PG: Hey Mikal, You're So Fine, You Blow Our Minds, Hey Mikal

[Jeff Van Gully]

I'm off today so I'm watching the replay:
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/c2a8da47-4ecd-4490-a7b2-8563a779a193

LETS GO!

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i want you to put the word out there... that we STILL up.

you understand me? never NOT been up.

[omerome]

Don't know if anyone watching the broadcast picked up on it but there was a point right after the half, I think, where the camera focused on Brunson on the bench during a timeout but you could see PJ Tucker was ANIMATED yelling at the guys on the bench. Knicks went on a run right after...

I know we've gotten drips and drabs about how PJ has helped behind the scenes but, I don't think that acquisition gets brought up enough. This specific version of the team was missing that kind of OG (pun intended) who has been there before, knows what the required intensity and focus needs to be to win in the playoffs and can be the guy that the players listen to when you maybe don't wanna hear it from Thibs. It's the kind of stuff that analytics and stat sheets just do not account for that make good teams great.

Have to wonder if he deserves some credit for the "dawgness" Mikal has been playing with.

Objective criticism of this roster on a personal level would be they don't really have "feisty" guys. Not that it's absolutely needed, not all teams do. But I do think it helps to have a "rally the troops" kind of guy especially if the coach isn't doing it.

Yep. PJ Tucker has always been someone who brought it each night in his career. So when he says something, you listen. And he has the championship pedigree to prove it. The players respect a player who backs up what they preach.

Right now, he's giving the team an edge they have missed from a season ago. And while he's not actually out there on the court, you can see the team play with a different spirit they didn't play much of in the regular season.

A very very underrated signing.

[Guano]

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my guy still at it get em mentality

Tagging mitch in the post is diabolical

[Galvationknicks]

Y'all want to know what's funny. Most of the stuff we said about this team before the season. Best starting 5 we gonna to finals may finally come to fruition. Then Celtics humbled us on opening night, it's almost poetic lol

[Guano]

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jalen and mitch have the best offensive rating as a duo in the playoffs!!!!!!!

That alley oop JB threw to Mitch was so sweet.

So was the one kat threw to mitch

[dakomish23]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

They still have talent but their shot creation takes a massive hit without him, especially hunting switches as KAT has done a good job on Brown.

[WargamesX]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

Idk…. Maybe. Part of me thinks there are so many FA on that team that them going out there to fight through game 5 to maybe get injured and either be traded and let to walk in FA doesn’t make sense.

They should compete, but with Tatum out they might choose to call it a season. If what had happened to him happened to Jrue, Horford, or KP it would probably be their career and cost them millions in thei future contracts.

They been struggling all series to keep a lead too.

[3toheadmelo]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

They still have talent but their shot creation takes a massive hit without him, especially hunting switches as KAT has done a good job on Brown.

And they’ve been using Tatum as bait to draw double teams to get open 3s. I’ll be extremely surprised if Boston wins another game.

[omerome]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

I thought I saw something last night saying they are like 9-2 when Tatum was out. Can't take them lightly.

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[Guano]

As I said even OG didn’t care much about his 3 it was huge lmao.

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?s=46

Same energy I have when my wife drags me to the Saturday market.
"It was nice"

[3toheadmelo]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

I thought I saw something last night saying they are like 9-2 when Tatum was out. Can't take them lightly.

Most of the wins are against tanking teams. I wouldn’t worry

[Red Vines]

Don't know if anyone watching the broadcast picked up on it but there was a point right after the half, I think, where the camera focused on Brunson on the bench during a timeout but you could see PJ Tucker was ANIMATED yelling at the guys on the bench. Knicks went on a run right after...

I know we've gotten drips and drabs about how PJ has helped behind the scenes but, I don't think that acquisition gets brought up enough. This specific version of the team was missing that kind of OG (pun intended) who has been there before, knows what the required intensity and focus needs to be to win in the playoffs and can be the guy that the players listen to when you maybe don't wanna hear it from Thibs. It's the kind of stuff that analytics and stat sheets just do not account for that make good teams great.

I want Brunson to be this guy eventually as captain but I think his relationship with Hart was that Hart was always the most vocal going back to Villanova. Before Tucker I think Hart was the most vocal in the locker room but it was more his funny personality than serious leadership. We're kind of seeing Hart's role change both off the court and on the court as Mikal is asserting himself and Hart has the ball less. Basically guys are finding their proper roles.

[dakomish23]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

They still have talent but their shot creation takes a massive hit without him, especially hunting switches as KAT has done a good job on Brown.

That would assume he was looking to create shots for others

I've been a Tatum is on the same level as Luka guy for years not b/c I think he's as good a shot maker / scorer, but b/c his floor game could be absolutely elite while dropping a somewhat efficient 25. But he's gone away from that this series.

BOS was up 72-58 at the 9:06 mark in the 3rd quarter.

Here's their half court stuff from Tatum from that point
7:48 Jayson Tatum misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot 72 63
5:37 Jayson Tatum makes 15-foot two point shot 79 71
3:57 Jayson Tatum makes 15-foot two point shot 83 76
3:22 Jayson Tatum misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot 83 78
2:11 Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot 83 81
1:35 Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 83 81
12.1 Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 85 86

They were rolling when he was moving the rock and picking his spots in the flow of the offense. Then they went to Tatum bringing up the ball, dribblign it for 20 seconds, step back chuck fest. Just b/c he made a couple doesn't discount the impact it has on momentum and the flow of the offense. It's the same reason why I call out Thibs when he goes to SMB too early. It's hard to get your mojo back once you destroy it.

I'd bank on BOS looking a lot better IF they stick with team basketball. Will it turn into a W? We'll see as that depends on which Knicks team shows up

[god shammgod]

BOS can show up for Game 5 in a big way even without Tatum. Their talent level without him is at least the 4th best team in the East IMO. Tatum killed their flow in that 3rd quarter (despite also making some big shots) and everyone else was way out of sync. Now, they have a chance to run an actual offense where everyone is involved. And as we just saw last night, talented teams that play that way are a **** buzzsaw.

Brown def has the chops to be a top tier go to guy for a few games despite his struggles, White & KP can get hot, Pritchard can and has dropped 20 pts this series, Jrue & Horford can provide two way support.

Series ain't over yet. Knicks have to come with that same fire like they did last night, which was never in question even when BOS went up big.

They still have talent but their shot creation takes a massive hit without him, especially hunting switches as KAT has done a good job on Brown.

brown don't appear to be the same right now either. he's dealing with something. i forget now what it is.

[god shammgod]

boston is better without tatum ? what in the world

[NYKinMIA]

And posters mocked Leon the Don for carefully constructing this team to beat the Celtics.

How's Leon's vision to counter the Celtics looking now?

ball knowers in shambles.

[god shammgod]

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my guy tagged himself

[Guano]

It is so hard to concentrate on work this morning

Getting paid to be a knicks fan after beating the Cs to go up 3-1>>>>>>>>


Were stealing time today!!!!!!!