PG: Awful gameplan, not prepared, not 1 good performance

[robillionaire]

Missed the game.. looks like I didn’t miss anything smh. We’re really about to get a pacers and OKC finals. What a sucky situation

I won’t even watch it but I hope okc wins just because I like Shai. No interest in watching it though

[TKKnicks1]

Indiana vs Oklahoma. Wow. We gonna see a buncha RVs and inbreds tailgating at the games. I'm sure it will do wonders for the NBA ratings. No one's gonna care about this year's NBA finals outside of those two states.

[Guano]

Feels bad

[WargamesX]

Indiana vs Oklahoma. Wow. We gonna see a buncha RVs and inbreds tailgating at the games. I'm sure it will do wonders for the NBA ratings. No one's gonna care about this year's NBA finals outside of those two states.

No one is going to watch it.

[knickabocker88]

If we dont comeback this is the third season in a row where we get dumped vs a lower seed. Fourth postseason, if you wanna count the Hawks series.

Coaching malpractice to lose game 1's at Home.

[2010]

Among other issues you can point out, my final analysis is a sad one. I don’t know if Brunson’s horrendous defense can be overcome at this level.

We have a 4 game sample for the ECF now. towns, he’s been a positive +\- in 3 of 4 games and highest plus minus of starters. And is overall positive in the playoffs. The defense has surprisingly been fine with towns and any lineup with him playing without Brunson. Whether it’s with the bench or with other starters

Meanwhile the defense gets smoked any time Brunson is in the game. Doesn’t matter if towns is playing, towns staggered or in foul trouble sitting on the bench with Mitch at center, towns playing the 4 with Mitch at the 5, doesn’t matter, we get demolished. And now he is -26 2nd worst on the team in this series. The pacers have figured him out and are exposing him

I don’t see how a simple coaching change can fix this, although I’m fine if they want to do that, but my confidence in the future of the team is a bit shaken

I think Brunson is the worst perimeter defender I’ve ever seen. Never recall consistently seeing a guy turn his back and sprint away from a rising-up 3pt shooter. Extremely bizarre. He makes zero effort to contest the outside shot.

He’s a stretch PF in a short stout PG’s body.

[sol537]

Among other issues you can point out, my final analysis is a sad one. I don’t know if Brunson’s horrendous defense can be overcome at this level.

We have a 4 game sample for the ECF now. towns, he’s been a positive +\- in 3 of 4 games and highest plus minus of starters. And is overall positive in the playoffs. The defense has surprisingly been fine with towns and any lineup with him playing without Brunson. Whether it’s with the bench or with other starters

Meanwhile the defense gets smoked any time Brunson is in the game. Doesn’t matter if towns is playing, towns staggered or in foul trouble sitting on the bench with Mitch at center, towns playing the 4 with Mitch at the 5, doesn’t matter, we get demolished. And now he is -26 2nd worst on the team in this series. The pacers have figured him out and are exposing him

I don’t see how a simple coaching change can fix this, although I’m fine if they want to do that, but my confidence in the future of the team is a bit shaken

I think Brunson is not 100% healthy. His defense was better last playoff run and he wasn't 100% then either. Something isn't right with Brunson on both ends and it's hurting us pretty badly.

I don't think they'll pick KAT over Brunson... I don't blame them. KAT has upped his value nicely.

[WaltFrazier]

I'm not giving up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teams_that_have_overcome_3%E2%80%931_series_deficits

3-1 deficit is hard to overcome, but it has been done

Nah man

We finally get to watch the Knicks play in the ECF after 25 years and y'all are already predisposed to losing Game 5 in MSG?

Eff that

It was a 6 point game with 3:51 to go

Watch tape, figure out what happened those last 4 minutes and go from there.

These games are meant to be close. We lost a close one.

Knicks don't quit. We don't quit.

Of all those comebacks from down 3-1, I remember the Celtics vs Sixers in 1981 best. I remember coach Bill Fitch said, with his Celtics down, one of these these two great teams has to lose 4 times before it's over. And they went on to win at home. So it's possible.

The next year same scenario, Sixers blew the 3-1 lead but won on the parquet in game 7.

[2010]

I’m sorry but there was something supernatural about that game 1 loss. I’m still haunted by it. It obviously took the soul of the team. Knick curse still alive

Curse of Ewing, Marv Albert, Ernie Grunfeld, Dave Checketts, JVG, Oak, and every 90’s stalwart who fell out with Dolan and/or the team lives on.

[Worst_to_First]

It’s funny how people expected Thibs to see the end of G3 and try to replicate it

But some ppl will never see things … he doesn’t think anything but that Brunson is their best player and Mitch is a great defender

The rest, he’s not seeing it. Remember what I said — powerful and wealthy people can’t see things normally

Mitch didn't even play in the 4th smh

He was -20

He also costs KAT an advantage at 5

I blame Mitch more on Thibs

The two biggest culprits are who the numbers say they are — Mikal and 0g

But that didn’t stop Thibs from riding them

Mikal had as many FG attempts as KAT today. Yeesh!

[NoDopeOnSundays]

The pace numbers are out, and we played at a 104 pace


That was the fastest game we've played in the playoffs, why would you get into a game like that?

[DaGawd]

I’m sorry but there was something supernatural about that game 1 loss. I’m still haunted by it. It obviously took the soul of the team. Knick curse still alive

it was def supernatural feeling, everything from the miracle nesmith 3s… haliburton bs bounce on the shot to tie…

[Galvationknicks]

Lol when ck2k said if Cp come on here defending thibs he's walking off the show. Lmfao

[Nostrand Ave]

If Thibs let KAT cook with the bench, Knicks would've won.

[TKKnicks1]

Probably not the best time to say this but never forget that we picked Obi Toppin over Haliburton when we desperately needed a PG and both of them just buried the Knicks.

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[WaltFrazier]

Missed the game.. looks like I didn’t miss anything smh. We’re really about to get a pacers and OKC finals. What a sucky situation

I won’t even watch it but I hope okc wins just because I like Shai. No interest in watching it though

Pacers are like OKC lite. Thunder will handle their running game and beat them at their own game.

Hali is kind of SGA lite as well. He's the same rangy tall guard body but Hali has to be hidden on D. I'd pick OKC in 5.

But we're not out yet

[sol537]

If Thibs puts Wright/Deuce on Hali all game long relentlessly and lets Mikal/OG play their preferred help defense roles and then posts up KAT every time down (ie runs the offense through KAT)... we could win every game. And Mitch comes back off the bench where he's been at his most effective.

But Thibs gonna Thibs. 38 minutes for Hart and Brunson.