PG: Knicks coast vs Celtics 2-0

Knick4Real · Post #81 » by **Knick4Real** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 4:18 am

I love seeing our guys gradually getting comfortable with the new system.

I love seeing our guys establish camaraderie and appear to genuinely like playing together.

I love what Mike Brown has done so far.

I love that the KNICKS are 2-0!!

Oh, and I gotta shout out some love to Amazon Prime. I did kinda like their broadcast and the fact that I could pause the game, come back whenever I wanted, and skip commercials.

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT!!! :nod:

Post #82 » by **mpharris36** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 4:29 am

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Post #83 » by **Capn'O** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 4:36 am

Knick4Real wrote:I love seeing our guys gradually getting comfortable with the new system.

I love seeing our guys establish camaraderie and appear to genuinely like playing together.

I love what Mike Brown has done so far.

I love that the KNICKS are 2-0!!

Oh, and I gotta shout out some love to Amazon Prime. I did kinda like their broadcast and the fact that I could pause the game, come back whenever I wanted, and skip commercials.

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT!!!

ctorres · Post #84 » by **ctorres** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 4:59 am

is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

sol537 · Post #85 » by **sol537** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:15 am

ctorres wrote:is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

Probably match up dependent and that’s how it should be. OKC was flexible with their starting lineup all through last playoffs.

WaltFrazier · Post #86 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:23 am

CDAZ wrote:
HarthorneWingo wrote:
DaGawd wrote:the east is ours

Yup. We’re the best team in the East

Magic and the hawks concern me

Raptors destroyed Hawks opening night

ScienceOfLosing · Post #87 » by **ScienceOfLosing** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:25 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:Josh Hart grabbing 14 boards in 19 minutes. Dude is an all-time teammate.

Love the guy but he was also a minus 2 and shot 1 for 8 (0-3 3pters).
If his right finger ligament injury is bothering his shot, then give those shots to someone else. At least cut way back. He shoots with his right hand and is wearing a splint.
You don’t shoot out of an injury.

ctorres · Post #88 » by **ctorres** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:27 am

sol537 wrote:
ctorres wrote:is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

Probably match up dependent and that’s how it should be. OKC was flexible with their starting lineup all through last playoffs.

Against the Heat and Bucks coming up, I'd start Deuce for both

Post #89 » by **mpharris36** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:42 am

ctorres wrote:is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

I think its more matchup dependent. The fact we already have seen it like 20 minutes so far this season compared to 40 minutes the entire season last year is a big win for playing 5 out.

Also we got a glimpse that the defense can be respectable with KAT at the 5 with Deuce, OG, and Mikal flying around.

Enzo954 · Post #90 » by **Enzo954** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:59 am

Why won't Hart just get surgery on that finger and come back when he's healed? His shot is hot garbage.

8516knicks · Post #91 » by **8516knicks** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 7:36 am

robillionaire wrote:
Butch718 wrote:
robillionaire wrote:Other notes

Clarkson was a +12 and Shamet was a -8 (worst). I don’t know why Shamet plays and hopefully his minutes decrease soon.

Not sure where some of the guys from game 1 went. No hukporti, Jamison..

Shamet and Clarkson are interchangeable. You play whomever is shooting well, and limit their minutes the moment they have a couple of bad sequences.

Disappointed that Huk didn’t play. He would have killed them on the boards tonight.

Well we did outrebound them 53-37 nonetheless even with playing smaller lineups

Because the Knicks have Hart.

spree2kawhi · Post #92 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:36 am

Enzo954 wrote:Why won't Hart just get surgery on that finger and come back when he's healed? His shot is hot garbage.

That’s what I also think he should do. Who cares about the first 40 games when this team is stacked?

MrDollarBills · Post #93 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:50 am

Prior to the game

Kampuchea · Post #94 » by **Kampuchea** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:56 am

spree2kawhi wrote:
Enzo954 wrote:Why won't Hart just get surgery on that finger and come back when he's healed? His shot is hot garbage.

That’s what I also think he should do. Who cares about the first 40 games when this team is stacked?

He should have had the surgery already. Even without it, He’s still going to help us with his rebounding and running the break at least.

Besart19 · Post #95 » by **Besart19** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:18 am

Brunson has to improve a lot as a playmaker... our team is very similar to the Cavs teams with Irving and Love minus Lebron

Either Brunson becomes a better playmaker or we have to find a point forward to do the Lebron fascilitator on offense to help both KAT and Brunson get theirs

Hart can do some of that but if he doesnt shoof and score he becomes a net negarive... Giannis would be great though

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Kampuchea · Post #96 » by **Kampuchea** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:23 am

Edit….oops Mpharris posted already.

Brown rubbed one off on OG

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/oQZNTqbz2Y

Boozer still the GOAT of painted heads though.

KnixinSix · Post #97 » by **KnixinSix** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:24 am

ctorres wrote:is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

Almost every statistic last couple years showed the Deuce/Brunny backcourt as being one of our best combinations. Brown as with any coach not caught up in their own blindness is likely going to give that combination more playing time.

Shoutout to Hart who came in and was an absolute vacuum cleaner on rebounds especially on the offensive end.

Clarkson is shooting less and defending more ....that is a perfect role for him on this team. The fact that he won DPOG shows what Mike Brown is thinking. I like it.

KnixinSix · Post #98 » by **KnixinSix** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:33 am

mpharris36 wrote:
ctorres wrote:is our new starting lineup going forward gonna be Jalen, Deuce, Mikal, OG, and KAT?

I think its more matchup dependent. The fact we already have seen it like 20 minutes so far this season compared to 40 minutes the entire season last year is a big win for playing 5 out.

Also we got a glimpse that the defense can be respectable with KAT at the 5 with Deuce, OG, and Mikal flying around.

The defense being respectable with Brunson/KAT and with Deuce, OG, and Mikal flying around is further proof just how THIBS inflexibillity both in lineup combinations and scheme was the main culprit for our defensive lapses.

Small sample size but Knicks lead NBA in least points given up for any team that has played 2 games so far.

Its amazing how proper scheme and player utilization makes such a difference in any sport.

2010 · Post #99 » by **2010** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:38 am

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thebuzzardman · Post #100 » by **thebuzzardman** » Sat Oct 25, 2025 10:07 am

NiceLikeChrist wrote:
thebuzzardman wrote:The reffing was disgraceful and disgusting

What was the issue? Couldn’t catch this one

Boston was allowed to grab and shove pretty blatantly; Knicks weren't getting same liberties. Then Celtics got some soft fouls called for them for +1.
Saw some pretty obvious moving screens by the Celts not called. Knicks got rung up for some offensive fouls.
Just call the game the same both ways.

Also, KAT and JB get mauled with no calls on a level I've never seen for good players.

Then again, the NBA doesn't really call fouls on layups anymore unless someone is obviously hacked.
Which they've admitted is the case, so too many FTs "disrupt the flow"
Ok. Get rid of replay then too.