gradyandrew wrote:

DLeethal wrote:Truthfully I have no idea how we beat this team 4 out of 7. The ONLY way is if all 5 starters start clicking on all cylinders again. We need to get back to early season where we were having 20+ from 4-5 guys a night.

I'm surprised to see you say that when the Knicks have had the same strategy in the playoffs for the past 3 seasons- try to keep it close and then cross your fingers and hope Brunson can bail us out in the end.

We had teams built to play a "contain" style last few years through physical defense, paint dominance, relentless rebounding etc...

This cast is not going to beat up Boston like that and dominate the paint. This team needs to do what it was designed to do which is be an elite offensive team with two elite wing defenders who can get timely stops down the stretch.

DLeethal wrote:Truthfully I have no idea how we beat this team 4 out of 7. The ONLY way is if all 5 starters start clicking on all cylinders again. We need to get back to early season where we were having 20+ from 4-5 guys a night.

Stopping the wide open 3's would be a good start!

Nalod wrote:We'll see if year one in this era (KAT/Bridges} we have enough.

My buddy asks for my prediction? I replied.......Knicks win the first, Split the 1st two. Then go up 2-1.
Then in deep painful fashion lose in 6. Why? Its the way. Knick fans will rejoice then be miserable.

To be Clear, I want this team to beat Boston so bad. I want Clev and Indy to go 7 games and beat each other up.
I want Bridges to quiet this critics, and Kat to avg 20-12. I want them to close them out in 6 with decider in MSG.

Did not expect KP to go Viral. His Virus is acting up. The man is fragile.
Knicks crawled back and the defense was good. Thibs ****ing rules.

Nalod called Game one. I hope the rest of my prognostication is wrong and we take this series.

Panos wrote:Not for nothing, but with a 2-0 lead on the Celtics, Indy a 2-0 lead on the Cavs, its entirely possible the Knicks go to the finals.
I"m getting so stoked at the idea of NY Knicks vs Minny in the finals.
KAT vs Randle
Bridges vs DDV
OG vs AE

To better protect my emotions and health I an in the moment.
I heard a stat today that like Indy finished the season after a rocky start with a 58 win pace.
So with injuries to Cav's this is not a shocker. Indy is good. Hali got his mojo after a bad start to the season. Its respect. The get to conf. finals its no fluke. They had 50 wins and finished strong.

Im loving we up 2-0!
Keep the game within reach and let the best closer in the game do his thing. Its not always pretty, its iso but he is the class of the NBA in the 4th quarter. Knicks are healthy! OG and Bridges are doing really well! Jaylen Brown, Holiday, and KP are not at their best. Teams that win chips don't sustain anymore.
Maybe its our time?

I am entertained!!!!!

Panos wrote:Knicks start off the season 0-4 against Celts... finish 4-4?

I appreciate the enthusiasm but I can't go there. If I do and the team reverts to its mean, and/or Celtics step up to theirs I won't lament on "We blew it". I respect what the Celtics did to get those 20 pt leads and the awesome defense to stifle it by the knicks. These games are not easy to sit thru when the score is wide.
It is a remarkable Knick achievement these first two games! I can only imagine Thibs and his staff are dissecting video and and looking for more details to work with. its the little things that aggregate!

Im not sure MSG is a home advantage at the moment. Knicks doing quite well on the road these days.
Don't get me wrong, I love we up 2-0. Im reminding myself to just enjoy each game as it is, respect the opponent and perhaps see the game vs. the personalities or history. Celtics with a weaken KP has problems with our size. Luke Kornet is doing very well moving without the ball. Horford looks a bit cooked on offense.
Too bad we can't get Precious some minutes or Huk.
Knicks won in part because Josh Hart executed what he was given. He hit his jump shots. For most of the game Boston neutralized the offense from OG and Mikal.

I thought Thibs managed the subs very well last night and obviously pressed the right buttons.
Celtic fans must be going nuts. They need just look up and relish their glorious past with so many banners. Some with knick blood on them. More from a decade of owning the league at the expense of the Lakers and Jerry West!

Are we seeing the master plan from Leon/Rosas/Aller and Thibs? We are healthy. They are with the exception of Houser and KP. It happens!

If we go up 3-0 im prepared. I remember when Yankees were up 3-0 vs. Boston in 2004 and TV guy says "Nobody has ever come back from 0-3....." It turned to my wife and said "Does the longer that fact exist decreese the odds of this continuing or is it due that some team will defy it"? I did not predict it. I just questioned the logic of "if it has yet to happen, then it won't". To me it was due at some point in history. I hated that.

I want to believe. I will try.