PG - this is the opposite of fun

[LFGK]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Hard to blame Thibs for this one if the engine of his offense shoots 25% from the field. But I need Thibs to show me something in Game 6. Make adjustments. Try putting in Delon or something. Give us a wire-to-wire victory that we wanted for Game 5.

Thibs is the one setting up the game plan. Everything falls on him.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

We losing this series bro.

[ctorres]

I'm looking at the play by play

https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay/_/gameId/401768044

Knicks took the lead in the 4th quarter (88-87) on a Brunson free throw with 6:53 left

Game was tied at 90-90 off a Mitch basket with 5:15 to go

Knicks tied it again at 95-95 with KAT three off a Hart assist with 3:25 to go

We were in a position to win the game with 3:25 to go.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!?!

Pistons get 3 baskets in the next minute and a half, and go on a 6-0 run

So we could not get stops and we could not score

Mikal makes it a 4 point game with 50.1 seconds to go

Next possession, Ausar Thompson scores off a Cade assist and now it's 103-97 with only 27.1 seconds to go

Cade was responsible for pretty much every play on the offensive end during the end


That 8-2 run for the Pistons from 3:25 to 27.1 seconds is what lost us the game.

We made crucial mistakes during that 3 minute stretch. We relied on miracle threes from Mikal and OG to keep it close, but it wasn't enough. It also should not have come down to Deuce's free throws.

[Guano]

The team lacks shot creators. It’s really just Brunson and sometimes Bridges.

This is why trading 5 picks for mikal makes no sense.

We have no one on this team who can create outside Brunson and a coach who runs iso sets or wants his team to run off turnovers/rebounds.

Need play calling to actually see if you have a secondary shot creator. Mikal on paper should be able to do it. He was doing it in the early part of last season with the Nets. It's the **** system. I literally want to start a 2K season and fire Thibs immediately.

Sure, but we still need a guy who can cook 1v1. That's playoff basketball. The reason this series looks so bad is there are 2 guys in the whole series who are really 1v1 players. their coach runs some PnR with baseline cuts. But those are the only plays were seeing in the whole series. Its just bad basketball with misused talent on our side. Though we need someone outside of Brunson who can create.

[WaltFrazier]

Don’t think you can say the talent is so great if Bridges sucks and KAT doesn’t have a fixed role in the offense

Just a bunch of guys who have had good offensive stats at various points

When you take a hard look at Bridges, what’s his true track record? Many guys have had a couple of years that were good but didn’t keep it up

Likely there’s not much there that’s actually ever gonna pay off … some guys have a couple nice seasons and then fade away

What bothers me about Bridges is in Thibs substitution pattern he and Kat go off together, then return when JB and OG sit. That's when we need Bridges to step up and score, along with KAT of course. But he doesn't seize the moment, take the initiative. He's just not that guy. That's why we need another shot creator

[Butch718]

Not all of this is on Thibs.

Our bench outside of Mitch and an occasional Payne outburst is flat out awful.

Duece has regressed so badly that he is unplayable. He can’t finish around the paint to save his life, he can’t dribble, is undersized, and can no longer shoot.

Why is Thibs playing him? He’s atrocious. Give Delon his minutes.

We don't have a bench. Two guys does not make up a bench. Starting 5 with Deuce/Mitch. That's all we have. 8-9 minutes every few games doesn't qualify as a bench role. No player is giving you anything consistent with that role.

Duece has not been good this season. No amount of minutes will fix that broken jump shot and awful handle.

The bench is a serious problem that needs to be addressed during the offseason.You also better hope Kolek, Huk and Dadiet make a leap and turn into rotation players because they do not have financial flexibility to make any legit signings.

[LFGK]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

We losing this series bro.

Stop, nonsense this is over Thursday night. I know it's the simple thing to do w what we have been through as fans for so long(lol) but Brunson and KAT not shooting 9/30 again.

[WaltFrazier]

I'm looking at the play by play

https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay/_/gameId/401768044

Knicks took the lead in the 4th quarter (88-87) on a Brunson free throw with 6:53 left

Game was tied at 90-90 off a Mitch basket with 5:15 to go

Knicks tied it again at 95-95 with KAT three off a Hart assist with 3:25 to go

We were in a position to win the game with 3:25 to go.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!?!

Pistons get 3 baskets in the next minute and a half, and go on a 6-0 run

So we could not get stops and we could not score

Mikal makes it a 4 point game with 50.1 seconds to go

Next possession, Ausar Thompson scores off a Cade assist and now it's 103-97 with only 27.1 seconds to go

Cade was responsible for pretty much every play on the offensive end during the end


That 8-2 run for the Pistons from 3:25 to 27.1 seconds is what lost us the game.

We made crucial mistakes during that 3 minute stretch. We relied on miracle threes from Mikal and OG to keep it close, but it wasn't enough. It also should not have come down to Deuce's free throws.

Yeah this sums it up perfectly. I could feel it happening right after the 95-95 tie

[The KnicksFix]

Just watch the play calling by Bickerstaff who by no means is some X & O wizard. You see the cutting and moving with a purpose and they get the shot they want. Now think how often that happens for us.

Never. I'm so mentally exhausted with the same set over and over and over again.

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
All freaking year. For the last three years since JB arrived. Oh and before that Julius

How in the fck does that make you a good coach????

[Jalen Bluntson]

Yeah. I'm done. I'm really not watching another game unless the impossible happens. Which it won't. If we squeak by this team we get swept by Boston and ever game will be double digit losses. There is no way in hell this fraud goes any further than that.

Listen. Whole bunch of us loved the team, live and die with it, like the game of basketball, and then the guy in charge has no grasp of the details and seems to be unable to do the basic requirements of the job.

Those two things don’t go together. It’s beneath the hope and loyalty of us as fans! Abused fans of the world unite.

The NBA hates us and even the Knicks hate us. They put in charge these people who don’t belong there and who just continue this legacy of embarrassment and carelessness at our expense.

Thibs sucks and needs to go. I don't know about all that other jazz. I'm not watching another game unless miracles occur. I don't see the logic in getting excited to win one of the next two games...only to be completely embarrassed by one of our most hated rivals immediately after that. We are not going to win a single game or even have a single good game against anyone after this. We aren't even playing well now against the lesser opponent we have now. It won't get any better than that 3-1 fugazi lead we had two hours ago. Thibs sucks.

[Jay10]

Someone should tell Thibodeau that isolation basketball for 48 minutes wears down the players.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

We losing this series bro.

Stop, nonsense this is over Thursday night. I know it's the simple thing to do w what we have been through as fans for so long(lol) but Brunson and KAT not shooting 9/30 again.

No. We haven't played well the entire series. If not for a missed call we're down 3-2 easily right now. Where do you get your confidence from? Blue and Orange lenses?

[ctorres]

Thibs made some good coaching decisions this game.

When the Pistons started to hack-a-Mitch, KAT was about to come back in. Thibs held off and kept Mitch in the game and got more good play out of him.

We had a well rested KAT and Mikal to start the 4th quarter, allowing us to rest Jalen, Josh, and OG to start the 4th quarter. Substitution patterns at the end of the 3rd and start at the 4th were actually on point IMO.

Thibs is gonna look at the 3:25 to 0:27 stretch in the 4th quarter to figure out how we actually lost the game and what adjustments we make in Game 6 to win the series.

We were right there and there is no reason to give up. Pistons still had their hands full dealing with the Knicks.

Pistons don't have the talent on either end to blow us out. I will be shocked if we completely throw the series away and something that catastrophic happens.

[kNicksGmen]

That's crazy I just saw a clip of JB rolling his ankle and the floor boards actually sunk in causing it. Wtf talk about bad luck.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Someone should tell Thibodeau that isolation basketball for 48 minutes wears down the players.

Someone should tell Tom he's fired.

[Jay10]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

We losing this series bro.

I always say Thibs = Doc Rivers. Maybe it's Thibodeau's turn to lose a series after being up 3 - 1.

[Jalen Bluntson]

Thibs made some good coaching decisions this game.

When the Pistons started to hack-a-Mitch, KAT was about to come back in. Thibs held off and kept Mitch in the game and got more good play out of him.

We had a well rested KAT and Mikal to start the 4th quarter, allowing us to rest Jalen, Josh, and OG to start the 4th quarter. Substitution patterns at the end of the 3rd and start at the 4th were actually on point IMO.

Thibs is gonna look at the 3:25 to 0:27 stretch in the 4th quarter to figure out how we actually lost the game and what adjustments we make in Game 6 to win the series.

We were right there and there is no reason to give up. Pistons still had their hands full dealing with the Knicks.

Pistons don't have the talent on either end to blow us out. I will be shocked if we completely throw the series away and something that catastrophic happens.

No

[LFGK]

We losing this series bro.

Stop, nonsense this is over Thursday night. I know it's the simple thing to do w what we have been through as fans for so long(lol) but Brunson and KAT not shooting 9/30 again.

No. We haven't played well the entire series. If not for a missed call we're down 3-2 easily right now. Where do you get your confidence from? Blue and Orange lenses?

Ok brother I will be here Thursday night to remind you lol. This is over in Detroit.....some RIDICULOUS calls tonight like the blocks that were goaltends. No excuses, close out Thursday.

[sol537]

Absolutely pathetic man nothing can be easy

-Brunson was brutal
-Mitch was great but lost a bunch of balls
-KAT wasn't great
-McBride is lost
-Everyone blaming Bridges but he was fine

Even with all that we were rite there, they defended fine,
Will be closed out game 6, chill out.

We losing this series bro.

I always say Thibs = Doc Rivers. Maybe it's Thibodeau's turn to lose a series after being up 3 - 1.

Wasn't Thibs an assistant under Doc when Doc won in Boston? The say the apple doesn't fall far from the (coaching) tree...