2025 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #3 New York Knicks vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND leads 2-1)

scrabbarista · Post #181 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:49 am

doogie_hauser wrote:TJ is getting too many easy shots/good looks in the paint. Not good enough defence from the Knicks

There's no center on the floor.

NiceLikeChrist · Post #182 » by **NiceLikeChrist** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:50 am

Saddest part is we will have bozos trying to justify thibs line of thinking if shamet and wright stink it up when the entire point is to play them during the season and get them comfortable in different lineups and situations so you aren’t throwing them into the fire for the first time down 0-2 in the ECF

Post #183 » by **Nuntius** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:50 am

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:I keep waiting for Mathurin to step up and … he’s just not.

Dudes mentality seems built for the playoffs, but it’s just not happening for him.

To be fair to him, this is his first playoffs and his play style doesn't really fit with the rest of the team. I hoped for a better performance as well but I'm willing to give him more chances.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #184 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:50 am

Handlez wrote:TJ best backup PG in league history

He’s truly gotta be up there.

Oddly enough, this has been his worst year as a Pacer. He was getting out played by our two-way contract guy Quenton Jackson by the end of the regular season, but McConnell has been stepping it back up lately.

knicksfan974 · Post #185 » by **knicksfan974** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:50 am

ProcessDoctor wrote:New York looks exhausted. This is why Thib's teams will never get there. ****'s unsustainable.

If the Knicks were to lose this series then let it be a sweep so we at least will certainly get rid of Thibs. He is holding the team back.

scrabbarista · Post #186 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:51 am

Mathurin matterin'!

Post #187 » by **Nuntius** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:52 am

That was funny :lol:

doogie_hauser · Post #188 » by **doogie_hauser** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

schnakenpopanz wrote:Knicks have to get rid of Towns. His decision making is sub par.

Meanwhile Randle is cooking for the Wolves in the West play-offs.

KAT has never really been a good play-off performer tbh, don't know why anyone thought things would be different in New York.

Patches Perry · Post #189 » by **Patches Perry** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

Lol @ that letting the ball roll.

Zeno · Post #190 » by **Zeno** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.

jkvonny · Post #191 » by **jkvonny** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

WTF was that?? Lol

Rugby play? :lol:

scrabbarista · Post #192 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

Haha, so funny!

ibraheim718 · Post #193 » by **ibraheim718** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:53 am

Let this 5 gel Thibs

SerialChiller · Post #194 » by **SerialChiller** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:54 am

What the hell was that haha

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #195 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:54 am

Pacers doing a good job of holding it down with Haliburton on the bench.

NiceLikeChrist · Post #196 » by **NiceLikeChrist** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:54 am

Zeno wrote:There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.

I promise you we aren’t. We are hardly running any plays at all.

scrabbarista · Post #197 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:54 am

Zeno wrote:There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.

I mean, if he's not in the NBA for that, then why is he in the NBA.

Stone · Post #198 » by **Stone** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:55 am

You can’t expect good production from a player who has to get readjusted to being out there.

ibraheim718 · Post #199 » by **ibraheim718** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:55 am

Shamet and Wright were better defensively and the team was running sets not dribbling the air out of the ball.. he should've left Brunson on the bench for a little while longer.. that 5 was getting easier looks.

Zeno · Post #200 » by **Zeno** » Mon May 26, 2025 12:56 am

scrabbarista wrote:
Zeno wrote:There is no way the Knicks should be running plays for Shamet movement threes.

I mean, if he's not in the NBA for that, then why is he in the NBA.

A valid question.

Who wins Game 3?