GT: New York Knicks @ Detroit Pistons (GAME 3: Thu, 7PM)

rajajackal · Post #1 » by **rajajackal** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:11 am

thebuzzardman · Post #2 » by **thebuzzardman** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:17 am

Knicks lose. Thibs, Jalen and everyone sucks.

Wildcat · Post #3 » by **Wildcat** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:31 am

- No Hero-ball.
- No ISO-ball.
- More Mitch/KAT.
- Hit Open 3's.
- Stop Ref Bitchin'
- Throw Different Looks at Cade.
- Mix KAT in Offense.
- Don't Ice Out the Hot Hand.

Knicks by 10.

god shammgod · Post #4 » by **god shammgod** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:39 am

if the knicks lose this game, the series is over. done.

Enzo954 · Post #5 » by **Enzo954** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:57 am

Move the ball and stop running down the clock on every damn play while bringing it up the court.

Kampuchea · Post #6 » by **Kampuchea** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:32 pm

This game doesn’t matter so much, game 4 is the must win.

god shammgod · Post #7 » by **god shammgod** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:42 pm

Kampuchea wrote:This game doesn’t matter so much, game 4 is the must win.

i think psychologically losing twice in a row to the pistons will be really bad. this isn't a resilient group.

Reign23 · Post #8 » by **Reign23** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:58 pm

think we covered all the important things in the last PG thread.
lets just get this W now.

TheGreenArrow · Post #9 » by **TheGreenArrow** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:31 pm

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Clyde_Style · Post #10 » by **Clyde_Style** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:32 pm

Win this game and they might unlock something beating inside their chests

Lose this game and the momentum will entirely belong to Detroit

We'll also see if Thibs freezes in the headlights.

This may be the game that decides his future as Knicks coach

Enzo954 · Post #11 » by **Enzo954** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:36 pm

Kampuchea wrote:This game doesn’t matter so much, game 4 is the must win.

Every game matters in the playoffs!

rajajackal · Post #12 » by **rajajackal** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:38 pm

if we lose everyone will blame thibs, who should absolutely be replaced now that leon's cashed in for this style of team. but if we lose, to these scrappy young detroit pistons, it is 100% the fault of key players being pussy

Jalen Bluntson · Post #13 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:46 pm

rajajackal wrote:if we lose everyone will blame thibs, who should absolutely be replaced now that leon's cashed in for this style of team. but if we lose, to these scrappy young detroit pistons, it is 100% the fault of key players being pussy

We ran a 6.5 man rotation last game. It's all about the HC. HE SUCKS.

LFGK · Post #14 » by **LFGK** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 1:59 pm

Knicks win by 9

kNicksGmen · Post #15 » by **kNicksGmen** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:05 pm

someone brought up thibs never playing 5 out... i assumed it was more because i felt like we did run an actual 5 out offense a decent amount as the 2nd unit (payne, deuce, shamet + kat and usually 1 of bridges/OG).

so I looked up the numbers on nba.com...

in the playoffs so far we have ran 2 minutes without hart/mitch on the floor (out of 96 so 2%).
in the regular season we ran less than 150 minutes of actual 5 out - out of almost 4000 total minutes

that is under 4%. I thought we traded for Kat to play 5 out?

FIRE THIBS

Wildcat · Post #16 » by **Wildcat** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:06 pm

rajajackal wrote:if we lose everyone will blame thibs, who should absolutely be replaced now that leon's cashed in for this style of team. but if we lose, to these scrappy young detroit pistons, it is 100% the fault of key players being pussy

You're not entirely wrong. The players bare responsibility, too.

Post #17 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:25 pm

kNicksGmen wrote:someone brought up thibs never playing 5 out... i assumed it was more because i felt like we did run an actual 5 out offense a decent amount as the 2nd unit (payne, deuce, shamet + kat and usually 1 of bridges/OG).

so I looked up the numbers on nba.com...

in the playoffs so far we have ran 2 minutes without hart/mitch on the floor (out of 96 so 2%).
in the regular season we ran less than 150 minutes of actual 5 out - out of almost 4000 total minutes

that is under 4%. I thought we traded for Kat to play 5 out?

FIRE THIBS

Assuming it was for 5 out was probably a bad call.

Noah on steroids was prob a better way to look at the role. That’s what Hartenstein was for us and we lost him.

Post #18 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:27 pm

Wildcat wrote:
rajajackal wrote:if we lose everyone will blame thibs, who should absolutely be replaced now that leon's cashed in for this style of team. but if we lose, to these scrappy young detroit pistons, it is 100% the fault of key players being pussy

You're not entirely wrong. The players bare responsibility, too.

It’s always more nuanced than the hills we choose to fight and die on.

Post #19 » by **dakomish23** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:30 pm

G1 Q1 NYK 27 DET 27
G1 Q2 NYK 30 DET 28
G1 Q3 NYK 26 DET 36
G1 Q4 NYK 40 DET 26

G2 Q1 NYK 18 DET 25
G2 Q2 NYK 31 DET 30
G2 Q3 NYK 18 DET 20
G2 Q4 NYK 27 DET 25

5 of the 8 quarters are within 2 pts or less. This series is a lot tighter than some want to admit.

Post #20 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 2:34 pm

dakomish23 wrote:G1 Q1 NYK 27 DET 27
G1 Q2 NYK 30 DET 28
G1 Q3 NYK 26 DET 36
G1 Q4 NYK 40 DET 26

G2 Q1 NYK 18 DET 25
G2 Q2 NYK 31 DET 30
G2 Q3 NYK 18 DET 20
G2 Q4 NYK 27 DET 25

5 of the 8 quarters are within 2 pts or less. This series is a lot tighter than some want to admit.

This is a war. I’m here for it.

Even with my sweep prediction I never thought it would be a dragging. Was just hoping it wouldn’t go long.