Nalod wrote:

martin wrote:You know you wanna watch it!

I did watch it!!!

"Why don't other teams do this".......
Well, you need players that can handle this coaching this. Miami is good like this. Spo does it well. You need attention to detail and a "Culture" where players come in and will not get offense touches and we all know thats how you get paid in the NBA. So perhaps thats why Thibs gets a bad rap by many in the league. They don't want to expend the energy on defense and then get called out for offensive production decline because of it. Cam could not adapt. Obi. It happens.
Guys like Josh do get paid. iHart will get paid. Duece spend three years offensively challenged but he had the defense down.
Do it right and you get paid here.

One more time......That defense wore the 76ers out. Had to just keep it close enough then go for the kill.

The funny thing is Thibs stock is rising so high and the Knicks culture is rivaling every team including the Heat, so much so that players who voted against Thibs are probably looking deep into their own soul with disgust for feeling that way.

Its not that Thibs was at fault at not doing things earlier. He did them in a timely fashion. iHart was not overly upset and I think Richard Jeff was pretty ok calling them real fouls. There was contact. Embiid get to the line more than any other player. He is the best in the NBA at drawing contact. Its not conspiracy. Its real. Maybe Thibs knew exactly what hew as doing with Isiah?

We won the game. Thats the only certainty I have! LOL!!

Nalod wrote:iHart in first half kept Embiid in check. You saw the video. They made him and maxey work hard.
As for the fouls that piled up in the 3rd? That was a desperate team that went to its strongest hand and it did get Embiid to the line. Nurse had little choice. But it exhausted his star player. When OG took over he was very clear he would not get tangled up with him which gave Embiid shots. Ones he did not hit.

Its not that Thibs was at fault at not doing things earlier. He did them in a timely fashion. iHart was not overly upset and I think Richard Jeff was pretty ok calling them real fouls. There was contact. Embiid get to the line more than any other player. He is the best in the NBA at drawing contact. Its not conspiracy. Its real. Maybe Thibs knew exactly what hew as doing with Isiah?

We won the game. Thats the only certainty I have! LOL!!

there was contact but there's contact on just about every play, especially in the playoffs.

It was probably the best officiated game of the series, but they def got ticky tacky with Ihart for a while there, and that Lowry 3 over Brunson on the floor was just silly... talk about a "non basketball play".

Rookie wrote:I hope they make an Embiid bobble head that blinks with one eye

I hope they turn the Embiid nut kick into a finishing move in Mortal Kombat.

shinmen wrote:I cannot imagine how proud Rick Brunson must be of seeing his son becoming a Knicks legend in front of his eyes.

Agreed but what I reallly love is when Deuce hit big 3 and Rick flew off the bench pumping his fist for Deuce.

I think Rick is low-key adding toughness to this squad.

LivingLegend wrote:

gradyandrew wrote:I just think IHart vs Embiid is a bad matchup. Next round vs. Turner or Lopez will be fine.

If Randle had gotten surgery the day after the injury, would he be ready to come back now?

On I-Hart just work more early and keep hands off his body - can live with that but not the reach in’s.

On Randle I really go back/forth - we miss hiss physicality and points BUT we don’t miss the lazy rotations, not running back on D, ball-stopping and dumb plays. Right now we are a tough unit — Julius is often playing in his own gym.

I dunno. I think Randle has embraced Brunson as the team general and it was having a good effect on Randle as the season went on.

LivingLegend wrote:

martin wrote:

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/clutchpoints/status/1784677310655770678

WOW - I would not have thought that.

For me it’s incredible the refs continue to give him the arm swing/hold fouls and also giving him 2 shots.

He’s a guy I wouldn’t want to watch on Knicks - say that with all sincerity.

same

DLeethal wrote:

Nalod wrote:

martin wrote:You know you wanna watch it!

I did watch it!!!

"Why don't other teams do this".......
Well, you need players that can handle this coaching this. Miami is good like this. Spo does it well. You need attention to detail and a "Culture" where players come in and will not get offense touches and we all know thats how you get paid in the NBA. So perhaps thats why Thibs gets a bad rap by many in the league. They don't want to expend the energy on defense and then get called out for offensive production decline because of it. Cam could not adapt. Obi. It happens.
Guys like Josh do get paid. iHart will get paid. Duece spend three years offensively challenged but he had the defense down.
Do it right and you get paid here.

One more time......That defense wore the 76ers out. Had to just keep it close enough then go for the kill.

The funny thing is Thibs stock is rising so high and the Knicks culture is rivaling every team including the Heat, so much so that players who voted against Thibs are probably looking deep into their own soul with disgust for feeling that way.

You know Embiid voting against Thibs in the poll with all the bots lol

BigDaddyG wrote:

martin wrote:What is going on?

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://www.twitter.com/tinacervasio/status/1784757141976342592

This shows that there is hope you and Wally can squash your differences.

It's deathmatch or nothing. I don't give me good odds lol