The Cavs just epically blew a chance to take a 1-0 lead as a major underdog on the road in the Eastern Conference. It’s the sort of loss that almost always leads to a collapse by the team that chokes. For instance, after Game 1 of the Spurs/Thunder, no one was, like, “Oh, the Thunder have no chance now after a loss like that!” because it was just a normal hard-fought game. Losses where you get your soul sucked out of your body, devoured, and shit out in front of you, on the other hand, those are the losses that leave a shit-stain mark on your whole BEING, and THOSE are the games where you say, “Oh, okay, this is over.”
I say this not as a Knicks fan, I say this as a basketball fan. As a totally objective basketball fan, if this was Team X playing Team Y, and Team Y blew a 22-point lead on the road with eight minutes to go, I would say, “Well, I guess Team Y is fucked, then.”
HOWEVER, while that is the TYPICAL reaction for series like this, that is, as they say, why you play the games, so the Knicks still need to step on the Cavs’ neck, and apply pressure, and put the Cavs into a fetal position. The Knicks can win this series losing Game 2. The Cavs can THEORETICALLY win this series losing Game 2, but, well, come the fuck on, the Knicks aren’t the shitty Pistons. If the Cavs fall behind 2-0 in this series, they’re almost assuredly going to be on vacation in a week.
So, long story short, just fucking beat them in this game and make them go into the fetal position and then you will soon be in the fucking NBA GODDAMN FINALS where, no matter who, you’ll be playing a team dealing with major injuries, making things ripe for a title.
Let’s go, Knicks!!
7 wins to go!
7 replies on “2026 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals: Knicks vs. Cavaliers Game 2 – Time To Step on the Neck and Apply Pressure”
Just win.
By 40
Hoping to see a spry OG and less rust. CLE gonna come out hard so no fucking around pls. LFGK
My sons awesome high school play is nominated for several local
Theater awards, and the ceremony starts in five minutes. Hoping to come out of airplane mode in a few hours to a score that makes me happy. (And also that my son’s play wins an award or three.)
Bon chance Alan
By any means necessary tonight
Let’s hope it will, but most likely it is not going to be easy. They scouted us well and disrupted our game on Tuesday, a game which we would have lost if not for the inexplicable brain stalling of their coach, and they will most likely do the same tonight. Don’t expect them to allow Brunson to BBQ Harden time after time or KAT to easily distribute, and so on. However: we are the better team, we dusted off the rust, and we have Mr. Clutch on our side. Let’s go!!!!!
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