The Knicks kick off a West Coast trip with a game that suddenly doesn’t seem so difficult, due to Iron Man Kevin Durant’s absence (as well as the Suns’ starting guard and center, so three-fifths of their starting lineup, and two-thirds of their “Semi-Big Three”).
Good, eff KD.
Let’s go, Knicks!
145 replies on “2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks @ Suns – Suck It, KD!”
Eff KD
oddly enough, I’m anticipating jericho sims to do something spectacular tonight…don’t know what, but, maybe hit an outside shot or something…
it’s like giannis suddenly decided the bucks would no longer be terrible…
I appreciate that Perk knows what he’s talking about – OG as the best player on the team right now
I am in “road mode”….. for about 20 minutes and then I will be asleep, so I won’t see Booker go for sixty to beat us
It won’t be Booker, Owen, it’ll be Ighodaro going for 25
It was a heady play to get Cam Payne cause he was always the #1 contender for the random guy to flame us award
Jalen enjoys the desert air
I like it when we make every shot
So far so good.
We should do this all year. I like this
Who needs defense anyway
When even Mikal is hitting above the break 3s…
Safe to say that was a helluva first 3 mins.
3 > 2 and that’s factorial
This is fun.
What’s the record?
Shit I jinxed it
There hasn’t been a Knicks defender seemingly within 10 feet of any Suns 3pt attempt.
Have we ever scored 50 in a quarter?
BBA, they want Nurkic to shoot
Trade Anunoby for missing!!
Jalen is so delighted not to have to sleep with a crying baby
I actually didn’t mind forcing Njurkic to shoot that 3pter.
Damn, Greyson’s goin grey, son…
We’re cooking right now
I would definitely take Jamal over Wally
OG!!!
Towns looking like Wes Unseld out there.
WOW
Phoenix has been embarrassingly bad. Wow.
Fuck it who cares how many open 3s the Suns shoot Knicks are going to easily outscore them anyway!
This could be a turning point we’re witnessing.
On the Ground Anunoby
Basketball is pretty fun when your favorite team can’t miss a shot!
Liking Jamal so far, definitely an improvement over Wally.
Showtime Lakers 2.0
Ha, thought the same thing. Steve Martin effect.
And ditto
I was gonna do that…
Defense looking a lot better
Feeling okay about not drafting Dunn again
KAT is the best QB in NY sports
Yeah Crawford having legit insights and this isn’t even his full time gig…
My daughter would straight up tell Grayson to dye that shit. She tells me I need to every week so I know.
Is a 188 ORtg good?
We’re really missing RJ’s shot creation though
I kind of remember a period after julius had a new child in the house, for a while it seemed he played better on the road…
josh hart with the twins…
Someone tell the refs that Mikal middies are supposed to be an automatic 2pts
Sims is warming my heart right now
Cam Payne instant fan favorite.
the assist numbers speak volumes, but this team has made some legitimately great passes so far, a lot of movement, willing passers, it’s fun to watch.
Came back here to say the same about Jamal. Keep him!
Technical foul?
ha – jericho sims drives the bench wild!!!
Knicks needed to up their pace and they are doing that tonight. Thibs making offensive adjustments left and right. Now we just need a defensive coach. 😉
We came to dominate. Love the pace, the ball movement, the flame throwing 3s, the steals and the sweet Simms slam.
I’m not catholic but if I was I would privately confess to kind of looking forward to Sims’ minutes of late
Tough three from OG there
Knicks off the ball defenders are totally clueless.
Og making booker work for everything
Let’s try scoring 44 again in the second quarter!
44 point quarter is crazy
I want to say that’s our most fast break points in a game this season… Probably not, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Maybe 2nd to the Detroit game.
Love the noise Jalen made to get Mikal to cut there
That was a hell of a quarter
I think we’ve moved him to my the PoA more often. It looks much better.
Say 3 Hail Marys and 3 Our Fathers and you are forgiven.
Scoring 44 and KAT only has 4 points… Brunson with 11 and 6 assists, exquisite quarter by him.
The list of players I’d trade OG for is rapidly shrinking
Some solid exterior defense there from Towns
We should be up by 30
Gotta say, pretty impressive that the Suns ended up with both Tyus Jones and Monte Morris as their guards when they had no cap space and no assets really.
Freaking Josh Hart
That was great from Hart wow
No defense!
It’s like watching an all star game..
No big lead is safe enough for the Knicks defense…
Annoying that they took their foot off the gas
Not a great challenge there, I think.
Edit: what do I know
I believe we had 16 fast break points in the first quarter. That’s our 3rd highest game total, tied with our 2nd Brooklyn game, only behind our games against Detroit and Milwaukee.
Couldn’t find the stat anywhere so I just counted it by going into team misc stats on NBA game and counting each game. Pretty easy because we basically never score fast break points.
First free throw
First and possibly last Beno Udrih reference – ever
Every time OG falls to the floor I hold my breath.
just tuned in, and enjoying Jamal C
He’s got a bit of Clyde’s humility. Doesn’t have quite as much to be humble about.
I am enjoying him also. He did a game last year right?
You can tell Breen likes him
That was a highlight team defensive possession
How did the refs not see that push against Jalen? Really obvious, arms extended and everything.
That’s Fizdale on the Suns bench? Huh. Guess he really is friends with KD.
Oh man forgot about Fizdale…
Safe to say this has been the best half of defense so far this season? Not perfect, a few lapses, but feels like the best defensive energy we’ve seen yet.
Jalen in road mode for sure
Brunson obviously loves that Phoenix dry heat
I feel like Payne needs to square up a little bit more from 3
I just knew the Suns were gonna get a wide ass open 3pter on that final possession.
Not sure if anyone cares, but Mikal is our designated heaver. That’s his 4th. Deuce and Kolek each have 1.
Four starters in double figures at the half, with Josh at 9.
Also Payne at 8.
For all the talk about how much we suck, we look pretty good when JB is tentpoling.
Yeah. Rotations look good, some actual hustle. Booker has made some shots to render good possessions moot. Maybe guard Nurkic 3s a little bit (we’re leaving him open by design if you’re not watching).
Is 23 pts on 9 FGA good?
Painful IHart highlights on the MSG halftime show.
PG13 hurt again? Awwww…
iHart is dead to me.
“Painful IHart highlights on the MSG halftime show.”
13 points, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks in his first game back. Ugggghhhh.
We’re having trouble holding onto the ball. Just literally holding it.
Knicks defense continues to be absolute garbage.
We aren’t going to win NOT playing defense.
Maybe guard Royce O’Neal
So predictable and annoying
We might have a new candidate for worst loss of the season…
Or even Royce O’Neale. Related to Shawne “Extra E” Williams?
Ugh!
Where’s BBA?
Edit: Nevermind
KAT on D…no bueno
OG does not have great clock awareness
But rebounding = bueno.
Another classic ATO from Thibs.
Meanwhile, Josh Hart to the rescue
We’re not losing this game
Ok maybe not.
OK.
Nice pass Jalen
For the life of me, I don’t know why Hart is scared to shoot sometimes
I’m glad it’s back to 20, but watching a team that seems to want to engage in shootouts instead of playing some defense is very frustrating.
According to some people, RJ has a Swiss watch in his head. 😉
Dunn may be getting in Jalen’s head a little
Towns’ 3 point shot is so money
One of the Suns announcers is on suicide watch, he’s grumbling that Brunson is pushing off and that his shoe choice is disrespectful
KAT usually just swishes the shit out of his 3s.
amazing this game has another quarter
Damn that was a helluva pass by Kolek.
Yeah, great lead pass from Kolek on that break
I was kinda out on Sims before this season but he’s winning me over as a backup center, he’s getting close to perfectly cromulent
I’m not used to the Knicks out-chucking other teams. While KAT isn’t a lock-down defender, I’m not seeing much D from the rest of the team.
Whoa, some actual defense from Kolek
Curious why Kolek got the nod over Dadiet. Not sure he’s any more ready.
The Kolek minutes have not looked good.
I dunno how Thibs is gonna make it thru this season without having a heart attack with the way they play defense.
Thibs always has that “we’re losing by 30” face
It’s crazy how KAT can get from the 3pt line to the rim with just 1 dribble.
Just tuned in guys, collapse starts now
I’m developing a love hate relationship with this team. The offense is great, but if no lead is large enough to relax because you can’t get stops it becomes almost unwatchable for me.
It’s frustrating but definitely not unwatchable cause the offense is so freaking good.
Hart needs to shoot that 3
Strat, every team in the league lets opponents back in games, it’s the nature of today’s 3 point happy NBA. Boston won last night by 3 after blowing a 20+ point lead
I’m not gonna get too upset about letting the Suns cut it to 11, just get the W
we haven’t blown the lead yet
sweet Kat
I still can’t believe how incredible KAT is offensively.
Jeez…suns dee is more pathetic than ours…
Suns announcer is lauding the defense on Brunson as a positive takeaway for the Suns and dawg he’s 12-21 he dropped 36 on your ass and there’s time left on the clock
we didn’t trade I-Hart ESPN he left for more $
who am I kidding, expecting ESPN to do a modicum of research
When Towns and Brunson go off like this no one is beating us
I like that we won but I don’t like how our D looks.
Great start to the road trip, now time to get some sleep cause my alarm goes off in exactly 6 hours.
knicks will get a chance to spend the next several days at altitude, with some time to practice…
You put up a .692 eFG% in this league, most of the time you’re gonna win.
I don’t disagree, per se, but come on, they totally didn’t even take this game seriously, they were so sure they were kicking their asses (and they were right). If their D fails in a tougher game, I’ll be concerned, but not in a laugher like this.
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