Game Thread: New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks Wed, Feb 12, 2025 7:30pm

[Knick4Real]

INJURY REPORT: KNICKS
Mitchell Robinson - OUT
OG Anunoby - Questionable
Kevin McCullar, Jr. - Day-to-Day

INJURY REPORT: HAWKS
Larry Nance, Jr. - OUT
Vit Krejci - OUT
Trae Young - Day-to-Day

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tuesday versus the pacers:

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LET'S KEEP THE WINNING GOING!!!

[TKKnicks1]

Real all stars vs pity all star. Let's smack these fools.

[Butch718]

At least Brunson is well rested.

[robillionaire]

Be great to get the win and go into the break 36-18 and having won 9 of the last 11 and going 4-1 with no OG.

[Jalen Bluntson]

We need to start another streak right here!! Let's go Knick4Real!!!

[matchman]

At least Brunson is well rested.

On purpose or not

[The KnicksFix]

Just win

[The KnicksFix]

We need to start another streak right here!! Let's go Knick4Real!!!

How’d he keep his hat on?

[G_K_F]

I’m sure they’ll beat this team up too.

The question is when will they start beating up - or at least being competitive - with top tier teams?

We are last in 3 point defense in the NBA.

The bottom 5 teams: Philly, Detroit, Brooklyn, Sacramento and us. Doesn’t garner confidence and enthusiasm for playoff success.

[Iron Mantis]

KAT has his 3 ball back and is dunking again; Dominant. Let's keep it going.

Looking for a nice win streak here to build momentum.

Looking at the previous PG thread, agenda-zombies and loss-thirsty vampires hiding after scattering like roaches. Let's get this W and keep them buried in the catacombs.

[ctuk]

If Thibs keeps Josh & Kat's minutes in check till the 4th quarter tn we should have a great chance to win. We also play to the opponents pace every time. ATL plays fast which is actually our strength so stylistically this matchup favors us.

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[aq_ua]

Trae already got what he wanted and the Hawks have no picks this year, so nothing exciting to play for. Let's help them put this season out of their misery.

[Lord Commander]

We gon sex dees foos!!!

[TKKnicks1]

Never easy playing a game, hopping on a flight the same night and then playing again the next day. KAT/HART played 40 minutes. I hope this wasn't a one time fluke cuz Thibs will have to trust the bench again tonight.

[WandleWanders]

It’s at MSG. Major trap game especially after our epic win against Pacers. There will be a scrub of the night putting up career numbers single handily taking over the game…

[thebuzzardman]

Knicks need to knock the pubes off of Trae Young's candy coated head

[MrDollarBills]

Hard foul Trae

[Montmorencie]

We need to start another streak right here!! Let's go Knick4Real!!!

How’d he keep his hat on?

Guy is 140 lbs to kg in wet clothes, second incarnation of Trae Young. Get him a sandwich!!!!

[cgmw]

Anyone know our record on the second half of a back-to-back?

[NoDopeOnSundays]

I’m sure they’ll beat this team up too.

The question is when will they start beating up - or at least being competitive - with top tier teams?

We are last in 3 point defense in the NBA.

The bottom 5 teams: Philly, Detroit, Brooklyn, Sacramento and us. Doesn’t garner confidence and enthusiasm for playoff success.

These are all things we've had a problem with the last 5 years. We are almost always giving up one of three things - high opponent attempt threes, a high percentage from three or a lot of makes from three, that is just a feature at this point.


And we've never had a winning record against .500 better with Tom as our coach.

2020-21
15-21

2021-22
19-35

2022-23
24-25

2023-24
21-28

2024-2025
11-12


There are teams that have done it that had a worse record than us throughout the years too, last year the Pacers were 27-21 vs .500 or better, in 2021-2022 the Raptors were 28-22 vs .500 or better with a 48-34 record, yet when we win 50 games we're 21-28.


This is also just a feature at this point, maybe this year we'll finally go over .500 against those kind of teams, we'll never beat elites though, we're capped out with the coach.