PG: First road loss in this playoff

[Guano]

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Brunson is changing the knicks culture.

I had this doom about closing this out cause of knicks trauma but fck all that. After seeing this i believe he is going to carry us to the ecf.

[WaltFrazier]

I still for the life of me can't understand why KAT is in the game if we never get him the ball? He isn't out there for defense, get him so touches on the block.

The sad thing is you have to accept his terrible D, but if only he'd cut out the careless dumb fouls

[dakomish23]

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[K_ick_God]

Here's a question, were the Knicks planning for Brown before this game at all? Did they watch film on the 1 Orlando game they won in Game 2 in the 1st round?

I think the approach was ... JT is out, so they'll do something different and the game will tell me what to do

I think this is exactly it and let me add to it that Thibs sucks at in-game adjustments. It's only after a full @ss beating that he realizes what he might have to adjust for the next game. Look to see a much better played game 6 now that we got our Tatum-less @ss beating out the way and Thibs knows what to expect.

I don't agree. Score will probably be closer but I think it's a 50-50 game and then 7 would be 20-80

[3toheadmelo]

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Brunson is changing the knicks culture.

I had this doom about closing this out cause of knicks trauma but fck all that. After seeing this i believe he is going to carry us to the ecf.

Brunson having a 40 piece on Friday. Just relax and have some nerd clusters until then!

[dakomish23]

I’m most mad at Thibs for leaving our guys in at the end of the. forever scarred by that Webber injury

Honestly, maybe he's sending a message because the starters played with no sense of urgency out there.

Maybe. But I just wouldn’t risk it

[Kidknick!]

What a great job by our Head Coach. Vomit inducing.

[ctorres]

If they are rolling out with a double big lineup then why aren't we?! Hart really needs to be coming off the bench now.

if KAT stays out of fouls trouble, I think we will see him and Mitch share the floor together more

[JayTWill]

I feel like I have been piling on Hart a lot lately but sometimes it is glaring how difficult he makes it for others to get into a rhythm with his defender constantly roaming around the paint. He had another very good shooting game by his standards and the Celtics just don't care. Kornet had 7 blocks. 2 of them on Hart and 5 of them while ignoring Hart defensively and he impacted multiple other half court possessions.

The team has 2 huge weak links defensively in Brunson and KAT. There are going to be games where they will just have to outscore their opponents. I would love to see what this team looks like with Hart in a slightly reduced role. The team doesn't have an offensive or defensive identity and Hart just doesn't feel like a game changer on either end of the court. Unless the plan is to just go back to the inefficient offense of previous years where they controlled the boards i'm not sure what Hart's role is in the starting lineup.

they just let Hart roam free and live with the results. He hasnt shown that he is truly a deadly threat from range. But i do like his transition game. Problem is, knicks is mainly a halfcourt type of team.

Yeah, I love the change of tempo he brings especially when he gets cross matched against a big and he can attack going downhill in transition but in the half court it is just too congested at times.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Correct. Both coach and players deserve blame.

Yeah but a good coach ensures his team is communicating, is on the same page

It's kind of a nonsensical statement

Coaching is organizing and ensuring breakdowns don't happen ... come hell or high water

They will happen, but not letting too many pile up and wreck you is ... a coach's job a little bit lol

Thibs thinks his job is to tell you that the game tells you what to do. Just go have fun fellas and try to win. You're gonna play win or lose so... You might as well blow your knee out winning. Give it the old college try

[Jeff Van Gully]

The Celtics were amped to get one for Tatum and the crowd got into it. Although I thought we were playing in Brooklyn, is was a loud Knicks-mania for a minute in the TD Garden.

This Knicks team is learning along the way and I have confidence they'll be more than ready next game. This is just another wholesome experience for this Brunson lead team.

would love to believe that.

[LFGK]

Don't start the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde nonsense game to game man, fix was in tonight, game was tied at half and even that was ridiculous x watch the last 25 seconds when Brunson has the ball with white BLATANTLY pushing him w 2 hands 2x lol,

5 fouls for Brunson in the 3rd?
20FTA for Boston in the 3rd?
10 blocks for Kornet? lol

Things will relegate itself to the norm game 6, we are closing it out, chill out and take a deep breath

[Jalen Bluntson]

The Celtics were amped to get one for Tatum and the crowd got into it. Although I thought we were playing in Brooklyn, is was a loud Knicks-mania for a minute in the TD Garden.

This Knicks team is learning along the way and I have confidence they'll be more than ready next game. This is just another wholesome experience for this Brunson lead team.

would love to believe that.

Ummm.....excuse me? What's that smell?

[Jeff Van Gully]

am i crazy or can we just beat these guys if we play 1 on 1 defense lol

kind of. but they are an endless screen machine.

this was a hell of a performance. way gullier in the second half. when it mattered.

usually our thing.

[K_ick_God]

If we are being brutally honest — just because they lost JT does not mean the Knicks are automatically the better team

Brunson can play like the best player on either team (even with JT playing) but —

They’re better defensively
They have more shooting
Brown is an elite talent

I’m not sure it’s the case we are better even absent JT

I guess that acquits Thibs lol

OG is nothing more than an occasional shooter who can go offline entirely

Mikal has had a lot of bad shooting games

KAT is a mistake machine

[snadler]

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[Wildcat]

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It's KAT. Just say it. It's the **** playoffs and this is still a problem.

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[kNicksGmen]

Thibs sucks but have to also question this roster. Their overall talent level and fit together etc.

OG going 1/12 or whatever he was. Just embarrassing. Game 2 he had 5 points, game 3 he had 2 points and tonight he had 6 points.

Kat is a cone on defense and very limited offensively if he's not being setup with catch and shoot 3s which is something this team/scheme simply does not do - and tonight seemingly the gameplan was not to post him at all.

I think I'm going to have to accept the distinct possibility that the Knicks blow this and lose the series. That way if they don't, great. But if they do it won't be as devastating.

Going into this series I had low expectations. We struggled against a mid Pistons team that honestly didn't even play well. I was hopeful the knicks could be competitive and maybe push it to 6 but at least avoid getting blown out every game. This series has been extremely weird with the Knicks comebacks and then they FINALLY play a great game in game 4 - the only game I would consider a great performance all around this entire postseason... and they follow it up with this complete dud. I just don't know how to have faith in this team but I will hope for the best but expect the worst. Losing after going up 3-1 will be far more devastating that if they had just lost in 5-6 (or got swept) as originally expected. Especially with a beatable Pacers team waiting in the ECF.

This is how I feel, although I don't care that much already ... benefit of being old

You know I don't think there's any core here, which is what you're getting at. Seeing is believing ... KAT just seems like he's got too many holes

You don't go from really questionable sht like we're seeing to suddenly championship form

I hate being the bearer of bad news ... Brunson has done some crazy stuff and I get that, and there are times the team looks really good

But the lows are too low to believe there isn't a set of fundamental and insurmountable problems ... I don't think they just go away

I agree, Pistons didn't even play well and we were lucky to win that series too

It's unfortunately gotten to the point where the Knicks "playing well" is the anomaly. Maybe this is just who they are.

[The KnicksFix]

Refs let this man get away with grabbing a whole handful of frankfrooter and it all went downhill from there.

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I'll never understand this...

Why are you grabbing another man's junk.

What makes it even more crazy is you're doing that on a nationally televised game.

And more importantly he should be banned from the league like jontay Porter

tffff, thats weird as hell… and by weird i mean…