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NowWHYcee7 wrote:Do you guys think that with Josh shooting the lights out, their defense will be forced to not load up on Brunson as much...hoping that may give him some room to break out of his slump.
spree8 wrote:NowWHYcee7 wrote:Do you guys think that with Josh shooting the lights out, their defense will be forced to not load up on Brunson as much...hoping that may give him some room to break out of his slump.
He hit 1000 and they still continued to give him open looks, so I wouldn’t bank on that
jvsimonetti0514 wrote:mpharris36 wrote:DiVincenzo played an excellent game...his shot was falling but I noticed him defense pressuring the ball like a madman.
To the point maybe we can give him a shot to guard Maxey. He's probably the quickest player on the team...we need some speed to matchup with Maxey (he's a blur).
I was thinking we should try hart but I like your idea more. Donte navigates screens better than Hart does. I also like the idea of OG or Hart as the weak side help guys than DiVincenzo too.
cgmw wrote:Not to be subversively negative here, but we lose this game with healthy Randle. The hustle players made hustle plays and we needed all of them on the court at the same time.
Embiid to me has always had an air of negativity about him as a human being/personality, and I believe it’s a strong factor in why he folds year-in year-out when it matters. Just my opinion, but Randle has similar energy.
People cried when we lost Randle, but we are very lucky to have one season of the Nova Knicks. This feels more like ncaa March madness than the nba playoffs right now, and I’m loving it. Randle is the second best basketball player on our roster, but sometimes the sum of the parts does not equal the whole. This group is very special as is.
Guano wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:
I see multiple fouls here that weren't called on both teams. The crying needs to stop.
If I'm a 6er fan I'm more pissed at iHart getting the board with 4 6ers there or Maxey flopping or nurse not calling a TO before the inbounds pass or even lowry throwing that trash inbound pass.
Begging for the refs to bail you out is basically this
TrueWarrior wrote:Donte is getting props for the game winning shot of course, but not enough love for what he did before Jalen’s three.
Jalen drove and lost the ball at the top of the key. Donte immediately rushed in from the corner to a pack of people to grab it. He then backs up, crosses over, drives, does a high gather to avoid swipes, sucks the defense in enough to kick it to Jalen for the trey.
That is not something a normal 3 pt gunner does. Donte isnt perfect of course, but he’s way more well rounded than some give him credit for. Played great defense in this one too. He wasn’t guarding Maxey much. When he’s rested his defense can be legit though.
It was looking like Donte wasnt even going to close the game but Deuce looked tired, and made a couple dubious plays/fouls down the stretch which kinda forced Thibs’ hand. So many things went right in the end.
GONYK wrote:NowWHYcee7 wrote:Do you guys think that with Josh shooting the lights out, their defense will be forced to not load up on Brunson as much...hoping that may give him some room to break out of his slump.
I think their defense is pretty set. They will take their chances with Josh shooting 40%+ over letting Brunson get 30.
It's almost worked twice now.
Capn'O wrote:I wonder what Paul Reed's feelings are about metal bats.
Guano wrote:HarthorneWingo wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:I think Thibs needs to create some off ball actions for Brunson to get Philly's defense off balance, and if Brunson does attack the paint, he needs to make better reads instead of forcing shots 1 on 3.
Take what they give you and make them pay for it.
Thank you. This is what I’ve been saying!
He did do this in the 3rd. He was feeding iHart a lot.
He hasn't been taking wild shots. These are his normal looks. He is just not making them. The more he misses the more uncomfortable he is looking.
He is either going to start hitting them or the ship is going to sink. We only go as far as Brunson is taking us.
I didn't love the contested corner 3 he took at the close of the game. but it was dope he let it rip and had the fortuitous bounce at the end.
He'll get right moving forward.
Im Coming Home wrote:
Capn'O wrote:I wonder what Paul Reed's feelings are about metal bats.
Knick4Real wrote:mpharris36 wrote:GONYK wrote:
The mental weakness and primadonna theatrics this dude has displayed his whole career is shameful
I honestly think that is a big part of why people don't consider him the GOAT. His resume stands for itself, you really can't argue with his success and numbers and talent....but man...MJ (as much as he pissed me off because we couldn't beat him). Was so much more likeable. Similar feelings towards Kobe...I just enjoyed them more because they didn't come will all that other BS that LeBron does.
Also, MJ (or Kobe) never went around telling everybody "Hey, I'm the greatest, right?" like lebron does.
If you have to keep convincing everyone you're great, maybe you're not.
BigShot Bojan wrote:
Back country W VA! Took him to the woodshed
KnicksGod wrote:Stating the obvious — we never get that lucky, never
Capn'O wrote:I wonder what Paul Reed's feelings are about metal bats.
Monk1718 wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:
I see multiple fouls here that weren't called on both teams. The crying needs to stop.
Think about how lame it would have been for refs to have called something for either team at that moment. Would have robbed us of a classic.
