2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #2 New York Knicks vs. #7 Philadelphia 76ers (NYK WINS 4-2)

drekwins · Post #5421 » by **drekwins** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:01 pm

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KnicksGadfly · Post #5422 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:03 pm

Spree2Houston wrote:

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Refs made Embiid cry, Knicks made Embiid cry and now the fans made Embiid cry

Knicks Byke · Post #5423 » by **Knicks Byke** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:05 pm

Joerezz7 wrote:One of my friends called me at halftime and guaranteed the Sixers would win this game and series. Now that the game is over he won’t even answer his phone or texts lol

is this person named eyetona?

Butch718 · Post #5424 » by **Butch718** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:11 pm

Embiid…

To be fair he was guarded by OG and Precious. We got dogs on this team.

Dubious Handles · Post #5425 » by **Dubious Handles** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:12 pm

Knicks Byke wrote:
Joerezz7 wrote:One of my friends called me at halftime and guaranteed the Sixers would win this game and series. Now that the game is over he won’t even answer his phone or texts lol

is this person named eyetona?

Butch718 · Post #5426 » by **Butch718** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:13 pm

Knicks Byke wrote:
Joerezz7 wrote:One of my friends called me at halftime and guaranteed the Sixers would win this game and series. Now that the game is over he won’t even answer his phone or texts lol

is this person named eyetona?

As much **** as we give him, that dude is loyal to the very end. One of the few Sixers fans in here with the me against the world attitude. Even when his takes are awful.

Oscirus · Post #5427 » by **Oscirus** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:22 pm

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I guess he shouldve taken a page out of embids book there :-?

Wolfgang630 · Post #5428 » by **Wolfgang630** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:22 pm

Maxey isn’t as good as Brunson. They’re not even on the same tier. The comparisons really should stop. Brunson is the #1 option and defenses are designed around.

KnicksGadfly · Post #5429 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:34 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:Maxey isn’t as good as Brunson. They’re not even on the same tier. The comparisons really should stop. Brunson is the #1 option and defenses are designed around.

It should have been super clear because Philly’s whole team falls apart without Embiid. Maxey can’t carry the team even for just a little bit without Embiid.

Exp0sed · Post #5430 » by **Exp0sed** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:35 pm

Wolfgang630 wrote:Maxey isn’t as good as Brunson. They’re not even on the same tier. The comparisons really should stop. Brunson is the #1 option and defenses are designed around.

obviously Brunson is better than Maxey
tbh, i'm a big Maxey fan but I thought he had very poor shot selection tonight

I don't mind his occasional rhythm, long range heat check threes but tonight he took a couple with no1 in a position to rebound, early in the clock when they were leading by a bit, bad control of the tempo of the game and just bad shots in general

Scalabrine · Post #5431 » by **Scalabrine** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:37 pm

Butch718 wrote:
Knicks Byke wrote:
Joerezz7 wrote:One of my friends called me at halftime and guaranteed the Sixers would win this game and series. Now that the game is over he won’t even answer his phone or texts lol

is this person named eyetona?

As much **** as we give him, that dude is loyal to the very end. One of the few Sixers fans in here with the me against the world attitude. Even when his takes are awful.

His takes are always awful. Dude needs to find a new hobby.

Chandan · Post #5432 » by **Chandan** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:38 pm

Meat wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
Cubbies2120 wrote:I want to hear eyeatoma invalidate the victory because “there were more Knicks fans in the building” just like he attempted to by stating that Denver/Utah shouldn’t be allowed to play in their own cities because Joe “Hold my L” Embiid isn’t conditioned enough to play there.

Props to Knicks fans for that, they're a dedicated fanbase.

the knicks is the one thing that brings all the ppl together in nyc.

even brooklyn?

KnixtapeH20 · Post #5433 » by **KnixtapeH20** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:40 pm

drekwins wrote:

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wasn't nothing accidental about the 2nd step lol

Im Coming Home · Post #5434 » by **Im Coming Home** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:40 pm

Chandan wrote:
Meat wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
Props to Knicks fans for that, they're a dedicated fanbase.

the knicks is the one thing that brings all the ppl together in nyc.

even brooklyn?

Yes, nobody cares about the Nets. Just cause a new team moved to NYC doesn't mean Brooklyn is gonna stop cheering for their Knicks.

Scalabrine · Post #5435 » by **Scalabrine** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:41 pm

Butch718 wrote::lol: Embiid…

To be fair he was guarded by OG and Precious. We got dogs on this team.

Hartenstein went out with 5 fouls with just under 2 minutes left in the 3rd. Embiid had 24 points and was 9/10 from the line. From that point on, OG was the primary defender on Embiid. He finished the game 0-5 and 3/4 from the line. He put the clamps on him and Embiid just fell apart.

The craziest thing about it is that OG likely never would have been defending Embiid down the stretch if Mitchell Robinson was healthy. Ironically, he missed tonights games because Embiid flopped into his ankles. Just a crazy turn of events that actually won us this game (plus Brunson dominating).

KnixtapeH20 · Post #5436 » by **KnixtapeH20** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:43 pm

Im Coming Home wrote:
Chandan wrote:
Meat wrote:the knicks is the one thing that brings all the ppl together in nyc.

even brooklyn?

Yes, nobody cares about the Nets. Just cause a new team moved to NYC doesn't mean Brooklyn is gonna stop cheering for their Knicks.

For those that don't know the Nets have more fans from back when they were the NJ Nets than they do fans in Brooklyn....

NYC & the entire state of NY will ALWAYS be a Knicks town... not even the Yankees, Giants or Rangers could ever supplant them

Scalabrine · Post #5437 » by **Scalabrine** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:44 pm

Chandan wrote:
Meat wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
Props to Knicks fans for that, they're a dedicated fanbase.

the knicks is the one thing that brings all the ppl together in nyc.

even brooklyn?

90% of my friends that live in the city live in Brooklyn and all of them are Knicks fans. I know 1 real Net fan, everyone else is either a Knicks fan or follows another team or doesn't care abotu basketball.

Mk0 · Post #5438 » by **Mk0** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:45 pm

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Morey is gonna file a grievance with the league

AleksandarN · Post #5439 » by **AleksandarN** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:48 pm

Capn'O wrote:
AbeVigodaLive wrote:
Luv those Knicks wrote:
Many people here might not remember. It was a couple years before the "Miracle on Ice" when team USA had that win over Russia in the Olympics in 1980. Before that, Russia (Northern Europe in general) were the kings of hockey. Maybe Canada too. But Russia was #1.

In the national interest of good sportsmanship, the Russian national team came to the US for some pre-season hockey and they were kicking everyone's butt, including the Montreal Canadians who were the best team in the NHL. I think the Canadians tied them once, lost the other game.

When they played the flyers, the flyers didn't play the puck, they played the players, and that's how they won. When a flyers player injured a Russian player, the Russians left the ice and wouldn't finish the game. I was a kid and I watched that game, and you couldn't watch that game without rooting for the Russians.

Russia was the bad guy. That's the world I was raised in, and there I was, rooting for the Russians against the Flyers because I hated the Flyers style of play. I didn't come in rooting for the Russians, but 10 or 15 minutes into the game, they were the obvious team to root for.

I'm sure, if WW3 had happened, Russia would have sent an extra bomb to Philadelphia in retaliation for the flyers. And, I love Philly. I've been there several times. Fun city to walk around in. Good bars, good stores, but . . . I have no love for any of their sports teams.

Your post made me think of that moment from my childhood.

I saw something similar just a few years later. I think it was 1985.

There was an exhibition boxing match between a former US champion and this towering, menacing spiky-haired dude from the Soviet Union. The fight took place in the Soviet Union. It was a huge spectacle, with a huge military presence at the fight. Heck, even members of the Politburo were in attendance.

Nobody thought the undersized US boxer would win. Nobody in the arena wanted him to win. But sure enough, after a few rounds, the plucky American started to change opinions. Meanwhile, the towering CCCP boxer grew more and more surly, even yelling at the fans originally there to cheer him.

By the end of the 15th round, the crowd had swung all the way to the American. It was crazy, they arrived hating America and everything that country stood for!

During that fight, I saw a lot of changing, in the way they feel about that US boxer, and in the way he felt about them. In the ring, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess that's better than twenty million. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if those people can change, and you can change, everybody can change!

Didn't the Soviet boxer kill a guy?

Yup

kuclas · Post #5440 » by **kuclas** » Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:55 pm

KnicksGadfly wrote:
Wolfgang630 wrote:Maxey isn’t as good as Brunson. They’re not even on the same tier. The comparisons really should stop. Brunson is the #1 option and defenses are designed around.

It should have been super clear because Philly’s whole team falls apart without Embiid. Maxey can’t carry the team even for just a little bit without Embiid.

Sixers lost a 10 point lead quickly with embiid on the bench.

Who knows. They may have been down 10 points if embiid had sat the first 4-5 min of the 4th quarter.

Who wins?