Philc1 wrote:

DJMUSIC wrote:

Knicks bench
Quigley
Grimes
Obi

Fully useless
.. so far for most part
in the Series

Quickley stinking at both ends. And it’s not just this series

It’s time to start focusing on guys who are going to step up in the playoffs. Knicks have some great momentum and need to improve by adding guys who will provide big boosts in the playoffs.

VDesai wrote:Not only are we missing 3s, they then hit the shot clock so theres no rebound

I could understand if starting Hart helped with our shooting. We are missing the same shots with him starting. Why disrupt the rotation to this degree to still be having the same problems anyway.

Clean wrote:

VDesai wrote:Not only are we missing 3s, they then hit the shot clock so theres no rebound

I could understand if starting Hart helped with our shooting. We are missing the same shots with him starting. Why disrupt the rotation to this degree to still be having the same problems anyway.

SergioNYK wrote:There goes IQ's season. Great regular season, awful playoffs. Hopefully he learns from this.

Amen.. that sums it up
My /OUR hope still for Knicks

HOWEVER before this series, though I think Knicks All the way,
MIAMI Hear is BETTER at this point of season for Playoffs Basketball

Butler ain't even 100% he gets 20+ points
and rest of BUTLER-Less Heat players Still KICKING Knicks Ass,
On 2nd chance attempts, at FT shooting, FG Shooting. Hustle plays
You name it , HEAT got a step up on us.

Our Bench seems in Awe on Floor and Overmatched.

YOU'd Think Knicks was Playing the GS Warriors, Denver Nugggets, OR any Other Stealth NBA Playoff hungry
team.

Other than less than 100% Randle and Brunson,
rest of Knicks NO MATCH so Far. However we got Game #4 is all we got for Season.
THIS players overwhelmed SHIT AINT Tom Thibs fault. *Period

We started this game with little to no intensity or sense of urgency and that was surprising. I did not expect us to walk out like zombies to start and get down big early. Considering how poised and well this team played in Cleveland. Chalk it to inexperience I guess. But the lack of shooting and scoring just sucked the life out of the entire team. And this poor shooting is not a fluke! We haven't shot well the entire season. Games like game two are the fluke where we uncharacteristically shoot decent from three. That is not going to happen 90% of the time! This is why I think going up against this Miami team might have been the worst opponent for us. They are just too experienced and shoot the ball so much better that it's hard to compete.

Even tougher when your top two players play and shoot like crap. Randle especially was annoying in this game. Typical sleep walking Randle game where he plays as if he's a rookie and has no awareness defensively. Brunson did not look himself either. Looks a step slow like he did in game two so the time off didn't really do much. Went 0/5 from three which is killer.

And the lack of bench production, which was one of the biggest strengths the entire season, has been another killer. One of the worst things that happened was Grimes getting hurt. It sent Hart to that starting lineup and he's better suited off the bench on this team. It provides better balance and spacing. Having RJ and Hart together doesn't work against Miami. But I don't see Thibs changing this now.

Sucks to see IQ get injured. That looked bad and I would be surprised if he's back this season. Hopefully his poor playoffs are growing pains and he'll learn and get better from it. That's basically where I am with the entire team. Just go down fighting and learn from it for the future. Going forward, yeah we're down 2-1 but it's hard to see us beating that team three more times in 4 games. At least we didn't get swept! And I just don't want the season to end in game five at MSG.