GT: Knicks vs Pistons GAME 1 4/19/25 @ 6 PM on ESPN

WaltFrazier · Post #181 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:50 pm

WandleWanders wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:Pistons 125
Knicks 105

Yep. These MSG games can be a pain in the ass against young teams... who's going to be random scrub of the night putting up a one hit career numbers for this game? Plus, it's a day game... oh boy... Knicks were better off having Game 1 on the road at 8 PM...

Is 6 pm considered a day game?

JXL · Post #182 » by **JXL** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:57 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:
WandleWanders wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:Pistons 125
Knicks 105

Yep. These MSG games can be a pain in the ass against young teams... who's going to be random scrub of the night putting up a one hit career numbers for this game? Plus, it's a day game... oh boy... Knicks were better off having Game 1 on the road at 8 PM...

Is 6 pm considered a day game?

Depends on where the sun is setting.

Post #183 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:00 pm

nykballa2k4 wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:
the Thompson twins are different.

I am a big proponent of the Thompson boys but Jalen Brunson backs down from no one.

Oh I have no doubts in big balls Brunson. I just think that he is going to have a difficult time with being effective and efficient. He is going to give 110% He is going to be a pit bull. The issue is that Detroit and Houston probably have the best ability to impact his effectiveness.
Having said that -- we have Towns for a reason.

wow

TheGreenArrow · Post #184 » by **TheGreenArrow** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:05 pm

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Guano · Post #185 » by **Guano** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:08 pm

Ngl, I woke up stoked that we get to watch playoff Brunson today

WaltFrazier · Post #186 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:10 pm

KAT needs to avoid early fouls. OG will do a job on Cade but hopefully the refs don't give him any cheap early fouls.

I wonder if Tom has come up with a counter to Detroit playing off Hart and daring him to shoot.

NiceLikeChrist · Post #187 » by **NiceLikeChrist** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:27 pm

Ready for the wave of despair when the ball tips off and I see hart starting, mikal on Cade, towns on the center in drop, Mitch on the bench

TKKnicks1 · Post #188 » by **TKKnicks1** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:33 pm

We are a lot more talented offensively so it's gonna come down to whether we can defend the 3. It was the deciding factor in every game we lost against them this season. I see it one of two ways - Tom is gonna have to quit doing the same **** and get a little creative on the defensive end or we just outscore them severely and put up 130+ a game.

robillionaire · Post #189 » by **robillionaire** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:33 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:KAT needs to avoid early fouls. OG will do a job on Cade but hopefully the refs don't give him any cheap early fouls.

I wonder if Tom has come up with a counter to Detroit playing off Hart and daring him to shoot.

The counter is that he needs to buck up and make some shots like he did against the 76ers last year that’s what we gotta hope for

3toheadmelo · Post #190 » by **3toheadmelo** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:39 pm

Guano wrote:Ngl, I woke up stoked that we get to watch playoff Brunson today

Guaranteed loss now

HopelessKnick · Post #191 » by **HopelessKnick** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:50 pm

Knicks will win.

Really hoping KAT shows up big time. Brunson will get his usual 30+ playoff points.

HopelessKnick · Post #192 » by **HopelessKnick** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:52 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:KAT needs to avoid early fouls. OG will do a job on Cade but hopefully the refs don't give him any cheap early fouls.

I wonder if Tom has come up with a counter to Detroit playing off Hart and daring him to shoot.

Knowing Thibs I kind of doubt he'll put OG on Cade. I think he'll stick with Bridges on Cade.

As for Hart: No he won't have a counter but he'll tell him to shoot like extra hard....

robillionaire · Post #193 » by **robillionaire** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:54 pm

HopelessKnick wrote:Knicks will win.

Really hoping KAT shows up big time. Brunson will get his usual 30+ playoff points.

Well that 30+ will be impressive seeing as how I was informed his season was over after the lakers game

Besart19 · Post #194 » by **Besart19** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:55 pm

Thibs is obligated to start Mitch at 5 if Josh Hart continues to be our new Shumpert and Mikal our new Landry Fields

The alternative

Brunson
McBride
Anunoby
Towns
Robinson

WandleWanders · Post #195 » by **WandleWanders** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:57 pm

WaltFrazier wrote:KAT needs to avoid early fouls. OG will do a job on Cade but hopefully the refs don't give him any cheap early fouls.

I wonder if Tom has come up with a counter to Detroit playing off Hart and daring him to shoot.

If KAT gets two fouls in the first quarter, I'm shutting the TV off.

WandleWanders · Post #196 » by **WandleWanders** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:59 pm

NiceLikeChrist wrote:Ready for the wave of despair when the ball tips off and I see hart starting, mikal on Cade, towns on the center in drop, Mitch on the bench

Yup. sadly.

thebuzzardman · Post #197 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:02 pm

DaGawd wrote:now’s the time for bridges to earn his next contract by locking cade tf up

5 picks for a guy who's going to score less and take less FTs than THJr, playing for the other team. And I think THJr kind of sucks.

Clyde_Style · Post #198 » by **Clyde_Style** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:02 pm

Laertes wrote:
Adelheid wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
That is hardly a ringing endorsement.

That he could only frame the compliment in terms of what Thibs has done for him individually is not what you want to hear from the leader of your team. Not a single hint of how Thibs has helped them as a team

This is not support for Thibs

rather than using "means", jb used "meant" (past tense). he also used the word "individually" rather than referencing the whole squad

not saying its forboding but whatevs

Technically, he used Present Perfect, not a past tense. Sorry, the teacher in me is never off duty.

Tourist flies into Logan Airport and hops into a cab and asks the taxi driver "Where is a good place in Boston to get scrod."

The driver scratches his head and says "I've been asked that question a thousand times, but never in the pluperfect conjunctive."

thebuzzardman · Post #199 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:03 pm

Guano wrote:Ngl, I woke up stoked that we get to watch playoff Brunson today

I would be but I've read too many posts about what an awful PG he is

thebuzzardman · Post #200 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:07 pm

The roster is a poorly constructed mess and Thibs isn't an innovative coach. Pistons in 4.

Are the knicks winning game 1?