PG: BELIEVE

[Guano]

Mitchs contest on the Tatum switch at the end of regulation was clutch. He didnt get worked on the step back and forced Tatum into a difficult shot.

[Jeff Van Gully]

Ummm you were giving me a hard time yesterday! It's what got me out of the big sulk I was in!!

Seriously...we have a punchers chance. I'm here for it because we can go metal bats if we have to and, pull off the upset. Winning game one on the road is as huge as it gets! 78% chance we are in the ECF if history holds up. I gave us no chance leading up to this game.

i said welcome back... then you went hammer. and i just used gifs to express my confusion.

you kinda had a whole convo with yourself there.

and i'm sorry for poking.

mf you told me to close my legs unprovoked. there's a version of me that would have met that energy. fortunately, i have found thibslam.

:kol: don't apologize. I was sulking like a bytch! I own it. I deserved the poking!! *PAUSE*

You were saying it smells like pussy in here and it did!

bro. i refuse to let us be seen as buns. too many eyes on this forum.

[Capn'O]

They only went up 20 because of that cagey BS they pulled by baiting kat and sending Mitch to the line. Then they hit a few 3s. We were right there otherwise and always save some gas for our run. That wasn't a fluke.

he went small for 2 minutes and we got killed and then we got killed again during those precious minutes. mitch was only -3 at halftime. it was the minutes without him or kat that made things start going bad.

Mitch and KAT are 10 levels above whoever else we have at the 5.

They're both elite at certain aspects of the game. It can't be undervalued.

Just seeing the spacing we had with KAT on the floor is insane, if you just take a step back and look at the film.

Mitch is very limited offensively but he's a monster in key areas of the game. They're just seldom talked about.

Hukporti may come along but for now you're right. We got absolutely smoked in the Precious minutes.

[Garbagelo]

Read on Twitter

this is the world i envisioned with OG and Mikal prowling around
took them 90+ games to figure this **** out
finally taking advantage of long bois

[Jeff Van Gully]

If a giant meteor wants to go ahead and hit us today and bail out Boston from getting served the rest of this ass whoopin I’m ok with going out in my current euphoric mental state

the day feels good. i'll take it.

[robillionaire]

he went small for 2 minutes and we got killed and then we got killed again during those precious minutes. mitch was only -3 at halftime. it was the minutes without him or kat that made things start going bad.

Mitch and KAT are 10 levels above whoever else we have at the 5.

They're both elite at certain aspects of the game. It can't be undervalued.

Just seeing the spacing we had with KAT on the floor is insane, if you just take a step back and look at the film.

Mitch is very limited offensively but he's a monster in key areas of the game. They're just seldom talked about.

Hukporti may come along but for now you're right. We got absolutely smoked in the Precious minutes.

Hukporti hasn’t even played since the torn meniscus. He’s on the bench but does anybody know if he can play? I’d almost run him out there over Precious for a few emergency spot minutes in cases of towns foul trouble or Mitch hacking. Their size with KP Kornet Horford is tough and they’re getting too many rebounds. I don’t see that Precious is going to be impactful

[sol537]

KAT is the x-factor in this series. The other 5 starters have raised their intensity and level of play in these playoffs. KAT has been on and off so far. He's got to find his lane and maybe that's just hitting open 3's, the occasional post-up, acting as a decoy, and then killing them on the offensive boards. Maybe that's all he needs to focus on while playing competent defense and we can win this thing.

Come on, KAT... rise to the occasion.

he's doing a lot more dirty work and staying down on defense. (and fighting officiating.)

he's probably not gonna put up those numbers you looking for, but i hope you can appreciate his gangsta right now.

I appreciate his dirty work and I don't expect massive numbers from him but I do expect him to do better staying out of foul trouble. Almost cost us the game in the 1st half. He's gotta be better because he's a problem for them in the paint and one of our biggest mismatches on offense that can lead to high percentage shots or open three's.

[robillionaire]

Read on Twitter

this is the world i envisioned with OG and Mikal prowling around
took them 90+ games to figure this **** out
finally taking advantage of long bois

It’s not about figuring anything out other than when to play with playoff intensity and when it isn’t that important. We played the season wearing weighted armor now we took it off and going all out

[Jalen Bluntson]

family.

also, your frustrations and opinions matter. they shouldn't be diminished. we all process this **** in our own ways.

some of this is comedy. but some of it is some real life **** we all go through as knick fans. when we get our parade i'm not gon be worrying about whose take was this or that.

that's to say, if you experience normal human emotion and crash out, i'm not gonna give you a hard time about it. i know pain too.

but for now, we pointing at the leprechaun.

Ummm you were giving me a hard time yesterday! It's what got me out of the big sulk I was in!!

Seriously...we have a punchers chance. I'm here for it because we can go metal bats if we have to and, pull off the upset. Winning game one on the road is as huge as it gets! 78% chance we are in the ECF if history holds up. I gave us no chance leading up to this game.

I thought you were done Thibs cant coach and we were getting demolished in 4? Good to have you back

I reconciled my past before the game started. Guns blazing before tip off with fuq Boston and all the rest. Your homer approach doesn't work for me but, I usually have more faith in letting the games play out. I try to remain positive. There really was NOTHING that warranted that from anyone. Are we to believe the Pistons are better than Boston at this point? I'll pump those brakes but, that series seems to have toughened us up a little bit.

Boston was caught napping or are we good enough to beat them in a series? That's what we will find out obviously. I'm here for it.

[sol537]

Mitch and KAT are 10 levels above whoever else we have at the 5.

They're both elite at certain aspects of the game. It can't be undervalued.

Just seeing the spacing we had with KAT on the floor is insane, if you just take a step back and look at the film.

Mitch is very limited offensively but he's a monster in key areas of the game. They're just seldom talked about.

Hukporti may come along but for now you're right. We got absolutely smoked in the Precious minutes.

Hukporti hasn’t even played since the torn meniscus. He’s on the bench but does anybody know if he can play? I’d almost run him out there over Precious for a few emergency spot minutes in cases of towns foul trouble or Mitch hacking. Their size with KP Kornet Horford is tough and they’re getting too many rebounds. I don’t see that Precious is going to be impactful

Precious can be impactful in this series though his confidence might be completely shot. He's switchable, plays solid defense, and can rebound. His problem is when he tries to be a playmaker on offense. I think if Mitch can't figure out his free throw woes soon, Precious gets the minutes.

[LFGK]

Ummm you were giving me a hard time yesterday! It's what got me out of the big sulk I was in!!

Seriously...we have a punchers chance. I'm here for it because we can go metal bats if we have to and, pull off the upset. Winning game one on the road is as huge as it gets! 78% chance we are in the ECF if history holds up. I gave us no chance leading up to this game.

I thought you were done Thibs cant coach and we were getting demolished in 4? Good to have you back

I reconciled my past before the game started. Guns blazing before tip off with fuq Boston and all the rest. Your homer approach doesn't work for me but, I usually have more faith in letting the games play out. I try to remain positive. There really was NOTHING that warranted that from anyone. Are we to believe the Pistons are better than Boston at this point? I'll pump those brakes but, that series seems to have toughened us up a little bit.

Boston was caught napping or are we good enough to beat them in a series? That's what we will find out obviously. I'm here for it.

No homer approach man, just truly believe we had a gear we didn't kick into all year, Detroit is physical as hell, Celtics don't want that type of smoke, Tatum complaining how physical game 1 was, was like a preseason game.

[stuporman]

Have to play Mitch more early in the quarters before they are over the foul limit.

correct we might need to adjust a bit and have Mitch come in the game before we get in the bonus.

This is what I suggested a few pages back, play him the beginning of the 2nd and 4th quarters until the Celtics get 4 fouls, I'd even have him start the 3rd quarter until they get the 4th foul.

It doesn't matter really how the mins get distributed as much as that he can get his mins in without it being too much a liability due to the hack-a-tactic.

[Capn'O]

Det series def helped prepare us. That was a tough, physical series and we looked battle tested and ready during that comeback

It's really funny that the Celtics were complaining that game 1 was overly physical. That was an early regular season game for us, especially after Detroit

The Knicks want to play a more finesse game, but like Hart said, we can still carry a big stick when needed. We'll find out if Boston has that gear.

The Magic tested them physically, but the Magic don't have the talent to back it up. We have the 1-2 punch If we're playing with focus and purpose.

To be fair, Tatum wasn't actually complaining. It was the reporters. But it's definitely more physical than he'd like and that's in Boston

[robillionaire]

Hukporti may come along but for now you're right. We got absolutely smoked in the Precious minutes.

Hukporti hasn’t even played since the torn meniscus. He’s on the bench but does anybody know if he can play? I’d almost run him out there over Precious for a few emergency spot minutes in cases of towns foul trouble or Mitch hacking. Their size with KP Kornet Horford is tough and they’re getting too many rebounds. I don’t see that Precious is going to be impactful

Precious can be impactful in this series though his confidence might be completely shot. He's switchable, plays solid defense, and can rebound. His problem is when he tries to be a playmaker on offense. I think if Mitch can't figure out his free throw woes soon, Precious gets the minutes.

I don’t see why his confidence would be shot he’s always been a stay ready for an opportunity kind of guy even last year he wasn’t playing much until Mitch got hurt against Philadelphia and then had to play more so he should understand his role as a 3rd string backup in the nba his minutes could come at any time

[Jalen Bluntson]

he went small for 2 minutes and we got killed and then we got killed again during those precious minutes. mitch was only -3 at halftime. it was the minutes without him or kat that made things start going bad.

Mitch and KAT are 10 levels above whoever else we have at the 5.

They're both elite at certain aspects of the game. It can't be undervalued.

Just seeing the spacing we had with KAT on the floor is insane, if you just take a step back and look at the film.

Mitch is very limited offensively but he's a monster in key areas of the game. They're just seldom talked about.

Hukporti may come along but for now you're right. We got absolutely smoked in the Precious minutes.

Those were the hack a Mitch minutes we let the lead get away and, he shouldn't be out there with Mitch ever. That BS hack plan worked for a few minutes and the lead ballooned as a result. It wasn't on Precious. You can't have two or all three of Hart/Precious/Mitch on the floor together for any stretch.

[rajajackal]

i wore my knicks jersey to the gym this morning and just got the most incredible workout in. i try to stay ready in case thibs needs to sub me in for hart. i really think i'm on the team.

[rajajackal]

Mitchs contest on the Tatum switch at the end of regulation was clutch. He didnt get worked on the step back and forced Tatum into a difficult shot.

early on, first time mitch got switched on to tatum on the perimeter, reggie was talking how this is what they want mitch can't defend that far out. like bro mitch blocked this exact player at the 3 point line off a switch just the last time they matched watch some tape before you analyze a series

[F N 11]

The lore of Brunson is building too.

When he’s shocking me it’s crazy. It’s usually layups.. bro pulling up making step backs etc off the dribble.

[GONYK]

Mitchs contest on the Tatum switch at the end of regulation was clutch. He didnt get worked on the step back and forced Tatum into a difficult shot.

early on, first time mitch got switched on to tatum on the perimeter, reggie was talking how this is what they want mitch can't defend that far out. like bro mitch blocked this exact player at the 3 point line off a switch just the last time they matched watch some tape before you analyze a series

Guarding on the perimeter is what made Mitch special his first 2 years. He gained weight to become a true interior defender, so people forget that certain instincts might still be there.

[Jalen Bluntson]

I thought you were done Thibs cant coach and we were getting demolished in 4? Good to have you back

I reconciled my past before the game started. Guns blazing before tip off with fuq Boston and all the rest. Your homer approach doesn't work for me but, I usually have more faith in letting the games play out. I try to remain positive. There really was NOTHING that warranted that from anyone. Are we to believe the Pistons are better than Boston at this point? I'll pump those brakes but, that series seems to have toughened us up a little bit.

Boston was caught napping or are we good enough to beat them in a series? That's what we will find out obviously. I'm here for it.

No homer approach man, just truly believe we had a gear we didn't kick into all year, Detroit is physical as hell, Celtics don't want that type of smoke, Tatum complaining how physical game 1 was, was like a preseason game.

When nothing happens to suggest otherwise, that's a homer approach. Just believe man. Peace love and hair grease bro. We struggled to beat DET and haven't beaten a top opponent all season. We were embarrassed in most of those games. Another level we haven't seen? Boston is just human. Expecting this win was as homer as it gets brother. FTR I don't use the term as an insult. It's better to be a homer than a hater by far.