Okay, the scrubs are all done, now to show everyone how good this team is against other good teams!
Let’s go, Knicks!
57 wins is still in play, and that’s okay!
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Okay, the scrubs are all done, now to show everyone how good this team is against other good teams!
Let’s go, Knicks!
57 wins is still in play, and that’s okay!
106 replies on “2025-26 Game Thread: Knicks @ Hornets”
This court makes me nauseous.
If there ever was a game the Knicks desperately need the ISM to come thru its tonight.
If LaMelo is gonna keep making em from the logo we might be in trouble
Let’s gooooo Knicks!
Is it NBA Cup season again? 😀
The Hornets designer apparently has carte blanche.
We’ve played like crap but only down 2 so that’s something…
Or, you know, down by 10
we are in for it tonight…
c’mon mitch…
Edit: nice makeup there with the block…
Poor Coby White met Mitch at the rim 😀
Never had more sympathy for a non-injured opposing player than I have for Coby White right now
jalen brunson out there giving offense classes to the young folks…
MVP! MVP! MVP!
That was a brilliant drive by Mo.
go ahead mo…nice stretch to make that layup…
Grant Williams is the prototypical hatchet man
MO!!!
Diawaraaaaaa
whatever gene it is that coby white has for hair growth, next lifetime I want some of that…
Summary of first quarter – Brunson cooks, Hornets get all good looks
Well the good news is Brunson looks like Brunson again and that’s kinda the most important thing
Nice quarter, the team started half asleep as always but seems very much awake now… let’s win this!
how in the hell is nipples smothering OG’s offense…what?!?!?
This ^^^^^^^^^^
I would guess that Coby White is a 60% career shooter vs the Knicks
alvarado is looking way suspect on offense the last couple of weeks…
what did he have, like one good week here…
if the offense sputters out without jalen – time to bring back kolek…move the ball more…
Clarkson was Defensive player of the game 3 times !?
Feels like we are getting beat to every loose ball
Our best deadline acquisition was the PED cocktail we got Clarkson
thought is was all peptide stacks these days…
Not a good stint by Alvarado
yeah, cyber, was just about to say that.
Kolek should get some time in a game like this
mikal and especially OG need to put up more shots…
gotta be honest – the charlotte hornets look like a very skilled, athletic and well coached basketball team…
Jose may be getting a lot of splinters when Deuce comes back
Let’s throw a alley oop to Mitch every time 😀
man, mitch moves the whole stanchion…shaq like..
OGeeeee
Our defensive rating is taking a beating…
Geo, you wanted more shots from OG and you were 100% correct 😉
Was someone uncomfortable with OG taking double digit 3’s a few days ago?
We just can’t get stops
Welcome to real competition….like some cold water to the face…
I’m totally fine with Alvarado getting singled out for sucking, but I think it’s also letting the other guys off the hook a bit.
54% FG 46% from 3 and we’re down 10 points.
Wtf??
We need more from KAT
KAT napped that first half. Knicks also got destroyed on the boards
Welcome to 2020s NBA! 😉 😛
He was acquired for Dalen Terry, FFS. He isn’t very good and hasn’t been over 5700 minutes.
“gotta be honest – the charlotte hornets look like a very skilled, athletic and well coached basketball team…”
Yeah, they also have some decent positional size, especially at PG.
KATnap? I like it Bo!
Improved defense?
*its opponent based*
I would bet before the season Coby White circles every Knicks game on the calendar.
Kat and milquetoast bridges are MIA
“I’m totally fine with Alvarado getting singled out for sucking, but I think it’s also letting the other guys off the hook a bit.”
Yeah, especially since our biggest problem is on defense. Seems like Brunson is getting cooked in the paint by Miles Bridges and then on the perimeter by Brandon Miller.
Maybe KAT should have a slug outta Clarkson’s water bottle…
The Knicks scored 19 points in the second qtr, alot of that because Alvarado was awful
They dropped 65 points on us in two quarters. The first five and the last five minutes of this half were particularly bad. Any discussion other than our [non]defense is redundant in my eyes.
That KAT has less points than Mitchell Robinson isnt good because that means he can’t be on the court .
Just want to point out again that Bridges is worthless
KAT needs to ignite
Hornets are incandescent already
They look great.
West team trying to sign White in free agency…
“How many times do you play the Knicks? Just two?? No, thank you!”
Honestly our defense this quarter hasn’t been that bad. They’re making tough shots.
Kon should be ROY. If we have to face these guys in the first god damn round that would be just our luck.
Any time I mention the publishing term “one-shot,” my wife mimics the Knicks “one-shot” announcer. It’s weird but cute.
It’s a rhythm thing. They are the hottest offense in the NBA right now. They are scary. We should have gotten into their spaces and made them feel us early on. Once they get into rhythm, you are in trouble. They make difficult shots. We need to disrupt them and this is not easy now.
Brunson is the only guy on the Knicks interested in playing professional basketball.
Bringing in Kolek, a little too late methinks.
Clarkson got Kalk-blocked
(I know used before)
Anyone know a website or radio station where one can listen to the game live?
31-16 out rebounded.
Not excited to play these guys in the playoffs.
Not sure anyone is
That end of the third was BRUTAL.
Going Under screens against somebody shooting threes isn’t smart . Coach should tell his players that
Fast break points 13-0
Team doesn’t get easy points ever unless it’s a tanker
Outhustled, outmuscled, another long physical team that gives the Knicks trouble
One thing in a matchup va this team. Brunson has nobody to defend .
Iowa/Nebraka
Way More interesting than this
Yes NCAA is winning this battle tonight
Is KAT dumb??
Playoffs are different and the Knicks could be saving their energy for that, but I would think Charlotte will be very eager to get to the 6th seed if this team is 3rd.
Not looking good
The Hornets are annoying, but I think that they will likely be a 2026-27 problem. So the Knicks just have to win the title THIS YEAR.
Brian is inevitable
Let’s put this in single digits
Not over over!
Single digit game! The closest they’ve been in the second half!
Boo, changed it to a two.
Brunson needs to stop fouling
Just shoot a three!!
Hart did the right thing. You gotta shoot threes each time.
In all seriousness, isn’t the play to start fouling with two minutes left?
That was a good ol’ fashioned country ass-kicking.
Brunson fouled with 6 seconds on the clock, you either foul right away or you try to defend.
I expected the Hornets offense, but I was also impressed by their defense tonight, particularly in the second half. Hornets were the more energetic and aggressive team for most of the game. I don’t understand how the Knicks allowed themselves to be out-rebounded so horribly. Plus, they were being beaten to loose balls all the time. This was really annoying.
I know this is a different Hornets team than earlier in the season, but we did kick their ass the other 2 times we played them
Just trying for a little perspective…
Different team as you said *
Need to play with more hunger, but maybe they are waiting
Yeah, it was so dumb.
The rebounding was awful when you have two seven footers playing
We’ll play a lot better in the playoffs, or at least I hope so. This game was important to the Hornets, and not so much for the Knicks.
I don’t know if and how much of this will carry over in playoffs, but Charlotte looks scary right now. Tonight, they outplayed us badly.
Cyber if the Knicks wanted the 2nd seed yeah it was, but we shall see come playoff time.
I was shocked to look at the box score and see that Diabate only had 5 rebounds. It seemed like he had 20.
That kid’s defensive athleticism, acumen, motor, and skill package is very impressive.
Towns -8 shots
The Hornets have an interesting mix of players in their rotation:
Rugged banger types: Sion, Grant
Live-wire rim protectors: Diabate, Kalkbrenner
Scoring wings: Knueppel, Miller, Bridges
Long, flaky, explosive PGs: LaMelo, Coby
Gotta give Charles Lee credit, he has them hustling their asses off and playing great team ball. I think we are the better team, but this one was definitely a wake-up call.
KAT seemed too slow to play in this game, both physically and between the ears.
Starters outside of Brunson were efficient. Not enough shot attempts for the others.
Knicks as a team averaged 46 rebounds per game coming into this game
Tonight they had 24.
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