2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East First Round: #3 New York Knicks vs #6 Detroit Pistons (Series tied 1-1)

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Who'll Win the Series?

Poll ended at Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:27 pm

Knicks, via SWEEP!
20
7%
Knicks, 4-1
61
23%
Knicks, 4-2
80
30%
Knicks, 4-3
27
10%
Pistons, 4-3
24
9%
Pistons, 4-2
47
17%
Pistons, 4-1
4
1%
Pistons, via SWEEP!
8
3%
 
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Post#441 » by CKB » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:30 am

Knicks tied the game even when Brunson is playing with one good ankle.
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Post#442 » by Eightnineborn » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:30 am

Revived wrote:Pistons with KD are gonna be even nicer next season.


No… dont ruin a thing thats working… build from within!
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Post#443 » by Revived » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:30 am

KazuoOda wrote:Wouldn't be a JB team if they didn't let their opponent back in the 4th qt.

Jalen Brunson team?
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Post#444 » by Patches Perry » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:30 am

azcatz11 wrote:
Chuck Everett wrote:Cam Payne has injected the Knicks with energy. He's making some big plays out there.


3 huge plays. He’s a good backup.


OK but he literally shoots sideways
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Post#445 » by jokeboy86 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:31 am

Thaddy wrote:It's pretty clear Detroits the better team. They're going to win this seasons in 6 games. Cade isn't going to be this bad going forward. He should be the best player on the floor. Brunson's game isn't made for the playoffs a big defender like Ausar is going to give him issues.


Again I will say this till the cows come home it is extremely rare to win a title when ur best player is a small guard. Curry and Isaiah are literally the lone exceptions.
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Post#446 » by SFour » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:31 am

Knicks are the better team, it's just that Pistons aren't pushovers
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Post#447 » by Eightnineborn » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:31 am

CKB wrote:Knicks tied the game even when Brunson is playing with one good ankle.


Lol whatever makes you feel good… wasnt this knick team supposed to be a contender? 1st round exit should send Baldy out the door huh ?
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Post#448 » by Marvin Martian » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:31 am

Bank Shot wrote:KAT was great defensively in college. What happened.

He was also very raw offensively in college. Really a weird development
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Post#449 » by bisme37 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:31 am

KAT is statistically a good defender when playing the 4, but he's a terrible defender at the 5 (stats and eye test)

Been like that since Minny, which is probably why the Wolves traded so much to pair Gobert with him
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Post#450 » by Chuck Everett » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:32 am

What a shot by Brunson.
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Post#451 » by Tracymcgoaty » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:32 am

Omg what a shot by Brunson.
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Post#452 » by Dennis Reynolds » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Brunson picking it up
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Post#453 » by azcatz11 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Patches Perry wrote:
azcatz11 wrote:
Chuck Everett wrote:Cam Payne has injected the Knicks with energy. He's making some big plays out there.


3 huge plays. He’s a good backup.


OK but he literally shoots sideways


Yeah it may be the worst mechanical shot in the league. He’s effective getting in the paint though and always has been.
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Post#454 » by tmorgan » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Not like Duren’s any better, sadly.
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Post#455 » by RB34 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Pistons running out of O
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Post#456 » by picc » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Losing to Cam Payne has to give you nightmares.
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Post#457 » by Chuck Everett » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

11 points from Payne.
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Post#458 » by Wolfgang630 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Give Payne the ball
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Post#459 » by Dubnation » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Payne is talkin! :lol:
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Post#460 » by bisme37 » Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:33 am

Major Payne reporting for duty

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