Panos wrote:

TheMTL wrote:

Panos wrote:We got NOTHING from the bench tonight.

Honestly, that's on Thibs. Guys need more than 4 minutes

Disagree. Right now, aside from Deuce we don't have any scorers on the bench. The rest are scrubs or non scoring bigs

I wouldn't call Precious a nonscoring big or a scrub

DLeethal wrote:Lame call but I’ll take it. We stole that one and must play better.

But what Jordan Brunson does down the stretch of playoff games is otherworldly.

I don’t know if Jordan Brunson is the best comparison.

I think he’s more Bird Brunson. How I hated Larry and the Celtics in the 80s - they always found a way to win.

Jordan dominated with pure physical ability (& an incredible will to win).

Larry couldn’t jump and was not especially fast, but he could hit ridiculous shots and always was in the right place at the right time.

KnickDanger wrote:

TheMTL wrote:

Panos wrote:We got NOTHING from the bench tonight.

Honestly, that's on Thibs. Guys need more than 4 minutes

I'm guessing if we lost you would say that was on Thibs too.

Duece -16 in 9 minutes
Precious -6 in 4.

franco12 wrote:

DLeethal wrote:Lame call but I’ll take it. We stole that one and must play better.

But what Jordan Brunson does down the stretch of playoff games is otherworldly.

I don’t know if Jordan Brunson is the best comparison.

I think he’s more Bird Brunson. How I hated Larry and the Celtics in the 80s - they always found a way to win.

Jordan dominated with pure physical ability (& an incredible will to win).

Larry couldn’t jump and was not especially fast, but he could hit ridiculous shots and always was in the right place at the right time.

Brunson’s mid range bag in crunch time is best I’ve ever seen since Jordan and Kobe

TheMTL wrote:

Panos wrote:

TheMTL wrote:

Panos wrote:We got NOTHING from the bench tonight.

Honestly, that's on Thibs. Guys need more than 4 minutes

Disagree. Right now, aside from Deuce we don't have any scorers on the bench. The rest are scrubs or non scoring bigs

I wouldn't call Precious a nonscoring big or a scrub

Precious is definitely a non scoring big. Not a guy you can expect offense from. Knicks can’t expect to match this teams bench. We will find a way to win other ways.

The Precious/Mitch minutes were abysmal as expected. I’d rather play 7 than watch that again.

Haliburton is a long pass first PG and when heathy with length on defense. Brunson is a playmaking scoring machine.
Team USA seems front court heavy and I'd think someone will pull up injured and he gets the call.

The "rivalry renewed" was nice TV hype but these teams have not met in years or played an important game vs. each other in 20 years.
Fuck that noise. And Reggie on Wednesday.

Glad Obi did well but we get the win. He wanted out so he can play and get paid. I won't demonize him for that. IQ was on the same track.

Refs were kind to us. Im not going to be a homer about it. We got marginal calls. I did not say "Gifts", just we got home cooking.
Knicks looked tired. Mitch was a bubblehead a few times.
That 3pt shot by iHart to close the first half might have been the difference.
Why is Halliburton so annoying to watch? His highly animated reactions to seemingly every play vs. the stoic cool that is Jalen Brunson?

Love the Win. We are one sprained ankle from not advancing. With a thin bench we are susceptible. Thibs is doing what he needs to do win.
Its who we are but there is a ceiling I'm afraid to this team in this time and place. Teams get injured, Randle is missed.

Like Philly, we were just 3 games better than Indy this season. 47 wins vs. our 50. Parity.

Nalod wrote:Our bench? Precious and Mitch don't score. Deuce needs to be better.
Indy bench is deep and they use it. Its their game. It's how they do what they do.
I don't see easy wins vs them because we'll tire.
OG has to create. We are offensively thin. Jalen can't do it all.
OG defense is the difference. Josh a menace. A wrecking ball. The "Juggernaut"!
Jules and Bojan are missed.
SVG was right. He did not say it was not a foul, he was just surprised they called it. WE got gifted.
Indy fans must be frustrated by how much Brunson got fouled.
Knicks were clutch when they needed to execute a stop and DDV got it done. McConnell is a handful.

Haliburton is a long pass first PG and when heathy with length on defense. Brunson is a playmaking scoring machine.
Team USA seems front court heavy and I'd think someone will pull up injured and he gets the call.

The "rivalry renewed" was nice TV hype but these teams have not met in years or played an important game vs. each other in 20 years.
Fuck that noise. And Reggie on Wednesday.

Glad Obi did well but we get the win. He wanted out so he can play and get paid. I won't demonize him for that. IQ was on the same track.

Refs were kind to us. Im not going to be a homer about it. We got marginal calls. I did not say "Gifts", just we got home cooking.
Knicks looked tired. Mitch was a bubblehead a few times.
That 3pt shot by iHart to close the first half might have been the difference.
Why is Halliburton so annoying to watch? His highly animated reactions to seemingly every play vs. the stoic cool that is Jalen Brunson?

Love the Win. We are one sprained ankle from not advancing. With a thin bench we are susceptible. Thibs is doing what he needs to do win.
Its who we are but there is a ceiling I'm afraid to this team in this time and place. Teams get injured, Randle is missed.

Like Philly, we were just 3 games better than Indy this season. 47 wins vs. our 50. Parity.

Maybe we keep trying Precious to see how many minutes he can float OG or Josh. But it was disastrous last night. I hope we try something a little different. Unless Deuce is banging pull up 3s that unit cannot stay afloat against TJ, Obi, Jackson bench unit. I think Precious at C off the bench would be better than Mitch though. Mitch's inability to handle the ball even for a split second against pressure created some ugly plays last night. He also looks immediately gassed trying to run with this team.

I really think Burks or Shake could eat up minutes more effectively than Precious. Precious is a better player but those guys are more equipped to help the second unit and could potentially give us a scoring punch that we need.