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%
 
Total votes: 271

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Post#1001 » by Calvin Klein » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:55 am

MSG is so much better than any other arena. No other one in the nba comes close
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Post#1002 » by Ducklett » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:55 am

So new dirtiest player in the league?
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Post#1003 » by HardenGoat » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:55 am

Knicks fan.. “I can’t stand that grifting flopping Harden hope he never gets a ring”
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Post#1004 » by Asianiac_24 » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:55 am

Cade is right to be upset there, he clearly got fouled
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Post#1005 » by meekrab » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:55 am

So OG falls down and trips Cunningham, but that's FTs for new york?
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Post#1006 » by sp6r=underrated » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

reload141 wrote:Refs coming to save the Knicks


IF the refs were biased for NY why does Detroit have 2x as many free throws?
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Post#1007 » by Statlanta » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

Revived wrote:Amen Thompson seems kinda overrated…he’s being guarded primarily by Brunson and he can’t even score or take advantage of that. And his defense is slaughtered by Brunson.

He’s super athletic I’ll give him that but yeah.

You mean Ausar, Amen is getting torched by Stephen Curry at the moment.
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Post#1008 » by RookieStar » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

Dang... seriously... this is shameless
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Post#1009 » by f4p » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

PushDaRock wrote:OG can lock down when needed


How many free throws would brunson have gotten from that defense by OG?
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Post#1010 » by JujitsuFlip » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

Castle Black wrote:Knicks shamelessly flopping and foul-baiting on every possession now. And the NBA rewards it. Nasty work.
Look at the FTA disparity in favor of the Pistons though...
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Post#1011 » by California Gold » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

Calvin Klein wrote:MSG is so much better than any other arena. No other one in the nba comes close


It’s an overrated dump when people say things like this. :lol:
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Post#1012 » by Zeno » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

SlimShady83 wrote:Let them go at It, smh

Shouldn’t you be preparing your team to the play Magic, Joe?
When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

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Post#1013 » by Ducklett » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:56 am

meekrab wrote:So OG falls down and trips Cunningham, but that's FTs for new york?


Dude, it was way worse than that. He falls and tries to take Cade's knees out from behind.
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Post#1014 » by f4p » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:57 am

Asianiac_24 wrote:Cade is right to be upset there, he clearly got fouled


Luckily they made up for it by calling him for a foul because new york fell down.
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Post#1015 » by MoMan24 » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:57 am

Castle Black wrote:Knicks shamelessly flopping and foul-baiting on every possession now. And the NBA rewards it. Nasty work.

All this to fight tooth and nail against the Pistons after all they spent this offseason to assemble this team. If they make it to round 2 will get ugly and it will get ugly fast.
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Post#1016 » by ___Rand___ » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:57 am

Revived wrote:Amen Thompson seems kinda overrated…he’s being guarded primarily by Brunson and he can’t even score or take advantage of that. And his defense is slaughtered by Brunson.

He’s super athletic I’ll give him that but yeah.


Thompson twins are the same. They haven't developed any visible offensive game. You can't live on length and athleticism alone in NBA.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East First Round: #3 New York Knicks vs #6 Detroit Pistons (NYK leads 1-0) 

Post#1017 » by Reeko » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:57 am

Capn'O wrote:
Reeko wrote:Do NY fans think that this team is better than last year's team?


Maybe. We have more talent but don't have the same ooomph. Maybe a mismatch coach situation too having more of a finesse team.

We lost a lot with iHart leaving.

Obviously on paper the talent is superior. Just from looking at this one game (which is obviously not enough) it looks like that synergy they had of playing off one another is gone. I loved last year's team, but I agreed that they ultimately needed more talent to take the next step. Unfortunately I don't think that the talent that they acquired to upgrade the team is enough to get them where they want to go. They went from a team where the whole was greater than the sum of its parts, to the exact opposite.
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Post#1018 » by Jta444 » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:58 am

Calvin Klein wrote:MSG is so much better than any other arena. No other one in the nba comes close


Genuinely curious here, what makes it better?
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Post#1019 » by reload141 » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:58 am

sp6r=underrated wrote:
reload141 wrote:Refs coming to save the Knicks


IF the refs were biased for NY why does Detroit have 2x as many free throws?


You’re clearly watching a different game, how can you objectively say that while watching the 4th quarter? Be better.
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Post#1020 » by Tor_Raps » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:58 am

Capn'O wrote:
Reeko wrote:Do NY fans think that this team is better than last year's team?


Maybe. We have more talent but don't have the same ooomph. Maybe a mismatch coach situation too having more of a finesse team.

We lost a lot with iHart leaving.


Towns is not a good enough defensively C to start there. Knicks screwed up by not forcing the Robinson/Towns tandem more.

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