PG: KNICKS Take Game 1

Guano · Post #101 » by **Guano** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:29 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:Ngl, it annoys me that Pistons fans keep repeating Cade is the best player in the series.

OG dragged cade into hell and kept him there.

Ewings2ndcousin · Post #102 » by **Ewings2ndcousin** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:30 am

Regular season don't mean a thing folks.... it's playoff time!

Post #103 » by **Capn'O** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:30 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:One underappreciated thing about Brunson...he takes on a huge offensive load and still ends up with only 1 turnover in 40 minutes.

It was that silly one at the end too.

Post #104 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:31 am

F N 11 wrote:Was it Josh or Mukal that shut down Harris ?

Bridges was on Harris in the 3rd and had some good possessions

He certainly needs to be more aggressive offensively (but thibs and brunson can do a better job getting him involved as well).

Thibs did make the right decision to ride Payne though...not sure how anyone could take him out when he was blazing hot. He saved the day.

KAT and Hart had moster 4th qtrs as well.

OG did his thing on OG all night.

And captain clutch knows how to close games out.

Adelheid · Post #105 » by **Adelheid** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:31 am

KnicksGod wrote:Why does KAT have to like force himself into the action except for getting the ball on the perimeter with zero motion? There’s simply no excuse for it

It’s terrible coaching

KAT is like outside the offense, give me a break

everyone is outside the offense...only the ballhandler is IN the offense

Post #106 » by **Capn'O** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:32 am

JXL wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
ezmoney707 wrote:I didn’t want Cam Payne seeing minutes in this series and he was the one that completely changed the game

Shame on yall that was **** on JB in the game thread. He was struggling yes but yall was in there calling him a choker, not serious people at all

Shame! Shame!

Who called JB a choker? Bickerstaff, yes, but Brunson?!

That's true. Bickerstaff chokes against us every playoffs.

Post #107 » by **GONYK** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:32 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:One underappreciated thing about Brunson...he takes on a huge offensive load and still ends up with only 1 turnover in 40 minutes.

Almost everything about Brunson is underappreciated

Najeem27 · Post #108 » by **Najeem27** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:33 am

That putback by Mitch was what i always wanted him to do. Use your size and play like a bigman!! Your too big to be pushed around and bring the ball down under the the basket. If he wakes up and realizes like OG did with his game he'll be unstoppable

Pretend layups don't exist and you have to dunk everything

TKKnicks1 · Post #109 » by **TKKnicks1** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:33 am

Ewings2ndcousin wrote:

Read on Twitter

He makes up for Mikals lack of competitiveness.

Mikal honestly should be coming off the bench with Mitch starting. Especially now with the emergence of OGs offense, we don't need Mikal with the first 5.

Iron Mantis · Post #110 » by **Iron Mantis** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:33 am

Ewings2ndcousin wrote:

Read on Twitter

Cam knows the mental aspect of the game. Especially with an inexperienced team in the playoffs.

If you can get in a player's head they'll start missing easy shots, making dumb turnovers, doubting themselves, etc.

WargamesX · Post #111 » by **WargamesX** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:34 am

Guano wrote:
Ewings2ndcousin wrote:

Read on Twitter

Love this type of energy.

That’s that “I need a bigger contract bro…. I am taking that from you”

Guano · Post #112 » by **Guano** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:35 am

Iron Mantis wrote:
Ewings2ndcousin wrote:

Read on Twitter

Cam knows the mental aspect of the game. Especially with an inexperienced team in the playoffs.

If you can get in a player's head they'll start missing easy shots, making dumb turnovers, doubting themselves, etc.

Idk, I think cam is just a lunatic

Najeem27 · Post #113 » by **Najeem27** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:36 am

Payne is our B*tch now lol. Used to hate him

GettinitDone · Post #114 » by **GettinitDone** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:36 am

Curious why Beef Stew didn't get more burn in 2nd half

ezmoney707 · Post #115 » by **ezmoney707** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:37 am

mpharris36 wrote:
NYKat wrote:we only won cause of Detroits inexperience, playing like this, we’ll get swept in blowouts against the Celtics

I don't think we see brunson play that poorly in the 1st half though.

Also the guys with most playoff experience on DET were the ones that were shook the most in that 4th quarter. Timmy, Tobias, and Schroder disappeared in this game when the pressure ramped up.

nykballa2k4 · Post #116 » by **nykballa2k4** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:37 am

Pistons had NO answer for KAT. Automatic bucket. We survived Brunson playing broken for 3Q

LFGK · Post #117 » by **LFGK** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:39 am

-OG locked up Cade
-Great defensively intensity down the stretch for KAT
-great job by Thibs not subbing McBride back in
-Knicks in 4

Guano · Post #118 » by **Guano** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:41 am

nykballa2k4 wrote:Pistons had NO answer for KAT. Automatic bucket. We survived Brunson playing broken for 3Q

It's why him taking only 14 shots is criminal

RHODEY · Post #119 » by **RHODEY** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:41 am

The KnicksFix wrote:If Mitch plays more, that game would not have been close at all

Yeah and its a shame Mitch's impact goes largely ignored.

Post #120 » by **mpharris36** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:41 am

ezmoney707 wrote:
mpharris36 wrote:
NYKat wrote:we only won cause of Detroits inexperience, playing like this, we’ll get swept in blowouts against the Celtics

I don't think we see brunson play that poorly in the 1st half though.

Also the guys with most playoff experience on DET were the ones that were shook the most in that 4th quarter. Timmy, Tobias, and Schroder disappeared in this game when the pressure ramped up.

4th qtr playoff ball is a different animal