from deep, this lead feels pretty ominous. The defense is untenable. Just putting KAT in P&R over and over and over, and getting whatever they want.
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Hart made a three…
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Is our defense part of the government shutdown?
Clarkson did something funny earlier in the second quarter. Deuce got stuck on Vuc in the post, was getting mauled trying to hold position, and Clarkson reached in and shoved Vuc so he fell out toward the three point line.
Is Giddey that good or are Knicks making him look that good?
I thought in first two games our dee was active/decent….now…well…I don’t think any opposing coaches are losing sleep on how to attack us….
This half-time (high school?) game is really making me appreciate Josh Hart’s shooting.
Knicks use to give up Giddey triple doubles when he was on the Thunder , so this Bulls stuff is nothing new
KAT gets put in the pick and roll over and over and obviously can’t defend it. KAT can’t be the on the floor much with another bad defender (Brunson)
I don’t really remember KAT’s defense being so consistently bad last year.
The whole KAT should be shooting more 3’s thing doesn’t seem to be a thing with Mike Brown, so far at least…
There goes Mitch’s ankle again.
Damn, Mitch…hopefully just a tweak of his non-surgical ankle…
Knicks city dancers look sharp…
Great start to 2nd half Brunson bricks a couple of 3s Mitch gets hurt going for the offensive reb Bulls get an easy layup on the other end.
Put Mitch in bubble wrap until the “play in” starts. 🤪
Seems like he was fine
We got about thirty minutes of mitch….now we’ll see him in April
KAT can’t make a layup…
Seems like he was fine
I’m no doctor, but guess I was correct
The offense consistently generates good shots, and the defense consistently generates good shots for the opponent.
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Yeah Knicks offense will probably finish top 5 again, its as always gonna depend on how they defend. The hope also is this style of offense will translate better come playoff time.
I guess Kolek is out of the rotation?
Why is this taking so long to review???
I guess Kolek is out of the rotation?
Seems that way. Can’t complain. He showed some flashes, so maybe not hopeless, but Brown was just playing too many guys.
How the fuck was that call not overturned?
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wow josh giddy has hit another level…
Josh Hart has permanent discomfort face
Hart really is starting to do Hart things.
So glad to see Josh playing well again
Another missed call
At least Josh Hart has his legs and wind back.
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How is this not a 30 point game?
KAT has stepped up his defense this half.
What are these substitutions?? Shamet went out for a minute, now he’s back. What is this?
KAT much better this half. Hart is making me very happy!
Bulls took OKC to the cleaners getting Giddey
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Mikal with only 10 pts, but 9 assists and 5 rebounds. Also 2-2 from the foul line!
“Bulls took OKC to the cleaners getting Giddey”
Yeah, but they really didn’t need Giddey and his impending extension. I mean they are 6-0 without arguably their second-best player.
Bridges has not been great on D tonight.
Swiffer up to his old tricks
KAT gives up a bunch of those 5 on 4 disadvantages on defense everytime he falls on a missed layup…
Shamet-sanity !!! 😀
Clarkson can still get in the paint more easily than all the non-Jalens. Sometimes he can even do something good after too.
Marechal, it’s not up by 30, but will 21 do?
submit chicago bulls, y’all ain’t all that…
I could get used to Knicks consistently dominating teams at MSG like its 1993 again.
One should foul in a 5-on-4 situation rather than give up the wide open 3.
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Clearly Clarkson’s best game with us, hopefully a preview of what he can bring when he settles in. Only 2 terrible shots tonight, and some nifty passes.
Marechal, it’s not up by 30, but will 21 do?
20-34 from deep and 19-19 from the line. If I see these, I expect a real blowout (and it was a 12 or 14 point game when I posted that).
Also, 29 assists so far. Sharing is caring…
Bulls took OKC to the cleaners getting Giddey
I think that trade was mostly a matter of fit and immediate need. Giddey is at his best with the ball in his hands making plays, but OKC has Shai for that. OKC was going to move Giddey to a bench role, but Giddey wanted to and should start. So OKC added a veteran impact player to go with their youth and made their defense even better.
I could get used to Knicks consistently dominating teams at MSG like its 1993 again.
This ^^^^^^^^^^
good point marechal, at this point it occurs 3 or 4 times throughout each game, his teammates should be prepared…
Edit: even when the layup goes in, it still takes him like 4 or 5 seconds to get back up off the ground…
If this stays a blowout I’ll be really curious to see at what point Brown empties the bench
(Unlike his predecessor, who thought a 20 point lead with 2 minutes left wasn’t safe)
Swiffer
Towns looks like he might be past the injury.
Buzelis is gonna be a problem…
When you have a 20+ point lead early in the 4th, maybe jacking up 3’s on every possession is not the way to go.
Our defense still doesn’t look very good, but i guess if they put great effort, it can passable. Maybe they should do it more often.
Clarkson has played pretty good defense. I appreciate his effort. This is best-case JC.
I like the way Brown uses Mikal. 9 assists tonight.
It’s nice to see those little Brunson plays. He’s scoring so easily off the catch this year that we don’t get to see him needling his way through the defense as much.
That was a kicked ball!
nice move by jalen on the baseline…
so cool he can play so well in the paint with that sturdy body and fancy footwork of his…
like the look of staggering josh and mitch on the court…
How the hell did the refs miss that kicked ball.
These refs have missed like 4 obvious calls in the last few minutes
God forbid the Knicks play a complete 48 mins game…
This is way too close considering.
This is not the NBA’s “A” officiating trio…
Angry Brunson is the best Brunson
Edit: though that long 3 wasn’t ideal
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fairly solid game from start to finish, about josh darn time…
nice to see the wiz are visiting tomorrow…
about josh darn time…
Nicely done
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Well the Wiz kicked our ass in preseason so….
Time to empty the bench Mike
My Alan Hahn quote of the night was “Or for a younger crowd, David Blaine.”
Well now we know — Brown only empties the bench at the 30 second mark.
Best effort of the season. They need another defender.
Nice to see that in this “must-win” game, Brown still didn’t play anyone more than 36 minutes.
I see we took 47 threes, that’s too many for my liking, and I think that a couple of those in the last 5 minutes were unnecessary, but at least they were going in.
The little victories…Mitch playing 2 games in a row, Hart looking better.
Less good: We are very thin at the backup big spot. Huk and Yabu have both been bad, so we need to fix that, hopefully by one or both of them being, well, less bad.
We’ve got the Wiz tomorrow night, Minnesota without Ant Wednesday and then the Nets and the Grizz after that. All home games.
No excuse not to reel off another 4 wins.
Wemby: flash in the pan
I’m greedy we have 6 more games in a row at home should win them all.
I’d be happy with 8-4 at the end of the home stand. Brown is still figuring some things out about his team.
If Yabu weren’t playing so poorly I’d feel pretty good about the lineup. 10 guys tonight, each of them earning their time. Except Yabu.
Well it’s at least pretty clear that Brown is going to keep Yabu on a short leash. He becomes trade-eligible in December, not that anyone would want him.
I assume Mitch will sit tomorrow so would think Yabu or Huk will get extended mins.
Well it’s at least pretty clear that Brown is going to keep Yabu on a short leash. He becomes trade-eligible in December, not that anyone would want him.
His stock has dropped pretty far pretty fast. I wouldn’t give up on him being able to be productive on offense, but I think what we really need is a plus defender that can shoot a little and be reasonably efficient. We got Clarkson to score. Let him do his thing, but we need some more defense in that second unit and to come in once in awhile with the starters.
That’s news to me,” Brown said of Hart’s issues. “[VP of Sports Medicine] Casey [Smith] has handled as best he can, and Josh has, too
they really have separated the coaching staff from player medical information…
126 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Bulls”
“Thanks, Z-Man. Drinking a strange champagne cocktail in celebration of the Knicks getting back to 500.
It ain’t a single malt, but the damn clock thing means the sun’s not yet down over the yardarm here.”
I’m recovering from a very unsober Halloween weekend. My buddies and I went to a party dressed as referees with money coming out of our collars and pockets.
just started the game, oh man, no clyde…
Did Mike Breen just say “…he whips it out…”???
Brunson is on a mission tonight.
Brunson just cooked him
From previous thread: where would we be without Brunson? His defense may not be great, but half the time he’s the only guy who can score.
I still don’t think he can shoot worth a damn, but Hart does seem a little more active out there. Doing the Josh Hart Things.
Still think he should get the surgery…fingers of NBA players should not be at angles.
If this team were just Jalen Brunson and Mitch Robinson and a bunch of guys, I’d still be a fan
Huerter should change his name
to Hurt-em
feel like I’m watching too much landry shamet this season…
Mitch is our 2nd best player
Fred Katz reporting Hart has nerve damage to his entire right hand not just his finger.
Hart seems like his back if fully recovered. The finger, not so much.
Mitch making a huge impact in his 6 minutes.
Yabba the Butt eating possessions out there…
Here comes the patented Knicks defense of giving up wide open 3s immediately after gaining a double digit lead.
Katador D…
So much fot the better defensive effort to start this game…
At least Don Nelson had the Knicks playing great basketball first couple of months before he got fired…
This may be the worst defense I’ve ever seen KAT play by quite a bit, and that’s saying something.
Towns single-handedly letting the Bulls back in
Yikes
I guess Josh Giddey is unstoppable
Jalen Smith game
David Ruffin is unstoppable…
Giddey tends to get stopped when OG guards him. No idea why Brown won’t make that switch. Maybe protecting Mikal’s ego.
Great shift by Flame
The Jordan Clarkson game!
As I’ve been saying all along, Clarkson was an amazing signing **cough**
Didn’t see the game thread and was commenting all alone on the last thread 😀
Maybe it happened during the surgery.
..and on cue, he takes two terrible shots…
With every passing game JC becomes more and more indistinguishable from JR
Tepid Clarkson supporters, let’s enjoy our moment while we can
And on cue, Clarkson does something dumb
Clarkson having a good game but still managing to take dumb shots
LOL
We’re 6/23 inside the arc. Thank god we’re shooting lights out from 3.
OG and Clarkson heat checks are a mixed bag…
Looks like Brunson dinged his thumb on that play…
What a horrible double team effort by Brunson WTF was that.
OG guards Giddey and on the first possession Giddey gets stopped beyond the 3pt line. Finally.
Given how the Knicks shot from deep, this lead feels pretty ominous. The defense is untenable. Just putting KAT in P&R over and over and over, and getting whatever they want.
Hart made a three…
Is our defense part of the government shutdown?
Clarkson did something funny earlier in the second quarter. Deuce got stuck on Vuc in the post, was getting mauled trying to hold position, and Clarkson reached in and shoved Vuc so he fell out toward the three point line.
Is Giddey that good or are Knicks making him look that good?
I thought in first two games our dee was active/decent….now…well…I don’t think any opposing coaches are losing sleep on how to attack us….
This half-time (high school?) game is really making me appreciate Josh Hart’s shooting.
Knicks use to give up Giddey triple doubles when he was on the Thunder , so this Bulls stuff is nothing new
KAT gets put in the pick and roll over and over and obviously can’t defend it. KAT can’t be the on the floor much with another bad defender (Brunson)
I don’t really remember KAT’s defense being so consistently bad last year.
The whole KAT should be shooting more 3’s thing doesn’t seem to be a thing with Mike Brown, so far at least…
There goes Mitch’s ankle again.
Damn, Mitch…hopefully just a tweak of his non-surgical ankle…
Knicks city dancers look sharp…
Great start to 2nd half Brunson bricks a couple of 3s Mitch gets hurt going for the offensive reb Bulls get an easy layup on the other end.
Put Mitch in bubble wrap until the “play in” starts. 🤪
Seems like he was fine
We got about thirty minutes of mitch….now we’ll see him in April
KAT can’t make a layup…
I’m no doctor, but guess I was correct
The offense consistently generates good shots, and the defense consistently generates good shots for the opponent.
Yeah Knicks offense will probably finish top 5 again, its as always gonna depend on how they defend. The hope also is this style of offense will translate better come playoff time.
I guess Kolek is out of the rotation?
Why is this taking so long to review???
Seems that way. Can’t complain. He showed some flashes, so maybe not hopeless, but Brown was just playing too many guys.
How the fuck was that call not overturned?
wow josh giddy has hit another level…
Josh Hart has permanent discomfort face
Hart really is starting to do Hart things.
So glad to see Josh playing well again
Another missed call
At least Josh Hart has his legs and wind back.
How is this not a 30 point game?
KAT has stepped up his defense this half.
What are these substitutions?? Shamet went out for a minute, now he’s back. What is this?
KAT much better this half. Hart is making me very happy!
Bulls took OKC to the cleaners getting Giddey
Mikal with only 10 pts, but 9 assists and 5 rebounds. Also 2-2 from the foul line!
“Bulls took OKC to the cleaners getting Giddey”
Yeah, but they really didn’t need Giddey and his impending extension. I mean they are 6-0 without arguably their second-best player.
Bridges has not been great on D tonight.
Swiffer up to his old tricks
KAT gives up a bunch of those 5 on 4 disadvantages on defense everytime he falls on a missed layup…
Shamet-sanity !!! 😀
Clarkson can still get in the paint more easily than all the non-Jalens. Sometimes he can even do something good after too.
Marechal, it’s not up by 30, but will 21 do?
submit chicago bulls, y’all ain’t all that…
I could get used to Knicks consistently dominating teams at MSG like its 1993 again.
One should foul in a 5-on-4 situation rather than give up the wide open 3.
Clearly Clarkson’s best game with us, hopefully a preview of what he can bring when he settles in. Only 2 terrible shots tonight, and some nifty passes.
20-34 from deep and 19-19 from the line. If I see these, I expect a real blowout (and it was a 12 or 14 point game when I posted that).
Also, 29 assists so far. Sharing is caring…
I think that trade was mostly a matter of fit and immediate need. Giddey is at his best with the ball in his hands making plays, but OKC has Shai for that. OKC was going to move Giddey to a bench role, but Giddey wanted to and should start. So OKC added a veteran impact player to go with their youth and made their defense even better.
This ^^^^^^^^^^
good point marechal, at this point it occurs 3 or 4 times throughout each game, his teammates should be prepared…
Edit: even when the layup goes in, it still takes him like 4 or 5 seconds to get back up off the ground…
If this stays a blowout I’ll be really curious to see at what point Brown empties the bench
(Unlike his predecessor, who thought a 20 point lead with 2 minutes left wasn’t safe)
Swiffer
Towns looks like he might be past the injury.
Buzelis is gonna be a problem…
When you have a 20+ point lead early in the 4th, maybe jacking up 3’s on every possession is not the way to go.
Our defense still doesn’t look very good, but i guess if they put great effort, it can passable. Maybe they should do it more often.
Clarkson has played pretty good defense. I appreciate his effort. This is best-case JC.
I like the way Brown uses Mikal. 9 assists tonight.
It’s nice to see those little Brunson plays. He’s scoring so easily off the catch this year that we don’t get to see him needling his way through the defense as much.
That was a kicked ball!
nice move by jalen on the baseline…
so cool he can play so well in the paint with that sturdy body and fancy footwork of his…
like the look of staggering josh and mitch on the court…
How the hell did the refs miss that kicked ball.
These refs have missed like 4 obvious calls in the last few minutes
God forbid the Knicks play a complete 48 mins game…
This is way too close considering.
This is not the NBA’s “A” officiating trio…
Angry Brunson is the best Brunson
Edit: though that long 3 wasn’t ideal
fairly solid game from start to finish, about josh darn time…
nice to see the wiz are visiting tomorrow…
Nicely done
Well the Wiz kicked our ass in preseason so….
Time to empty the bench Mike
My Alan Hahn quote of the night was “Or for a younger crowd, David Blaine.”
Well now we know — Brown only empties the bench at the 30 second mark.
Best effort of the season. They need another defender.
Nice to see that in this “must-win” game, Brown still didn’t play anyone more than 36 minutes.
I see we took 47 threes, that’s too many for my liking, and I think that a couple of those in the last 5 minutes were unnecessary, but at least they were going in.
The little victories…Mitch playing 2 games in a row, Hart looking better.
Less good: We are very thin at the backup big spot. Huk and Yabu have both been bad, so we need to fix that, hopefully by one or both of them being, well, less bad.
We’ve got the Wiz tomorrow night, Minnesota without Ant Wednesday and then the Nets and the Grizz after that. All home games.
No excuse not to reel off another 4 wins.
Wemby: flash in the pan
I’m greedy we have 6 more games in a row at home should win them all.
I’d be happy with 8-4 at the end of the home stand. Brown is still figuring some things out about his team.
If Yabu weren’t playing so poorly I’d feel pretty good about the lineup. 10 guys tonight, each of them earning their time. Except Yabu.
Well it’s at least pretty clear that Brown is going to keep Yabu on a short leash. He becomes trade-eligible in December, not that anyone would want him.
I assume Mitch will sit tomorrow so would think Yabu or Huk will get extended mins.
His stock has dropped pretty far pretty fast. I wouldn’t give up on him being able to be productive on offense, but I think what we really need is a plus defender that can shoot a little and be reasonably efficient. We got Clarkson to score. Let him do his thing, but we need some more defense in that second unit and to come in once in awhile with the starters.
they really have separated the coaching staff from player medical information…
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