Chandler wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:I actually fell asleep in the third quarter. I woke up and my wife told me they won !

Martin is this ban-able offense?

I turned game off at halftime, so I'm not sure what's going on

I don't like this brand of basketball, going all ISO Brunson to save our asses from blowing G1 at home. The reason why we were down was because we forgot how we played the last 7 games. If this continues and we don't go back to our brand of basketball we are not winning this series. I don't want to see the greatest come back in Knick playoffs history ( it was) I want none of that. I just want a solid game. Passing, cutting. Is that too much to ask?

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ramtour420 wrote:I have no idea why we stopped playing winning basketball all of a sudden. Towns had the ball ready to pass all day and not a single cut the whole game. Not one. why the F? KAT pissed me off, why are you grabbing the guy by the arm? Are you trying to throw the game? Stupid, dump,retarded. Did it twice too. Double retarded. He played good defense tho,like really good.
Mitch....he really hurt us. I understand that he cannot shoot free throws and we haven't figured out how to hide that. Whoever is working with him on free throws should be fired or Mitch is just a stubborn *******. It's one or the other. No other explanation why there is no arc on that shot. Zero arc and zero explanation. If he shot it the proper way and missed, I could live with that. What he is doing is not forgivable. Even the announcers we saying how we cannot get into a rhythm if he is going to the line every time. I want him off my team, I hope we don't extend him. Oh, oh one last thing - wtf was he doing trying to dunk that ball when he caught it outside the paint? Just grab that, gather and go up strong. Fuck.

I don't like this brand of basketball, going all ISO Brunson to save our asses from blowing G1 at home. The reason why we were down was because we forgot how we played the last 7 games. If this continues and we don't go back to our brand of basketball we are not winning this series. I don't want to see the greatest come back in Knick playoffs history ( it was) I want none of that. I just want a solid game. Passing, cutting. Is that too much to ask?

we definitely had to adjust because CLE was not allowing the backdoor cuts, so it was back to Brunson ball... but thats what you gotta do, teams cant take away everything.

OG also didnt look like himself and he's the primary off ball cutter

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martin wrote:

Chandler wrote:

Alpha1971 wrote:I actually fell asleep in the third quarter. I woke up and my wife told me they won !

Martin is this ban-able offense?

I turned game off at halftime, so I'm not sure what's going on

We were down 22 so I got up and washed dishes. My son was screaming and I got back we were down single digits. What a great finish.

Nalod wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:I have no idea why we stopped playing winning basketball all of a sudden. Towns had the ball ready to pass all day and not a single cut the whole game. Not one. why the F? KAT pissed me off, why are you grabbing the guy by the arm? Are you trying to throw the game? Stupid, dump,retarded. Did it twice too. Double retarded. He played good defense tho,like really good.
Mitch....he really hurt us. I understand that he cannot shoot free throws and we haven't figured out how to hide that. Whoever is working with him on free throws should be fired or Mitch is just a stubborn *******. It's one or the other. No other explanation why there is no arc on that shot. Zero arc and zero explanation. If he shot it the proper way and missed, I could live with that. What he is doing is not forgivable. Even the announcers we saying how we cannot get into a rhythm if he is going to the line every time. I want him off my team, I hope we don't extend him. Oh, oh one last thing - wtf was he doing trying to dunk that ball when he caught it outside the paint? Just grab that, gather and go up strong. Fuck.

I don't like this brand of basketball, going all ISO Brunson to save our asses from blowing G1 at home. The reason why we were down was because we forgot how we played the last 7 games. If this continues and we don't go back to our brand of basketball we are not winning this series. I don't want to see the greatest come back in Knick playoffs history ( it was) I want none of that. I just want a solid game. Passing, cutting. Is that too much to ask?

I think Clev has to get some props for covering the Cuts and with the twin towers they have the lenght to cover KAT. He was holding the ball and movement was not materializing. Atkinson is a good coach and until fatigue set in I thought Cavs executed a very good game plan. Knicks could not hit a shot and as the game was slipping Knicks went iso in that bad way. KAT falling and getting upset with no call, and Brunson was taking bad shots vs. good coverage. OG had nothing from the outside, Duece was not Loose, and Allen was covering the paint really well. Hell of a block on KAT!

I did not pick up Mitchell hobbling. Makes sense as he was not touching the ball as much down the stretch.

Cav's did a good job until they could not execute. Knicks did not do anything different but execute what Cav's gave them.
Atkinson said they stopped moving the ball. Well, that happens with fatigue. They had a different path then us, and its playoff ball and you play the money guys big minutes. Cavs's are better this year than in the past but at a cost of depth.

I agree. Cavs had a great game plan on the JB screen for OG. They shut down the pass to OG. Brunson had a couple of slips though and got some buckets of KAT passes. Let's see what Brown will do now to counter what they are doing.

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uh oh

They had a game in Abu Dubai preseason which I gather was when photo was taken.
Relax, Just because Landry looks the part embracing local attire on a day it was probably over 100 degrees does not mean he is a terrorist.

So glad I did not turn it off! I've been around too long to know it's truly never over until it's over. I regret not going to the game! This was something we'll remember for a long time! We've been where the Cavs are today after that choke and know how they are feeling. I do not want to jump ahead but that type of loss ends your season. Not sure how or if they can recover. We certainly didn't last season against Indiana. And I truly believe what happened last season was a a huge reason why Brunson went nuclear in the 4th! Some of his makes made no sense! The ball hit the top of the backboard at a weird angle and magically went in! A big thank you to Kenny Atkindson for leaving Harden all alone against Brunson like that! Didn't call a timeout either! And when they started doubling and trapping Brunson, others stepped up! Mikal was unbelievable! Hit those two threes and had that GTA5-like steal coming from behind Strus! And Shamet!!! Big threes and suffocating defense!!! Great move by Mike Brown to finish the game with him over Hart!!! I wanted to strangle KAT with those holding fouls! Can he please stop smiling after every foul? It's irritating!

It's amazing how a game and the narrative can change so quickly. If we went on to lose this game by 22, how would we be feeling? This was a tough game to watch for three and a half quarters. The 9 days off looked the worst thing that could have happened. We looked out or sync in every aspect. Nobody could hit a 3 and our defense was a step slow. And I was thinking if this was the OG we're going to have, we will not win this series. OG finished strong and he did elevate high for an attempted dunk so he looks to be healthy, just was rusty. The whole team was rusty. I think we found our groove and should be a lot better next game and rest of the series. I know it's just one game but I'm feeling good!!!

Chandler wrote:

BlueKnickers wrote:Best case scenario:

Knicks take care of business in 4 games. I believe in them. They can do it.

Spurs & OKC beat the piss out of each other for 7 games while JB pets his doggie in the TV room

If we just look back a few pages it looked like your belief was wavering!

Next time that happens throw a glass of cold water in your face, slap yourself a few times and get back to cheering

Electrodes on Nipples!