LivingLegend wrote:

Nalod wrote:
Yes, it was a choke and Hali enshrined now as a top villain. Now perhaps one can understand why Thibs does not pull players off the court too soon because this is the NBA and lightening can strike. Want to yell about a young man who under pressure in the Mecca destroyed us and all you got is he put out the choke sign and and he annoys you? That shot dropping thru was incredible theatre. Nesbits shots time and time again leading to it was incredible. Daggers for two minutes!
Its not like its a systemic issue for knicks........They don't collapse like that often.

Chander, take the loss like a man. Not some entitled fanboy. Grow a pair. Look at you man, he in your head cause you let him. You do understand that WWE thing with Brunson as is all wrestling is kind of made up, right? You do see that fans near the court were yelling **** at him all night? You think cause he in the "Mecca" he should not have reacted as he did? He ****ing earned the moment. He lead that attack and snatched that game from us. Part choke, but make no bones about it the Pacers rained threes over and over again. They executed a come back. They snatched a win. If you don't see that thru the hurt thats not on me. The Sweatshirt thing? It was Funny **** last year. Was it a classy thing to do? NO. Brunson would not have done it. But here we are a year later and he backed it up. If they advance its a iconic moment for the franchise. Like Larry's 4 pt play and H20's shot. Knick fans still have those moments 25 years later cuz we have not won a chip. Neither have they. He caught some **** for that sweatshirt and now he backed it up and has his own moment. What do you have? "Idiot Nalod"? Be funny as **** if you saw "Idiot Nalod" tee shirts pop up in your neighborhood now. They'd all be laughing at you. Take the loss like a man. Dignify yourself.

Cringe worthy sanctimonious post -- YUCK.

Yes, CHandler had a hissy fit and started calling me "The idiot Nalod".
If calling one out for not taking the high road is "Sanctimonious" then so be it.

HofstraBBall wrote:

DLeethal wrote:

Panos wrote:Why is it that none of our non-primary scorers have HUGE historic games at opportune moments? Hell, when is the last time KAT had a monster game?

Brunson has had more than you can count lol

KAT had a monster game last night and also had insane clutch game winning buckets vs DET in game 3.

KAT has absolutely played to expectations . Has won me over. Just has to stay away from some of his dumb fouls.

Has to pull his hands back as if he’s guarding passing lanes ( even if he’s not)

That’s what they have Mitch doing and his stupid fouls are way down

We learn our lesson and win in 5!

If they don't play mad like they allowed themselves to get punked the other night...honestly my first reaction is F@ck them....... they're not ready with this group to take that next step...hope that is not the case...

IND is very beatable for us, we obviously should have won that game, and going back to last years playoffs we've handled them just about every game where we had any kind of health.

Gotta bounce back, season on the line tonight. And I think we will.

ekstarks94 wrote:Honestly...this was a wake up call....either this slap and the face and Hali with the choke sign will make them get serious..like losing Game 5 in BOS and blowing out BOS in 6 & losing Game 5 at home and clinching in Game 6 on the road.

If they don't play mad like they allowed themselves to get punked the other night...honestly my first reaction is F@ck them....... they're not ready with this group to take that next step...hope that is not the case...

I was listening to NBA radio about a week ago, and I think it was Sam Mitchell who was saying that winning the way they did in Boston, with the reaction from the fans and the city, and the Knicks becoming the kings of the town, everyone singing their praises and naming streets after them, was probably the most dangerous thing that could have happened for them. They basically had 4-5 days to get pampered with praise and have everyone tell them they are the greatest things on earth. We know this team responds best after they get slapped in the face. They don't respond well to success all the time which is why we can never close out a 3-1 series and usually get walloped in game 5s.

Although I don't think he was right all the way because we played extremely well to give ourselves a 99.7% chance to win with less than 5 mins left, maybe we needed another slap in the face like Game 5 vs Boston.

I hope and pray we can blow them out tonight and get momentum back on our side. It's not hyperbole to say the season is on the line tonight. Falling down 0-2 at home and our chances of winning the series fall to about 10-15% probably.

DLeethal wrote:

ekstarks94 wrote:Honestly...this was a wake up call....either this slap and the face and Hali with the choke sign will make them get serious..like losing Game 5 in BOS and blowing out BOS in 6 & losing Game 5 at home and clinching in Game 6 on the road.

If they don't play mad like they allowed themselves to get punked the other night...honestly my first reaction is F@ck them....... they're not ready with this group to take that next step...hope that is not the case...

I was listening to NBA radio about a week ago, and I think it was Sam Mitchell who was saying that winning the way they did in Boston, with the reaction from the fans and the city, and the Knicks becoming the kings of the town, everyone singing their praises and naming streets after them, was probably the most dangerous thing that could have happened for them. They basically had 4-5 days to get pampered with praise and have everyone tell them they are the greatest things on earth. We know this team responds best after they get slapped in the face. They don't respond well to success all the time which is why we can never close out a 3-1 series and usually get walloped in game 5s.

Although I don't think he was right all the way because we played extremely well to give ourselves a 99.7% chance to win with less than 5 mins left, maybe we needed another slap in the face like Game 5 vs Boston.

I hope and pray we can blow them out tonight and get momentum back on our side. It's not hyperbole to say the season is on the line tonight. Falling down 0-2 at home and our chances of winning the series fall to about 10-15% probably.

We came out and did what we had to do... for 45 minutes. But IND is really good at causing late game havok, give them all the credit in the world. yes you need some luck to do what they did and they certainly got it, but thats who they are.

Its funny they probably outscored us by about 30 points the 1st 4 minutes of the game and the last 4 minutes, so we gotta do a better job there.

Yes season absolutely on the line tonight, if we lose, we weren't meant to have this. Like the TNT crew said, this might be the best chance at a Knicks championship in some of these players careers, IND is VERY beatable. Losing to OKC would be one thing, but losing to IND would feel like blowing it.

Chandler wrote:I'll have to adjust my prediction of Knicks in 4

We learn our lesson and win in 5!