PG: KNICKS 'Maul' The Grizzlies: Brunson/OG/Mitch Edition

[mpharris36]

Mikal has really stepped up his defense even though his offense is still trash especially the outside shooting. Need to keep him in the starting lineup for that reason but Josh Hart has to be moved out the starting lineup. Keeps passing up open looks, forces turnovers and he’s usually getting cooked on defense.

I think eventually Thibs will work Robinson into the starting lineup and KAT moves to the 4 and Hart off the bench. Will be interesting to see how that looks like

tell me you disagreed with keeping Hart in late over Mcbride....please admit that. We need this!!!!

You wanted Deuce to play 18 straight minutes? He was in the game from midway into the 3rd quarter and at one point in the 4th he and Hart were on the floor together while OG got a break. So you were ok with Hart not returning back in the game at all and Deuce playing 18 straight minutes with possible overtime with how close the game was? That’s interesting now

gave you a layup and you can't even finish!

[matchman]

And so far I like what I saw from Mitch tonight, he's more ready than I thought.

[LFGK]

When we get Clev and Bo's at full strength early April and beat both it'll be"ahhh they aren't trying" the team is going to be a nightmare out fully healthy come playoff time...slight push and we could have HCA over the f*cktards from Boston

[matchman]

And does beating a top 5 team in Grizz at their home court count as a quality win or not?

[K_ick_God]

Awesome win

Were blessed to have Brunson.

He’s really clutch

Honestly at this point if the game is close I expect us to win cause of him. He is as reliable as my old 90s Honda civic.

It is an unusual feeling. For us NYK fans. Let’s just say I haven’t seen this level of big shot making in my time and it goes back to 83.

[HEZI]

tell me you disagreed with keeping Hart in late over Mcbride....please admit that. We need this!!!!

You wanted Deuce to play 18 straight minutes? He was in the game from midway into the 3rd quarter and at one point in the 4th he and Hart were on the floor together while OG got a break. So you were ok with Hart not returning back in the game at all and Deuce playing 18 straight minutes with possible overtime with how close the game was? That’s interesting now

gave you a layup and you can't even finish!

Oh for a second I thought you were serious

[RHODEY]

The Knicks will go on a 9 game win streak, I saw this part of the schedule way back when.
They will give us hope, again, until we play Boston at the end of the 9 games

Boston and Cavs both shot 100 threes and each made 40%

It’s stupid and not basketball

Cheatcode ball...boring to watch and hurts the game imo.

[BKlutch]

Mikal made a huge heads up play to force the eight-second violation on Ja. Brunson had the clutch three and assist. OG had the clutch three. Great way to close and win.

It felt like we cheated because Mitch was +12, so our bench outscored them with him on the floor. Our bench doesn’t usually help win games like that. Also for the last play Mitch grabbed the last rebound. That’s an underrated move.

[mpharris36]

You wanted Deuce to play 18 straight minutes? He was in the game from midway into the 3rd quarter and at one point in the 4th he and Hart were on the floor together while OG got a break. So you were ok with Hart not returning back in the game at all and Deuce playing 18 straight minutes with possible overtime with how close the game was? That’s interesting now

gave you a layup and you can't even finish!

Oh for a second I thought you were serious

[Jalen Bluntson]

Mitch sealing the win with his 12 minutes of play. Made the entire team better. Season saved. Get ready to roll fellas.

[RHODEY]

Mikal has really stepped up his defense even though his offense is still trash especially the outside shooting. Need to keep him in the starting lineup for that reason but Josh Hart has to be moved out the starting lineup. Keeps passing up open looks, forces turnovers and he’s usually getting cooked on defense.

I think eventually Thibs will work Robinson into the starting lineup and KAT moves to the 4 and Hart off the bench. Will be interesting to see how that looks like

Right...trash

[robillionaire]

And does beating a top 5 team in Grizz at their home court count as a quality win or not?

I say sure it does, but we aren’t going to be playing any of these western conference teams in the playoffs(unless it’s in the finals) so understandably we would like to see the capability to beat the top eastern conference teams

The thing is even if we had beaten those teams we already know it would be, oh it’s just the regular season, it doesn’t matter, only the playoffs matter, we already know it’s a regular season coach and team, they’ll get exposed in the playoffs and whatever. So either way it would be this way. Even if we were 1st in the East doing what the Cavs are doing. Nobody wants to believe in the Knicks but that’s fine, hopefully they use it as motivation when the real season starts

If we can hold things together 23 more games without catastrophic injuries I think we have another gear in the playoffs and will be competitive

[Guano]

Mikal has really stepped up his defense even though his offense is still trash especially the outside shooting. Need to keep him in the starting lineup for that reason but Josh Hart has to be moved out the starting lineup. Keeps passing up open looks, forces turnovers and he’s usually getting cooked on defense.

I think eventually Thibs will work Robinson into the starting lineup and KAT moves to the 4 and Hart off the bench. Will be interesting to see how that looks like

Right...trash

0/5 from 3

[GettinitDone]

I think the presence of a defensive-minded center really made Mikal and OG step up their D...

I really think Mikal and OG's HUGE defensive letdown all season contributed to most of our 20 losses so far... if they had played elite defense all season, we would be like 48-11, instead of 39-20, I really believe that.

So if Wing Stop can play AT LEAST competitive defense for the rest of the season, our team vibes will instantly raise, and I'll be liking our chances against the top teams.

[Guano]

Mitch coming back on the day embiid goes out for the season

[Guano]

Pretty nice layup for a Jared Jeffries clone

Read on Twitter

[BKlutch]

Mikal has really stepped up his defense even though his offense is still trash especially the outside shooting. Need to keep him in the starting lineup for that reason but Josh Hart has to be moved out the starting lineup. Keeps passing up open looks, forces turnovers and he’s usually getting cooked on defense.

I think eventually Thibs will work Robinson into the starting lineup and KAT moves to the 4 and Hart off the bench. Will be interesting to see how that looks like

It’s going to change us dramatically on defense and also improve our offensive rebounding.

[BKlutch]

Mitch coming back on the day embiid goes out for the season

Karma!

[robillionaire]

Mitch coming back on the day embiid goes out for the season

Donte really ended that entire organization

[HEZI]

Mikal has really stepped up his defense even though his offense is still trash especially the outside shooting. Need to keep him in the starting lineup for that reason but Josh Hart has to be moved out the starting lineup. Keeps passing up open looks, forces turnovers and he’s usually getting cooked on defense.

I think eventually Thibs will work Robinson into the starting lineup and KAT moves to the 4 and Hart off the bench. Will be interesting to see how that looks like

Right...trash

It is especially if he’s going 0-5 from 3. He has no handle and can’t dribble without looking like he’s about to lose the ball so most times when he attempts to and the defense applies even a little pressure he has to pick up his dribble and pass. He’s very weak and doesn’t attack the rim with the ball at all whatsoever. Certain things he tries to do offensively just annoy me