Technically, they’re already on a winning streak, but we all know a winning streak doesn’t actually feel like a streak until it hits three games, and since the Wizards fucking suck, it should hit three tonight, which will also give them a nice buffer over .500.
So yeah, don’t love the back-to-back, but otherwise, thank you, scheduling gods!
Let’s go, Knicks! I feel great about 58!
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Great opportunity here to eclipse the Bulls game as the worst loss of the season!
Go Knicks!
Sounds like the Pacers stole Moses Brown from us.
It’s not really “stealing” if we didn’t really want Moses Brown, anyway.
Personally, I wanted to roster him.
Unambiguous curb-stomping would be nice tonight.
I love how guys who have obviously done zero research and who clearly have no idea what they are talking about love to weigh in on those things. Guess it’s the times we live in.
Why would we be the least bit concerned about the whereabouts of Moses Brown?
Nestled in my seat here in the garden….I don’t recognize many of the guys on the wiz…
Knicks blowout, please.
I survived another layoff! Go Knicks!
@Bidiong good stuff
hopefully the Knicks treat you as well š
Congrats Bidi! LFGK! Take care of these scrubs and make this a boring blowout.
LOL Brogdon is on the Wiz.
Brown, who I like, was in Westchesterā¦ but the āstoleā comment was a little tongue-in-cheek (I always forget half this board is on the spectrum, so Iāll be 100% literal next time.)
Who says Brunson isnāt a real PG?
Who says Josh Hart isnāt a shooter??
Nah, you’ll forget again. š
Max Josh Hart
I’ll feel more comfortable when we double them up, as we should.
I would read a deep dive on the history of Josh Hart’s jump shot. His reputation in his draft was as a gunner!
Let’s destroy an inferior team easily for once. LFG!
We are out offense-ing our mediocre defense so far tonight
The wizards are really, really, really bad
We should play the Wiz every game
If I did a shot for every time Bridges took the ball to the basket, Iād be ā¦completely sober?
Obviously Great Anunoby
This has to be the best offensive Knicks team in my lifetime if not ever. I know the 2013 and 2023 teams finished 3rd in offensive efficiency but they were kinda unique teams. I don’t really remember the Pitino Bomb Squad team even though I know they were somewhat revolutionary with their 3pters and full court press.
I thought our defense was bad. They look like 04 Pistons next to these guys
OG has been so strong inside this season. He really seems to have worked on aggressively getting to the rim despite his handle staying mostly the same.
If you vow to have sex every time he attempts a free throw you might end up celibate for life.
BRING THE PAYNE
Kolek!
That’s just what happens when you play 5 out. No way he scores this much with Mitch dragging a C into the paint
I swear Thibs’ rotations are as random as Clyde’s suit selection
Both of those stops on KAT would have been fouls for Embiid.
The other night I was out at a bar and met some other big Knicks fans. I casually mentioned that I thought KAT was at least arguably the most talented offensive player we’ve had in my lifetime. They proceeded to scream at me about Carmelo Anthony in a borderline socially unacceptable fashion, so I dropped it. I still think I was right though.
So… how is ruruland doing?
Congratulations.
Can you imagine if we had to root for a team lead by Kyle kuzma and Jordan Poole?
Yeah, I agree that OG is taking advantage of all the space better than everyone else. Thatās part of why heās getting to the rim and dunking so much lately. You would think it would have helped Brunson also, but I guess defenses are so focused on Brunson itās tougher for him.
Bub is already a pretty good player.
Hell canāt be much worse.
The Pac Daddy!
The other night I was out at a bar and met some other big Knicks fans. I casually mentioned that I thought KAT was at least arguably the most talented offensive player weāve had in my lifetime. They proceeded to scream at me about Carmelo Anthony in a borderline socially unacceptable fashion, so I dropped it. I still think I was right though.
how i met your mother
Is Kolek only getting minutes because of the back to back?
At this rate, Mikal might only play 39 minutes tonight.
“Leon is an idiot for trading the 23rd pick in the 2023 draft for Josh Hart” is something you don’t hear so often anymore
Dadiet is starting to look like he has the potential to be a lot more than just a good rotation player. Lots of guys show flashes of scoring ability early on and then never go anywhere, but heās showing flashes of defense also.
In the fullness of time, who here would hire Josh Hart to coach the Knicks?
I love all his ārah rahā when heās micād up.
Knicks fans who rooted for the team in the 2000s can probably imagine this better than most
Earl looks great!
Only if Jalen Brunson has to be his assistant. Too bad Brunson had a daughter, hopefully he sires the starting PG for our 2050 team in the next couple of years so he can steer him over here.
Maybe Hart’s twin boys will have some talent?
Jesus Christ, that JB-KAT pnr is going to become legendary!
whoa
Jericho getting And-1’s now?!?!!?!
What is going on.
Sims to Towns, āHold my beerā.
Haha. So ā¦ theyāre practicing the PnR this year š
I’m here! š This is going superb… i hope i can have a positive +/- too. š š
Bridges looks like heās on a back to back to backā¦..to back.
Did i start watching at the right time or is Brunson playing great since the game started?
lol I’m refreshing every 5 minutes and we have like 10 more points each time.
Let’s dump 150 on these jabronies
Sims hitting a push shot/floater is more impressive than the dunk
Sims with a smooth floater the wildest part of this half
Why would OG steal the rebound from Hart?
Is the Simsening upon us?
He reads Knickerblogger and wants to prove heās worth his salary?
LOL
Sims like, āNo one ever asked me to score, but if you want, I can jump over the backboard. And I have this little push shot.ā
If he really read Knickerblogger, he would know that we would argue that his stats are not meaningful because he steals safe rebounds from teammates.
Gotta be honest pretty bad to only be up 19 at halftime.
Over/under 1 second on the bench for Hart & Bridges in the 2nd half?
Wise words from Clyde…
“I always think that the foundation has to be laid with defense, not offense”
Why would OG steal the rebound from Hart?
jealousy. he knows if hart gets 6ast and 6reb tonight he’ll be the only knick to ever do it in 8 straight games.
I started at +22 so my +/- is -3. That proves it, i bring bad luck to the team. š š
Ha!
RJ is having a good game tonight!
Wait I just remembered Pags predicted Knicks record would be 7-12 so Wizards are due for a huge comeback win!
Embiid has managed to be -17 in 15 minutes so far.
Jesus that Towns pass.
Leon I give you this one 1000%.
Iād say the Wiz defense is a sieve but thatās unfair to sieves – a sieve actually stops a few things from going through
Anyone know the record holder(s) for steals in a game? No peeking!
Did KAT and OG play 10 years together in a past life?
Dyson Daniels. (If not yet, then soon)
Bridges is surprisingly a really good passer off the dribble.
OG knows he already got paid, right?
I thought it was Kendall Gil but Mike Breen said the record was set 48 years ago.
Answer: Larry Kenon (1976) and Kendall Gill (1999) with 11
Hubert gets half credit
I’d love to rest our guys but I don’t even know what a garbage time lineup looks like with the team in its current state.
Payne/Kolek/Dadiet/Sims/Huk would be a kind of performance art.
Alvin Robertson maybe?
Shit just saw Z-Man posted the answers.
The answer is Clyde, but they didn’t track them
how can embiid be 0-0 in FT ?!
obviously he used up all his flops on mcbride
Josh Hart is destined for a reality show after he retires
Iām glad I resigned from the Minutes Police. This would be driving me nuts if I wasnāt on my pension.
did you get a gold watch at least Hubert?
If it’s not Clyde it has to be Dick McGuire, right?
Clyde, about the trivia question: “It might be me, Mike”
Hilarious! š
Clyde on the trivia, āit might be me.ā Hahahaha
Edit: cyber ahead of me š
Might take this one off. Second night of a back to back. Load management. Seems in hand. Fatal last words.
Pacome Dadiet is the fourth youngest player in the entire NBA, and he manages to not embarrass himself when he gets on the floor. It is really nice having a kid with some upside on the roster.
Brunson’s passing is lit tonight.
If Cooper Flagg is watching this game heās probably thinking āIād be the best player on this team, and thatās actually not a good thingā
Yeah, Pacome is looking like another good pick from our FO. It’s strange that they treat picks like hot potato, because when they really use the picks, they’re pretty good at it.
Minutes Police lineup. Yes.
Holy shit
Please donāt let them get it down to 20, Thibs will rush the starters back in
Thibs will never empty the bench again.
Hux-porti is back! š
Ruh roh. 10-0 run.
Kolek might not play another minute this season with the defense he’s playing tonight.
If I’m Thibs I’d bring all the starters back just to teach the bench players a lesson.
Maybe there’s a reason Thibs doesn’t play these guys more! š¤
It’s pretty awesome how Melo and especially Marbury have gotten back into good graces with the Knicks.
The man picked ahead of Luka Doncic enters a 30 point blowout. Pretty sad.
Yeah Kolek needs to hit the weight room for a few years.
Matt Ryan must be the only player Thibs holds in lower regard than Cam Reddish. Hopefully Thibs turns out to be wrong this time.
Might have to get a Cam Payne jersey.
Hard to take much away from this rout other than we arenāt getting that Wizards 1st, like, ever.
Bridges’ touch is incredible and his numbers on the season should look familiar before too long.
That said, I still might look up highlights of him drawing regular ass fouls, just to know what it looks like.
Cam Payne is a nice player
It’s weird how Kollek has shot well and done everything else incredibly poorly once the regular season started.
I feel for the 10 Wizards fans who still care about this team, what a pointless franchise.
I can see Cam Payne saving us in at least one big playoff game this season.
76ers are an embarrassment to the NBA.
Maybe Embiid truly is on the decline. It’s fun to imagine.
I think they’ll probably be good once Maxey gets back, but who knows how long they can all stay healthy.
Philly might almost be better off leaning into the tank. Their pick is Top 6 protected.
Wow RJ went ham on the Pacersā¦
His ceiling remains sky-high!
Philly looks bad but so do the Pacers. They remind me of the 2021 Hawks who made that fluke Eastern Conference appearance and never made it out of the first round since. Too many similarities actually come to think of it
Until Morey has Embiid go for a clean up surgery and tanks for Cooper Flagg and Silver blows an aneurysm….
OKC will end up with the best record in the conference and two top 10 picks next year.
tuned in to the magic and suns game for a bit…
in the background of the game it looked like paolo banchero was doing a selfie with a fan…
does he remind anyone else of peter boyle in young frankenstein?
Is that Paolo’s sister?
way to bring home the win tonight pepper, I hope you had fun at the game…
good to hear no layoffs bidiong…it was funny, sounded like you weren’t about to be too upset with some rest…
saw this funny quote thing reference a “retiree” alarm clock which basically just read: get out of bed if you feel like it…
I have no idea what you mean doogie š
well..i picked a good night to make a triumphant return to the garden…bought some nice seats on line as I was walking to the arena and had a phone app glitch (plus all the gummies were kicking in) and was panicking but I got’er done…
washington is pathetic…taking that job is like taking the jets coaching job…
not much to take away…but sims did have a career night..
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