2023 East Semifinals | (5) New York Knicks VS (8) Miami Heat (MIA leads 3-2)

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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (5) New York Knicks VS (8) Miami Heat (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#21 » by Rockazoids » Thu May 4, 2023 12:52 am

blueNorange wrote:can we discuss how dirty of a player lowry is?

if he's not pulling on the arms of bigs as they're on the way down, if he's not crouching low to up end mitchell robinson, then he's casually on the floor hopefully someone lands on him and twists their ankle(randle)

pathetic washed up punk.

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Post#22 » by cgf » Thu May 4, 2023 1:05 am

Rockazoids wrote:
blueNorange wrote:can we discuss how dirty of a player lowry is?

if he's not pulling on the arms of bigs as they're on the way down, if he's not crouching low to up end mitchell robinson, then he's casually on the floor hopefully someone lands on him and twists their ankle(randle)

pathetic washed up punk.

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Hard to blame him. What else can they do to slow down a superstar like RJ?
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Post#23 » by Fat » Thu May 4, 2023 1:23 am

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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (5) New York Knicks VS (8) Miami Heat (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#24 » by Luv those Knicks » Thu May 4, 2023 1:40 am

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We'd have had to sign someone two months ago for them to have been able to appear in the playoffs for us.

And McBride isn't playing because we needed to shoot Miami out of their zone.


The first part isn't true. A player needs to have been released by another team as of March 1, but a free agent who hasn't played for a team could have been signed and playoff eligible up till the last day of the season.

The 2nd part, OK, that's true. Miami is letting the NY Knicks, or should I say NY Bricks, take as many 3s as we like. It's been ugly outside of a few players.
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Post#25 » by cgf » Thu May 4, 2023 1:45 am

Luv those Knicks wrote:
cgf wrote:
We'd have had to sign someone two months ago for them to have been able to appear in the playoffs for us.

And McBride isn't playing because we needed to shoot Miami out of their zone.


The first part isn't true. A player needs to have been released by another team as of March 1, but a free agent who hasn't played for a team could have been signed and playoff eligible up till the last day of the season.

The 2nd part, OK, that's true. Miami is letting the NY Knicks, or should I say NY Bricks, take as many 3s as we like. It's been ugly outside of a few players.

Fair enough, but what player were we going to sign who would actually have played and didn't play for an NBA team this season?
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Post#26 » by Luv those Knicks » Thu May 4, 2023 1:50 am

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Fair enough, but what player were we going to sign who would actually have played and didn't play for an NBA team this season?


I don't know. A 6'10 PF/C from the G-league? Carmello Anthony? I think a body would have been better than nothing, but probably wouldn't have turned around game 1.
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Post#27 » by cgf » Thu May 4, 2023 1:51 am

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cgf wrote:
Fair enough, but what player were we going to sign who would actually have played and didn't play for an NBA team this season?


I don't know. A 6'10 PF/C from the G-league? Carmello Anthony? I think a body would have been better than nothing, but probably wouldn't have turned around game 1.

No way that player was going to get minutes over Mitch, Isiah, Obi, or RJ.
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Post#28 » by dooki667 » Thu May 4, 2023 2:24 am

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Post#29 » by Letsgokings » Thu May 4, 2023 4:30 am

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No you guys suck even more because our guys

Heh so true.

At this point, everyone who is playing is hurt or is too hurt to play. Yeah, it sucks when one team has more injuries than the other. But what do you expect the opponent to do? Rest their guys to even the odds? Nah, you still try to win and you hope your team is the one that comes up on top.

Funniest thing is the only reason why they beat Bucks is because they gained an extra confidence when Giannis got hurt. When he came back, it was too late. Injuries are apart of the game, that is why we have 15 man rosters.

Whatever happen Sunday or Tuesday does not matter anymore. Its practically a brand new best out of 5 series. The game is gonna feel totally different on Saturday.

Spo has been coaching circles around Thibs, lets see what adjusments he makes

Lmao the only reason we beat the bucks is because giannis got hurt? Wrong. We were beating them with a healthy giannis or not.
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Post#30 » by bronxknicksfan1 » Thu May 4, 2023 5:24 am

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iLLmatic860 wrote:
omerome wrote:Heh so true.

At this point, everyone who is playing is hurt or is too hurt to play. Yeah, it sucks when one team has more injuries than the other. But what do you expect the opponent to do? Rest their guys to even the odds? Nah, you still try to win and you hope your team is the one that comes up on top.

Funniest thing is the only reason why they beat Bucks is because they gained an extra confidence when Giannis got hurt. When he came back, it was too late. Injuries are apart of the game, that is why we have 15 man rosters.

Whatever happen Sunday or Tuesday does not matter anymore. Its practically a brand new best out of 5 series. The game is gonna feel totally different on Saturday.

Spo has been coaching circles around Thibs, lets see what adjusments he makes

Lmao the only reason we beat the bucks is because giannis got hurt? Wrong. We were beating them with a healthy giannis or not.


Doubt the Heat win if Giannis was fully healthy for the entire series. But there were more reasons outside of basketball that the Bucks lost.
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Post#31 » by iamoti » Thu May 4, 2023 8:17 am

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iLLmatic860 wrote:Funniest thing is the only reason why they beat Bucks is because they gained an extra confidence when Giannis got hurt. When he came back, it was too late. Injuries are apart of the game, that is why we have 15 man rosters.

Whatever happen Sunday or Tuesday does not matter anymore. Its practically a brand new best out of 5 series. The game is gonna feel totally different on Saturday.

Spo has been coaching circles around Thibs, lets see what adjusments he makes

Lmao the only reason we beat the bucks is because giannis got hurt? Wrong. We were beating them with a healthy giannis or not.


Doubt the Heat win if Giannis was fully healthy for the entire series. But there were more reasons outside of basketball that the Bucks lost.


Fully healthy ? Was the Heat fully healthy? Did anyone care when the Bucks swept us if we were fully healthy?
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Post#32 » by iamoti » Thu May 4, 2023 8:18 am

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Post#33 » by kaansunman » Thu May 4, 2023 9:55 am

Kincks' struggled against zone defense which is not a surprise. They had a good result when they pass the ball to the middle of the zone which is the weakest spot of zone.
Heat's half court offense is very disciplined and all in motion. They use 24 seconds very wisely so when they overreact to every shot fake Heat move the ball perfectly and find the open shot. Knicks can try zone defense to force Heat out of rhtym. Heat is shooting great but they shoot because of the ball movement, drive and kick plays. It's worth a shot to try in some sequences of the game.

From the beginning of the series I have no clue what will be result is but I am glad that we'll have at least one more game in MSG!
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Post#34 » by IceColdCubano » Thu May 4, 2023 2:22 pm

cgf wrote:
Rockazoids wrote:
blueNorange wrote:can we discuss how dirty of a player lowry is?

if he's not pulling on the arms of bigs as they're on the way down, if he's not crouching low to up end mitchell robinson, then he's casually on the floor hopefully someone lands on him and twists their ankle(randle)

pathetic washed up punk.

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Hard to blame him. What else can they do to slow down a superstar like RJ?

I never take pictures of stills in sports at the end of an action without seeing everything evolving before that to make a judgment on what was happening at the time. A picture at the right moment, changes perspective on something depending on when it was taken. Lowry could have jumped side ways landing on one leg and using the other leg for balance during the landing making it seem like he is doing a ballet leg sweep as a defensive play.
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Post#35 » by blueNorange » Thu May 4, 2023 2:37 pm

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Rockazoids wrote:Image
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Hard to blame him. What else can they do to slow down a superstar like RJ?

I never take pictures of stills in sports at the end of an action without seeing everything evolving before that to make a judgment on what was happening at the time. A picture at the right moment, changes perspective on something depending on when it was taken. Lowry could have jumped side ways landing on one leg and using the other leg for balance during the landing making it seem like he is doing a ballet leg sweep as a defensive play.

except lowry has a career of being dirty

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Post#36 » by cgf » Thu May 4, 2023 3:17 pm

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cgf wrote:
Rockazoids wrote:Image
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Hard to blame him. What else can they do to slow down a superstar like RJ?

I never take pictures of stills in sports at the end of an action without seeing everything evolving before that to make a judgment on what was happening at the time. A picture at the right moment, changes perspective on something depending on when it was taken. Lowry could have jumped side ways landing on one leg and using the other leg for balance during the landing making it seem like he is doing a ballet leg sweep as a defensive play.


Oh I was just joking about how well RJ plays against you.

Lowry has done enough questionable/sneaky s*** in his career that people calling him dirty aren't coming from nowhere, but I'm in complete agreement with you on using stills as evidence.
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Post#37 » by cgf » Thu May 4, 2023 3:19 pm

kaansunman wrote:Kincks' struggled against zone defense which is not a surprise. They had a good result when they pass the ball to the middle of the zone which is the weakest spot of zone.
Heat's half court offense is very disciplined and all in motion. They use 24 seconds very wisely so when they overreact to every shot fake Heat move the ball perfectly and find the open shot. Knicks can try zone defense to force Heat out of rhtym. Heat is shooting great but they shoot because of the ball movement, drive and kick plays. It's worth a shot to try in some sequences of the game.

From the beginning of the series I have no clue what will be result is but I am glad that we'll have at least one more game in MSG!


We did in game 1, but in game 2 we figured their zones out:

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Post#38 » by iLLmatic860 » Thu May 4, 2023 5:15 pm

cgf wrote:
kaansunman wrote:Kincks' struggled against zone defense which is not a surprise. They had a good result when they pass the ball to the middle of the zone which is the weakest spot of zone.
Heat's half court offense is very disciplined and all in motion. They use 24 seconds very wisely so when they overreact to every shot fake Heat move the ball perfectly and find the open shot. Knicks can try zone defense to force Heat out of rhtym. Heat is shooting great but they shoot because of the ball movement, drive and kick plays. It's worth a shot to try in some sequences of the game.

From the beginning of the series I have no clue what will be result is but I am glad that we'll have at least one more game in MSG!


We did in game 1, but in game 2 we figured their zones out:

Read on Twitter

Honestly Spo can live with that....He has taken away from what we do best and thats getting to the rim.

We need to figure it out asap.

One thing I am certain of is that Miami has to cool down eventually. They are shooting lights out, no way this can continue lol
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Post#39 » by Paz » Thu May 4, 2023 5:59 pm

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:
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iLLmatic860 wrote:Funniest thing is the only reason why they beat Bucks is because they gained an extra confidence when Giannis got hurt. When he came back, it was too late. Injuries are apart of the game, that is why we have 15 man rosters.

Whatever happen Sunday or Tuesday does not matter anymore. Its practically a brand new best out of 5 series. The game is gonna feel totally different on Saturday.

Spo has been coaching circles around Thibs, lets see what adjusments he makes

Lmao the only reason we beat the bucks is because giannis got hurt? Wrong. We were beating them with a healthy giannis or not.


Doubt the Heat win if Giannis was fully healthy for the entire series. But there were more reasons outside of basketball that the Bucks lost.


The only game the Bucks won was without Giannis. Please make your comment make sense.
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Post#40 » by 3ammy3uck3ts » Thu May 4, 2023 6:04 pm

iLLmatic860 wrote:
cgf wrote:
kaansunman wrote:Kincks' struggled against zone defense which is not a surprise. They had a good result when they pass the ball to the middle of the zone which is the weakest spot of zone.
Heat's half court offense is very disciplined and all in motion. They use 24 seconds very wisely so when they overreact to every shot fake Heat move the ball perfectly and find the open shot. Knicks can try zone defense to force Heat out of rhtym. Heat is shooting great but they shoot because of the ball movement, drive and kick plays. It's worth a shot to try in some sequences of the game.

From the beginning of the series I have no clue what will be result is but I am glad that we'll have at least one more game in MSG!


We did in game 1, but in game 2 we figured their zones out:

Read on Twitter

Honestly Spo can live with that....He has taken away from what we do best and thats getting to the rim.

We need to figure it out asap.

One thing I am certain of is that Miami has to cool down eventually. They are shooting lights out, no way this can continue lol


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