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5/7/2026  3:09 PM
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Chandler wrote:Ny post is saying og day to day w a hammy strain.. questionable for Friday.

Thibs, god dammit.

I wish OG would drink a glass of water before games.

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5/7/2026  3:12 PM    LAST EDITED: 5/7/2026  3:12 PM
ToddTT wrote:
ToddTT wrote:
Chandler wrote:Ny post is saying og day to day w a hammy strain.. questionable for Friday.

Thibs, god dammit.

I wish OG would drink a glass of water before games.

Or at least stretch and warm up before a game. And enough with the Hathaway and Marlboro pregame routine just before tipoff, leave that for halftime

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5/7/2026  3:14 PM
Avoided the worst, in the least

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5/7/2026  3:14 PM
Also noted

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5/7/2026  3:37 PM
Rest OG game 3 we can win it without him
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5/7/2026  4:04 PM
Philc1 wrote:Rest OG game 3 we can win it without him

Let the chips fall where they may but I'd love to see some of the other guys - Shamet, Deuce, Mo, Sochan - get more minutes as appropriate if OG is out for a game.

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5/7/2026  4:47 PM
You can make the case he should play if he feels ok. Ending a series early is rest too for everyone. All depends on how he feels
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5/7/2026  5:07 PM
There's risk with any decision we make at this point. I'd err on side of being conserative and hold him out at least both game 3 and 4. If we win 1 of those 2 I may even prefer to hold him out in game 5 as well. I know we have to get past Sixers to even play Detroit but I think we can all agree that we need OG at full strength to have a good shot at beating Detroit this year. Philly will throw everything at us next game and really should win the next game - if they don't they are truly broken and will lose in 4 or 5. I'd go with Shamet as he is plug and play, offers more size vs Deuce and can get hot. I would keep Deuce as a spark off the bench. The way Shamet positions himself on offense is better for our iso heavy style with Brunson at time. Deuce can dance off the bench as we need that type of movement with the reserves. Wonder if Embiid will play game 3?
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5/7/2026  7:18 PM    LAST EDITED: 5/7/2026  7:18 PM
Just watched this game for the first time ( replay) wtf happened? Our offense kinda fell apart, compared to the previous 4 games. It looked like we went back to mostly ISO. I guess Towns being in foul trouble is the reason. We only have two guys that setup others,Towns and Kolek. And since Kolek is not in the rotation the opposing team just has to go at Towns to get him in foul trouble and our offense becomes crap. It really looked like we had no business winning this game. I hope we return to playing our style of basketball in Philadelphia
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5/7/2026  7:45 PM
Philc1 wrote:Rest OG game 3 we can win it without him

Rest him game 3. If we win, rest him game 4 too.
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5/7/2026  7:46 PM
martin wrote:Also noted

I think pretty much all Deuce lineups are awesome. I expect Shamet might start, but this will be the lineup that plays the most together and finishes.
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5/7/2026  10:21 PM    LAST EDITED: 5/7/2026  10:21 PM
Knixkik wrote:
Philc1 wrote:Rest OG game 3 we can win it without him

Rest him game 3. If we win, rest him game 4 too.

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5/8/2026  12:05 AM
martin wrote:

That was some real veteran play because for the first five minutes the Knicks were jacking up 3 pointers and after they missed some wide open attempts that had been going down before, they just switched to relentlessly getting into the paint. The Celtics they are not.
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SergioNYK wrote:
Disappointed in Mitch honestly. They showed him at shootaround and he didn't look sick. If you're going to "stand on business" you cannot sit out playoff games!

2-0 but it's not over. The OG injury really concerning.

Maybe he was 'sick' because Embiid wasn't playing.
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5/8/2026  12:13 AM
Nalod wrote:Sochan should have played last night. Game one he was "Questionable" given a hammy thing.
But Philly never got big and we played well small to small.

Kolek and Diawa. I understand ths excitement for their futures but Kolek has not played in some time any real minutes and Diawa did come back to earth and did not know where to be on defense at times.

I was thinking the same about Sochan. When he came in for Huk, I was thinking:
"Wow, this should be interesting."
"Where did I read that article about him being an elite rebounder?"
"He played PG for Pop for a season right? Can the Knicks run those same flex sets as they do with KAT?"
"Wait, where the **** is he? Back on the bench???"
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5/8/2026  12:15 AM
SergioNYK wrote:I'd take the risk and have OG sit out until he's 100%. We can beat the Sixers without him. We should be able to win 2 of the next 5! We need a healthy OG for the ECF and Finals if we get there!

Agree completely! Just sit him out until he's 100%.
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5/8/2026  12:18 AM
martin wrote:Avoided the worst, in the least

I hate how he says 'one of the' He's been the best,sorry Jaden McDonald's.
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5/8/2026  12:19 AM
martin wrote:Also noted

Fire! Exactly!
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