The Knicks play their first game at Madison Square Garden tonight as they host the Detroit Pistons, who are bad, but not as bad as the Orlando Magic, so the Pistons come into this game with a 1-0 record.
After a strong performance against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Knicks basically HAVE to win these next three games against shitty opponents to show that they can compete for the playoffs this season.
HOW IS MY WIN PREDICTION LOOKING? I think my prediction looks pretty good after one game, as the Knicks hung in there against a clearly superior Memphis team (missing some key players, but they had plenty of good players still) and could have won had a few things gone their way. So that is a good sign for this team having a winning record this season.
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106 replies on “2022-23 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Pistons – HOME OPENER, PEOPLE!”
Let’s Go Knicks!
Quick-Quick!
We won’t be seeing old friends Alec Burks and Nerlens Noel tonight, as they’re both out with injuries, but we might get to say hai to Kevin Knox!
Clyde’s suit! I want it so much. Let’s go Knicks. The IQ bounce-back?
From The Department Of Random Numbers:
During pregame they showed a stat I didn’t know.
RJ Barrett is the only player in NBA history who had 11 30-plus points game in a single season played at the age of 21 or under.
Maybe that’s why he’s so divisive in League’s FOs and why “casual fans” that don’t watch all Knicks’ games like we do have a less “nuanced” opinion about him.
I’m worried about this game. I think I’m going to start drinking early tonight.
Go Knicks!
Ok
Let’s start the Ws!
A+ for Clyde!
I just poured a big-ass martini and I can’t get the game on because… old TV?
RJ Barrett, as much as I enjoy shitting on him, is one of the most up-and-down players I’ve ever watched. Very John Starksian. I do think there’s a really good player locked up in there, it’s just a question of whether he can unlock that player.
Bend the rabbit ears and wrap them in foil, Raven. We need you.
Hope IQ and Obi get on track….
Back in. And watching Barrett playing point-SF.
Here i am… let’s gooo Knicks!
Just in from the stadium where my team lost to our arch-rivals at home. What a bummer!
I’m hoping the Knicks can give me some joy to compensate!
Fournier DPOY.
Gotta love the dishin and swishin to start. Ball movement has been mostly great to start the season
Some nice passing here from RJ
Distributor RJ very good, shooter RJ not so much…
RJ reads Knickerblogger. 3 assists in first 3 minutes.
Feels on brand for Fournier to give up a fast break to Bogdonavic
Get Cam in there!
Man, in took forever but I finally got the game on.
For the record, I love Mitchell Robinson.
Killian Hayes is in, which is good, because he’s bad
It’s Reddish time…
Maybe this will be like the first game where Cam starts off by making a couple of bad plays then goes ham
Having Good Julius back feels good
Man, Detroit’s even worse than I though if they’re playing Knox.
Toppin with the UAP
Obi’s 3P… oh dear!
Unfortunately, Cam Reddish also reads Knickerblogger.
Now there’s the Cam we know and don’t necessarily love
Send Stewart to the line every play 😀
Fuck you Obi doubters.
Obiiii
Airball FT 😀
Bench unit has some energy tonight
The Bench Mob is back!
DRose is back too
Let Hayes shoot
The rare Toppin lob pass to someone else.
The bench looks really janky but on the other hand they’re outsocring the pistons
Obi to Reddish for the slam was not something I was expecting to see. Ever.
Obi usually is on the other end of a alleyoop 😀
ObiCam fast breaks ain’t a bad idea!
I think my favorite part of this game is Clyde’s overall excitement.
Diallo has a problem with FTs
Obi will pass on the break, if someone keeps up with him 😉
Breen: “Some really good offensive execution, Clyde.” — When was the last time we heard that?
RJ really flashing the playmaking tonight
Someone (for those not watching, Rose) has been practicing his three pointers…
It’s nice to see RJ passing the ball this game.
Ball movement in general has been great to see tonight.
IQ is back too!
We should play the Pistons every game 😀
Okay, Barrett just “got a good shot off.” Credit where credit is due.
Randle made like two boneheaded plays on that possession and then ended up with a dunk
E4 and Bogdanovich seem to have an understanding 😉
Mitch wants to be more efficient with his jump hooks?
Is there a new rule that calls for our players to be maimed to receive free throws?
If you told me that the Pistons are shooting the same percentage from 3 point land than from the FT line, I would think they are doing well.
Cunningham and Ivey are going to be really good. But not yet, thank god.
Nice bounce back game by RJ
It’s Good Barrett tonight. “Half as many shots, twice as many points.”
I don’t really see it from Cunningham, at least in terms of being a number 1 overall pick.
Our guys much prefer to drive without Adams blocking their way.
Ha, Bags drives past Fournier, Thibs calls a time out as if that’s not supposed to be a thing.
RJ has zero respect with the refs.
And I hate the new NBA app.
Max, you hate all refs. Admit it.
Quick with five points in like 15 seconds.
I would love for the Knicks to play the Pistons every day. That’d be fun.
Quickley is really good
Back to normal, the bench restored order.
Obi is really good, too.
Came in with them up 29. They cut it to 12. I felt bad but now I feel better.
The youngs have looked really good.
Bench mob just annihilated the scrubby Piston bench. You love to see it.
Wow that shot from IQ
Very curious about the usage numbers at the end of this game. Eye test says very balanced indeed.
While we’re having fun the Wizards are 2-0 and Mathurin is really good.
Reddish suddenly playing down to his competition…
Just gonna say this. Thibs’ rotations are fun. He’s got Barrett in there with Obi and Quick and Hart.
Man it is nice to be good enough to just smash shitty teams
Oh sure, but we can still have fun!
Quickley and Brunson with 17, Barrett and Obi with 16. Randle with 15. Pretty nice points spread.
Nets game is really good
Yeah, we had a lot of fun tonight! 🙂
Just what the doctor ordered,
a nice stress free win against an inferior team,
with a lot of players bouncing back after a bad first game.
We’ll done guys.
After last couple of days of tough Yankee losses plus the OT loss in Memphis I really needed this relaxing Friday night.
I mean Detroit sucks but it’s nice to beat up on teams that suck at home. Nice game by everyone
Considering all their recent high draft picks and talk about their great future this was a pretty embarrassing display by the Pistons.
Great to see a lotta ball movement and unselfish play. So much better than beating Detroit behind a monster night from just one of our guys.
You can see the Pistons don’t know what they’re doing.
Nothing like being at MSG on a Friday night, everyone is a little bit wasted and we can even joke about Thibs bizarre insertion of RJ and Jalen at the end of the game
I mean Thibs wtf??
Jokic just casually throws the most audacious passes you will ever see while these espn chuckleheads talk about anything but what is happening on the floor
Ja Morant has 47. Was going to write a post about how the Rockets might win.
Mathurin really did have a good night. Lot of interesting young guys in the league right now….
Also, I don’t know who Citizens for Sanity are but this ad they just aired is a fucking disgrace.
What was the ad about?
Denver-GS is a lot of fun through one if you like offense
But don’t you know. Having a bunch of high lottery picks on your team guarantees you a bright future bc all high lottery picks turn into superstars!!!!
Denver’s bench is playing GS to a standstill if they can hang with teams without Jokic on the floor they are going to be a real problem this year.
I guess the counter to that is they already lost to Utah.
You know Bones and IQ would make a really fun backcourt.
The ad was on the MLB game and was about how illegal immigrants are going to murder you.
Jazz won again. Lol
All according to Ainge’s secret plan.
A top 5 defense cemented with Mitch/Hart, our signature bench mob, low turnovers (jb influence), offensive rebounds, and the 3 falling at a high clip, – we’re going to blow out a lot of teams at home.
None of these games mean much beyond we have a chance to be good. But all signs are pointing up!
Missed the game to attend a film festival screening of Glass Onion, the Knives Out sequel, which is AWESOME.
Happy we blew out the pistons and that a bunch of guys redeemed terrible showings in Memphis. Box score suggests Cam fell back to earth. Did he look bad, or was it just that everyone else had it going, so he had fewer opportunities?
My two cents…
His first two actions were a dumb turnover and a botched defensive assignment, then he more or less did right the ship..
He didn’t force too much and for the most part stayed in his “lane”, many of his shots, including a couple of badly missed threes, were from the extended garbage section of the game.
He wasn’t brilliant as in the Memphis game but he did his part well enough and his alley-oop on Obi’s assist was the play of the game.
This level of play can be useful even when Grimes returns, it gives us more flexibility to play matchups and can help if/when someone “doesn’t have it”.