2021-2022 Regular Season Game 15: Orlando Magic (3-11) at New York Knicks (8-6) - 11/17/21 - 7:30pm ET

[ChosenSavior]

Mo with the nice drive and kick out to Moe for the 3. That was pretty impressive from Bamba.

[penny_nz]

Haha Cole in front of his fam, that was so cool!

[ChosenSavior]

Hell yeah Cole! Taking the lead going into the half.

[thelead]

Other than a few bad hero shots, Cole played okay. Had some nice dimes and made some good reads.

[Xatticus]

Wendell just offers no rim protection at all does he? Knicks seem to be living in the paint right now. And we’re missing defensive rebounds.

It's tough. You can't provide help defense and box out, so you need help. We don't really have a conventional four, so the big is getting no help out there when the other big is resting. The weakside defenders have to rotate into the paint to cut off the dump off when the big helps. If they find the man in the corner, then so be it. You have to trust that the next man will rotate out to yours.

It's why I like how the Bamba/Carter pairing is working. It allows Bamba the freedom to alter shots, because WCJ is really good at picking up any loose bodies wandering in the paint.

[BlueBalls]

Again, Okeke isn’t doing anything constructive.

[JBSouthpaw]

well, Ross kept us in the 1st half, hope others step up in the 2nd.
Pretty good half from Bamba.

[ChosenSavior]

Our front court came to play today. Franz bounced back up after rolling his ankle so hopefully he's alright unless I missed him getting assistance to the locker room?

Our guards can play much better than they did. Hopefully we see improvement from that position in the 2nd half.

[JTG_92940618]

Credit where it's due, that was a good half from T-Ross. We have a gaping hole at SG so anything decent is welcome.

[Xatticus]

Other than a few bad hero shots, Cole played okay. Had some nice dimes and made some good reads.

He had a stretch where he went into bonehead mode. He gets behind schedule on his scoring and he starts to force up some shots. He forced three or four shots in a row, but came up empty and then he started hearing his coach's voice in his head and settled back down. That drive into two defenders was particularly egregious.

[Xatticus]

Again, Okeke isn’t doing anything constructive.

He's trying. I'm willing to wait out his development. I think the bigger concern is that he isn't particularly skilled or gifted. His one strength is his active hands, but that only has limited value if you can't keep guys in front of you and he has been really hit and miss in that regard this year. He's just kind of slow on the perimeter and small on the interior, so I don't know how it's going to work for him as anything but a deep-bench guy. I like him though, so I am hoping he comes good.

[Ducklett]

What the heck happened to Okeke?

[JTG_92940618]

What the heck happened to Okeke?

I think that hip bone bruise was a bigger deal than we realise. His lateral movement doesn't look very good but I don't think it was a problem last year.

[ChosenSavior]

Great to see Franz back in the game.

[basketballRob]

Okeke missed training camp and needs to find his rhythm.

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[penny_nz]

Cannot believe Franz is out there, big relief! Hopefully he's got that thing taped up like a MFer. Love the toughness and grit from our rooks

[ChosenSavior]

Nice effort by Suggs there, he almost had that one.

[ChosenSavior]

Jalen needs to slow down and read the defense better.

[thelead]

Jalen needs to slow down and read the defense better.

He looks like a kid that can't believe that he can't by people like he did in AAU ball. I'm hopeful that he will make that adjustment sooner rather than later.

[ChosenSavior]

Cole with the jump hook in the paint