Ahead of a theoretically tough Christmas matchup against the Spurs, the Knicks get the first of two relatively easy warm-ups. First up are the Pellies, who are awful.
Let’s go, Knicks!
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Ahead of a theoretically tough Christmas matchup against the Spurs, the Knicks get the first of two relatively easy warm-ups. First up are the Pellies, who are awful.
Let’s go, Knicks!
120 replies on “2024-25 Game Thread: Knicks @ Pelicans – Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
Let’s Go Knicks! 🏀💙🧡💙🏀
Gooooo Knicks! 🧡💙
silver lining: if we somehow lose this game, E will surely get a beautiful personalized Christmas present in the form of RJ dropping 50 on the Rockets
The Elfrid Payton revenge game?
Great pass from Hart to OG
And the Kat to Brunson to Hart was beautiful too
OG is wearing the elbow pad again. Given his recent shooting, I wonder if he’s feeling some discomfort.
Wasn’t he waived a couple of days after the game at the Garden?
Have they signed him again?
Looks like this is going to be a very annoying game.
Another game to check Brunson against height, they’re putting Herb Jones and Dejounte Murray on him.
Oops yes Payton was waived
How about the Jordan Hawkins career high game?
Too many turnovers. Murphy and Jones are pesky, but the Knicks have been careless with the ball.
KAT should be dominating
The Sacramento Kings are a mess and Fox’s agency (Klutch) asked the FO for a meeting.
The DeRozan experience hasn’t gone well so far…
Definitely, but i think we are in auto pilot mode for now. If we switch to maximum effort, we probably put them away easily.
That’s gotta be Mikal’s first lob of the season
I don’t know what a foul is anymore
Bridges really doesn’t care about his 3pt %.
Maybe if they just allowed hand checking again the game would be easier to referee
I’m with you Cyber,
careless turnovers, missed bunnies, a lot of sloppy plays, “auto pilot” on…
But as soon as we flip the switch to “normal” we’re going to be okay…
Embarrassing.
4 missed layups in the same sequence… 🤦🏻♂️
Looking like yet another three-point variance game
The lineup without JB, KAT and Mikal is unplayable on offense…
I know once BBA posts “embarrassing “ early in the game we’re gonna be fine (-:
Interesting we tried some good run for the team with no KAT and no Brunson. That lineup needs some more practice it looks like
We better wake up!
It’s a classic trap game and we are trapped.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the team really enjoyed themselves last night in New Orleans. They just don’t have energy
Honestly I don’t know what is a foul and what isn’t anymore.
They let people get mauled on drives and whistle for minimum contact on halfcourt dribbles… 🤷🏻♂️
I actually think Knicks are below .500 in games when I post “embarrassing” in the 1st half.
As usual, Knicks have trouble stopping Boston
Pels playing hard, we look disengaged…
worst yet, can’t finish at the rim and can’t stop them from getting to the rim…
need to stay close this first half…
That was one of the wilder missed dunks I’ve ever seen
Sims was tackled there fighting for the rebound.
how do you wave that off??
Come on refs!
Stealing that and-1 is a travesty for the sake of Brunson’s mixtape more so than the score
Not Bridges finest half
if you told me the game plan was called josh hart grenade experiment it would all make sense
OG’s shot is off, Mikal often looks careless with the ball…
Nothing to be worried about 😉
Thibs will spank them in the locker room and everything will be okay…
Being down 4 given how we played seems good to me. Now let’s get back with more intensity for the 2nd half.
Let’s go Knicks! Gotta come back strong to start the second half
Pretty sloppy half I guess I’ll live with down 4
Knicks will win this game.
Minnesota still look shell shocked from the Knicks game.
Minnesota looks shell shocked with Julius Randle taking 8 shots already.
I hope Shamet helps.
Randle’s trying to be traded and Ant’s trying to have the coach fired?
If so they’re doing a good job! 😀
It feels like every Knicks game I watch one of the announcers says something to the effect of “the Knicks are normally good at not turning the ball over but tonight they’re struggling”
We look shell shocked from the Wolves game! 😮
I take it back Knicks aren’t winning this game.
Not our finest hour
This is fucking embarrassing.
This is embarrassing!
Is there one Knick that’s playing well?
It would be incredibly Knicksian to follow up the heights of the timberwolves game with a loss to the fucking pelicans
miami blew a huge lead vs orlando sans everyone
yes jalen
Jalen will save us
Mikal bad, Knicks bad.
Mikal good, Knicks good.
Both Mo Wagner and Carter Jr. were ejected in the first half, the Heat lead by 25, Miami went 7 minutes without a FG in the 4th, Orlando won the quarter 37-8… LOL
Meanwhile Jalen Brunson is on fire…
He hurt is knee pretty badly, it looked like. No ejection.
Towns needs to step up if we’re gonna win this game
My fault, I misheard the Magic’s broadcast (and they have 5 technical fouls against)
OMG Brunson
Should have traded for DJM.
Jalen to the rescue!
We are not worthy
Knicks will still win this game!
Pretty much this.
great cut by mikal there. back cuts have been lacking a bit tonight.
Good Bridges is good to have
Jalen Brunson: Born to play basketball
Thank you, Jalen Brunson
Sims with a couple of nice contests at the rim on back to back defensive possessions.
When Brunson is getting hacked and not getting calls his response is to completely dominate the game.
Antonio Daniels is a good analyst ….of all the other broadcast teams…the pelicans are pretty good
Yeah pissed off Brunson is the best Brunson.
Sims is halfway useful tonight
Sims has played much better than Precious tonight.
Pissed off Brunson is a killer.
Brunson playing the whole half
Bridges has also been great in the 2nd half.
The NBA will regret allowing Jalen Brunson to experience spacing
The league has figured out that if you put tall physical guys on Brunson it’ll annoy the shit out of him
Which is not a good thing for the league
Thibs actually giving Brunson a breather…..
Not for long after those ugly possessions without him.
He’s gotta put him back in now…Payne heaved up a prayer…and then Towns forgets there’s such a thing as a shot clock..
Low key Deuce tonight has been torched on defense by whoever he’s covering.
Washed up assed cj McCollum gets bailed out but Brunson never does. SMH!
Town!!! Big man!
This team can be so frustrating and yet so good at the same time.
KAT’s awful game (but he had a clutch and-1), OG’s off shooting night (again) and despite that…
Games last 48 minutes, the three ball allows for comebacks like never before and we’re not used to a team that can win only on talent and potential firepower even with long stretches of sloppiness (and basically nothing from the bench)…
Pissed off Brunson, helped by Bridges, flipped the game in the blink of an eye.
Again, as Bridges goes, so do the Knicks.
Og acquired the Mikal early season shooting funk…
I know it’s a severely under manned Pelicans team but the Knicks defense in the 2nd half was pretty awesome to watch.
Pelicans announcer…”Brunson is special “
Crap game, but at least we came away with a win.
Defense is improving a bit.
OG playing solid defense, but he’s not playing well at all on offense ever since he had that breakout game. I wonder if something is bothering him.
Nice reminder of how fucking awesome Jalen Brunson is
Kat with his worst game as a Knick. Ill take the W. Jalen Brunson still has it,
Not a pretty win but who cares when JB is cooking
Tonight was all about the Knicks have Jalen Brunson and the other team doesn’t.
Heat scored 40 in the first quarter and 8 in the 4th quarter in a loss to Orlando lmao
Another game where a couple of our key players didn’t play well but we have so much talent we won anyway.
we have 2 players now, that if either have a good game, can beat a bad team themselves…
Minnesota shot 12-44 in the first half, 15-21 in the third quarter, the Warriors have a strong case of Schroeder-itis and DDV just tied the game… NBA games are crazy
Grimes with 20 pts from 8 shots… 🙂
“Games last 48 minutes, the three ball allows for comebacks like never before and we’re not used to a team that can win only on talent and potential firepower even with long stretches of sloppiness (and basically nothing from the bench) …”
The Knicks are a good team. Let’s get used to it.
My God Steph Curry has gone Brunson on Minnesota in the 4th quarter.
Has anyone seen the Apprentice movie about Trump? I highly recommend it. Its one of the better biopics of political leader I’ve seen in some time.
I confess I don’t like Trump, so I promised myself I’d watch The Apprentice if he lost the election. So now I don’t want to watch it, even though I’m sure it’s good.
The apprentice was pretty good… My calendar is officially BJB and AJB… we are in a better timeline.
Look, the elite teams like Boston and OKC don’t destroy every bad team they face. They have games like tonight where they’re stuck in mud but figure out a way to win because they just have way more talent
It’s not a signature win, but it’s what good teams do on off nights.
Its a fascinating character study, I think its a great way of contextualizing this cultural figure whose mind we’ve all been living inside of for quite some time. Its kind of like a real life Frankenstein movie.
Since starting 5:6 in the first 11 games, they have gone 13:4 and are now sporting a .643 percentage or a 53 win pace. They’re basically right where most thought they would be.
I read somewhere that if Leon delayed to sign vet bench players till later in the season, he can get an extra player and stay under the apron but don’t remember how long he had to wait.
Anyone know the math and Leon’s options?
Reason I’m asking is that we are playing 6 games in 9 days and starters have logged in some serious minutes. Need to expand the rotation asap or face a material injury risk increase.
Unlike last game the starters played a lot of minutes in this one (except for Towns, who was in foul trouble). I guess it’s to be expected in close games, but it would be nice if we play well enough during the upcoming stretch that they don’t have to overdo the minutes.
Is Shamet coming back anytime soon? I thought I read that somewhere.
Game ~60. We could also waive Ryan for someone else.
He’s in Westchester and played 2 games. He scored 10 inefficient points in both.
Warren is looking good, so is Okeke.
Thibs does not seem to think much of Ryan, probably for the best if we cut him and sign someone else, not sure if we can squeeze in TJ Warren since he has a higher vet minimum due to years of service