PG: DO YOU BELIEVE NOW?

[Jeff Van Gully]

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He's actually doing it lmao. Or at least is faking doing it.

he need to show his feet. no shoes.

even if he got somebody dropping him off at markers, i respect the followthrough... kinda.

[JayTWill]

People were waiting to see OG's defensive matchup stats for the last game and they were great but it is weird seeing that only 1 of Tatum's 19 shots were considered to be defended by OG. Obviously there is more to defense than what happens on the shot attempt but I had to go back and look at Tatum's shots and maybe only 3 of those shots came with OG in the general area. The team as a whole did a great job containing Tatum though he did miss some shots he normally makes.

I remember being shocked that Thibs wasn't matching OG with Tatum minute for minute and there was even a stretch where OG was on the bench in the 4th with Tatum on the court. It was one of those moments where I was happy Thibs just kept rolling with what was working and not immediately rushing back to his starting 5. He seemed comfortable rolling with the Brunson/Hart/Bridges + 2 bigs lineup until Boston attempted the hack-a-mitch strategy later in the 4th.

[Im Coming Home]

I wonder if our teams conditioning from playing all those minutes in the regular season is just better than every other team which allows us to have these 4th quarters where the other team is tired?

And I say this as a member of the minutes police sometimes..

[Polk377]

Don't get it twisted, Mitch is doing some good things but I-Hart is superior...

no

ihart has a little push shot and he's good at finding an open cutter. OK. we got KAT who is a 3 level scorer with passing skills too. ihart couldn't defend either opposing center in last year's playoffs and he for damn sure wasn't bout to lock tatum up. you talking crazy Polk!!!

How quickly you forget the effort plays that got the Knicks past Philly. Game 2 heroics don't happen without I-Hart offensive rebound to get Donte another shot and then the block of Maxeys layup to close it out.

[spree2kawhi]

seems like this team was looking ahead to the postseason all year. we as fans are not used to that luxury but at the moment it's paying off. let us continue to clench our cheeks and pray

It’s simply a process.

Even if this series still turns ugly, we’ll still know we’re right there now and the team will certainly take steps forward this offseason in terms of cohesion, play-calling and defensive rotations.

[8516knicks]

I also still can't believe Rick Brunson's progeny is Michael Jordan

Even seeing him win 2 championships at Nova, never suspected him of being SO F*CK*N* GOOD!

[Jeff Van Gully]

no

zay can smoke one. all we got iz us.

credit to you ever since you first posted that it's been my playoffs anthem. i needed onyx to bring me back to my brother's crates in jamaica queens.

it's the only energy i can find right now. that whole album. fredro starr deserves his flowers while he is here.

the defense is america'z nightmare. young, black, and just don't give a ****.

[8516knicks]

can't wipe that smile off my face today...next mission with two full nights off need to devise a plan to get the wife to have back to back you know what nights with no Knicks on....

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(we're all looking like that Thibs gif now! ) [by the way it's a fantastic 1928 silent movie starring the Nazi Officer from CASABLANCA, Conrad Veidt).

[Strick]

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[NoDopeOnSundays]

[knicks94]

According to the media the Knicks didn't earn these wins. It was the Boston Celtics who gave these games away to the Knicks.

[BKlutch]

Mikal was incredible in the 4th quarter. Before our run, it was basically Mitch, KAT and Hart playing well.... every other player sucked.
What a turnaround. I am still trying to curb my expectations tho. It basically took 2 once-in-a-decade collapses from Boston to get us the wins.
At some point, they will start making threes. But now, we are in this one. big time.

I dont see it that way. Our defense was better. Yes the Celtics missed open shots but that was because IN GENERAL our defense was elite and better than theirs. Knicks deserve credit and you know what-while Thibs isnt an offensive genius and might let the Knicks play too much on their own. His strategy helped get us 5 consecutive road wins in the play-offs. He deserves some credit too.

Agree 100%

[Guano]

Don't get it twisted, Mitch is doing some good things but I-Hart is superior...

no

ihart has a little push shot and he's good at finding an open cutter. OK. we got KAT who is a 3 level scorer with passing skills too. ihart couldn't defend either opposing center in last year's playoffs and he for damn sure wasn't bout to lock tatum up. you talking crazy Polk!!!

[3toheadmelo]

KAT had a great bounce back game

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[8516knicks]

According to the media the Knicks didn't earn these wins. It was the Boston Celtics who gave these games away to the Knicks.

KNICK DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

[Jeff Van Gully]

can't wipe that smile off my face today...next mission with two full nights off need to devise a plan to get the wife to have back to back you know what nights with no Knicks on....

Watch on YouTube

(we're all looking like that Thibs gif now! ) [by the way it's a fantastic 1928 silent movie starring the Nazi Officer from CASABLANCA, Conrad Veidt).

mph diabolical

[Jeff Van Gully]

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and where it's displayed

[Jeff Van Gully]

KAT had a great bounce back game

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he's been consistently doing what we need him to. it's bigger than the box score.

[JayTWill]

I wonder if our teams conditioning from playing all those minutes in the regular season is just better than every other team which allows us to have these 4th quarters where the other team is tired?

And I say this as a member of the minutes police sometimes..

Honestly, i'm not sure. Our wings played a ton of minutes this year but so did theirs until Brown was dealing with an injury. I remember Tatum speaking on his minutes during the year saying that he knows that Mazzulla will ramp up his minutes in big matchups in preparation for the postseason and so far it hasn't worked out in his favor.

Also even though our guys did play a ton of minutes this year they never seem like they were competing with playoff intensity for much of the year so i'm not sure how well it prepared them for these moments. It's part of the reason many of us were so down on the team this year. The team just didn't seem like it had much fight far too often.

[JBreezeNY]

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