Nalod wrote:
If we can maintain our 3 seed and rest up a bit and no injuries the most prepared coach in the business will have these guys ready to destroy. Yes, all teams at full health. Bring it.

I don’t know what was funnier.

The part where you wrote, if we can “rest up a bit” or having “the most prepared coach in the business.”

Would love the Pacers, but thinking that for the path to the Finals, if we were to drop into the 4th position - Pacers get the Pistons unless they pass the Bucks, which is possible, and then the line up with the Celtics and we get the Cavs- certainly no pushover - but lately they’ve hit a rough patch and maybe they are like the Rangers last year- great record in the regular season, then brittle in the playoffs.

Now - with the Bucks - I don’t worry about Giannis - but Dame could go insane and carry them through us. I suspect OG would be able to stop him, though.

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That series against the Bucks was stolen from us. Melo got fouled all day and the Pacers center ( what's his face) was apparently " straight up"

VDesai wrote:4 game lead on Indy with 8 games left and we own the tie break so they would have to essentially play 5 games better than us.

I believe the magic number now sits at 4....so any combination of 4 knick wins or Indy losses gives us the 3.

Milwaukee without Dame is a compromised team and even with Dame I think we have the advantage.

BTW I would not want to be playing the Pacers right now. Haliburton looks way healthier post all star break and is rolling. They could get hot in the right series and be trouble.

and they still are 1 game over 500 vs teams over 500, unlike the NY Knicks who are 12 & 18.

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Bucks please!

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I love the bucks matchup. We cannot guard Cade

Knicks are still not locked into the 3. Magic no.1 is 1, but the Knicks have to face Celtics, Pistons, Cavs over their next 3. Indy with a game against Washington next. MIght take longer to get the 3 than we think.

Milwaukee now a game ahead of Detroit. They play each other twice at the end of the year, but Detroit needs to win at least one of their next 2 to keep this in range to get the 5. Its now looking increasingly likely we are 3 and Detroit is 6. Still Milwaukee could slip and Detroit can finish strong.

martin wrote:Do all fan bases do this or is it just Knicks fans that are so insecure?

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Knick fans eat this **** up. We miss the starphuch I suppose.
That off season buzz that its all gonna be better.

Dude was like "I'd like to see it play out first"? Like WTF, nobody is firing Thibs before the playoffs.
If we falter vs a way lessor opponent, what happend and why? It matters.
The old "Some young bright college coach or some bright assistant"...AKA, some untested entity unless you can get someone that won like Mike Malone or Sports?

All fans do this **** when disappointed. Think another can do better. Its a hope. A starphuch hope.

Panos wrote:

VDesai wrote:This is getting spicy.

Knicks are still not locked into the 3. Magic no.1 is 1, but the Knicks have to face Celtics, Pistons, Cavs over their next 3. Indy with a game against Washington next. MIght take longer to get the 3 than we think.

Milwaukee now a game ahead of Detroit. They play each other twice at the end of the year, but Detroit needs to win at least one of their next 2 to keep this in range to get the 5. Its now looking increasingly likely we are 3 and Detroit is 6. Still Milwaukee could slip and Detroit can finish strong.

If Milwaukee finishes 5th, we may WANT to slip to 4th.
The interesting thing is beating Pistons this week makes more likely Knicks stay in 3rd, and more likely they stay in 6th. At which point we face the Pistons.
However, losing to them makes it more likely Knicks slip to 4th, and more likely they move up to 5th! At which point we face the Pistons.
Its the Piston Paradox!

It’s unlikely we don’t clinch the 3 seed. Only thing might save us from pistons is they have 2 games left with the bucks.