Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2026.05.03)

By: marechal

marechal — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:16:04 +0000

They missed a lot of players/time to injury, but the Sixers were the 16th defense and 17th offense this season. They had a negative net rating! I think that’s better than facing the 2nd offense/4th defense, even if one can argue that Boston is worse than those numbers and Philly is better.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:10:45 +0000

I do think the Sixers, if healthy, will be a tougher matchup for us than this version of the Celtics would have been. “If healthy” is always a key question, though. Regardless, KAT has to stay out of foul trouble against Embiid, and has to keep doing what he’s done lately when a team puts a wing on him. One of the Wingstop guys has to be able to at last make life a little difficult for Maxey. And we’ll see if Paul George can do anything to contain this version of OG.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:34:28 +0000

Oh, and congrats to cyber, he got everything he wanted yesterday, a crushing Celtics loss and elimination despite a fantastic game for Queta (that one move where he put Embiid in the spin cycle was impressive!)

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:27:33 +0000

I still don’t know what Mazz was thinking with that starting lineup, or by not playing Vuc a single minute. I mean, his team did turn out to be in position to win at the end, and Pritchard missed a wide-open corner look that he seems to make in his sleep. But you simply have to start your best players in a Game 7, no?

I always enjoy reading the post-mortem on The Celtics Blog. One poster said that while it was a thrilling season, the C’s would have been better off taking a true gap year like the Pacers did so that they could find another franchise player in the draft. It’s certainly an arguable point.

I have to think that it will come out that Tatum’s knee injury is more serious than they let on. “Knee stiffness” is not a reason to miss a game 7. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it turns out to be something surgical.

By: walkerandbendercornerstones

walkerandbendercornerstones — Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:36 +0000

Yeah I think this series could easily play out the same way Atlanta did with the first three or four games being really competitive and then we wear them down and take them out eventually.

One thing to think about conpared to the last time we played them in the playoffs is that our team is much better. We have KAT now (and we’re missing Randle) and a deeper bench.

The only reason I’m mad we drew them is the potential for Embiid to injure someone.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 03 May 2026 11:44:14 +0000

The Sixers basically used 6 players yesterday. That is not sustainable. Their bench other than Grimes is not very good.

By: DS

DS — Sun, 03 May 2026 11:24:26 +0000

The Athletic’s panel of Katz, Edwards, and two Sixers writers pick the Knicks over Philly in six [3] or seven [1] games. To me, they are understating how good KAT was against ATL.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7249117/2026/05/02/knicks-76ers-nba-playoffs-preview/
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I think Boston could and probably should trade one of their stars for Giannis. But that’s July’s problem.