SergioNYK wrote:

martin wrote:Mitch will come back in Beast Redemption mode

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I am beyond angry and disappointed in him.

I don't know man. That's a little strong. He made a mistake. He took it like a man. He will learn from it. This is the 2nd year of this team in the playoffs. Part of the journey.

A trend I hate with the Knicks is they let the Sixers press JB from the jump, while we let the ball roll to half-court, giving the opponent extra time most games in the 4th, when they should be pressing and killing every second when we are ahead late. Maxey hit that dagger with 8 seconds left, 8 seconds they could have easily killed throughout the 4th quarter. I understand getting back on D, but get Deuce on Maxey and work him all the way down the court and kill extra time when ahead. Sometimes simple things make a big difference.

DLeethal wrote:

DJMUSIC wrote:
This BETTER NOT GO TO GAME #7 !

The whole team blew game
Led by coach Tom Thibs refusal to foul?
With damn clock ⏰️ on Knickerbocker side

#TOMTHIBSBLEWIT!

I don't think anyone was expecting Maxey to shoot it from 45 feet. He obviously did that to avoid the foul situation. And I also think you probably live with not fouling if the guy is gonna shoot it from 45 feet.

NYKBocker wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

martin wrote:Mitch will come back in Beast Redemption mode

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I am beyond angry and disappointed in him.

I don't know man. That's a little strong. He made a mistake. He took it like a man. He will learn from it. This is the 2nd year of this team in the playoffs. Part of the journey.

Imagine how many excuses Embiid would've made if in the same spot. I'm proud of the way Mitch handled that and himself. He is what he is and we need to accept it in it's totality. He never should've been on the floor THAT late and up 6. At that point, we should've had our best perimeter defenders (and ballhandlers on the floor) because 3s were the only thing that could hurt us....and they did.

Chandler wrote:
I hope those people who were lobbying to tank near end of season and not seek the 2 seed will step forward now and confess. This is why you want home court advantage

Maxey played like a stud. Personally i think we need to do better in denying him the ball. Once he gets it he's a problem. Play him tight, he blows by. Sag and he shoots.

We're all disappointed today because game was in our hands. We just need to regain our composure and go out again. Our team, and plan, is better than theirs. Their plan is maxey needs to play like superman

I personally wanted the no.2 seed but all 30 NBA arenas represent a homecourt advantage for us. We just have the good graces to allow denizens of those cities to occupy them when the New York Knicks are not in town.

nycericanguy wrote:That was the old Mitch there, biting on fakes and jumping into 3pt shooters. he's done a great job of cutting that out but that was such a horrible time to regress.

Brunson was uncharistirically sloppy in the OT as well.

we had so many unforced silly TO's late, but so did PHI. cant really harop on it just move on and put it away tomorrow.

We really did. It was a team brani fart. OG also had a couple of bad TOs late in the game that would have sealed it. They should have also called that foul on the OG breakaway dunk.

NYKBocker wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

martin wrote:Mitch will come back in Beast Redemption mode

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I am beyond angry and disappointed in him.

I don't know man. That's a little strong. He made a mistake. He took it like a man. He will learn from it. This is the 2nd year of this team in the playoffs. Part of the journey.

I am sorry. Its hard to be "angry" at Mitch. You can be angry with the outcome. But not Mitch. That man could hardly walk and was staying with Embiid (who also could hardly walk, but was picking his moments to try and impact the game. He put everything he had into trying to block that shot and made a mistake. Too much effort is a mistake I am willing to live with. If Brunson hits the flagrant Ft. If Hart makes both FTs. If OG makes his FTs. If they don't have stupid turnovers. If Embiid doesn't get the elbow to elbow call on OG even on review. There are countless failures that took place in under 45 seconds of clock. Maxey outplayed the entire Knicks team in that time frame. If anything, I am blown away by MaxeyPad. That dude had ice in his veins and was just killing the Knicks all night.

EwingsGlass wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

martin wrote:Mitch will come back in Beast Redemption mode

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I am beyond angry and disappointed in him.

I don't know man. That's a little strong. He made a mistake. He took it like a man. He will learn from it. This is the 2nd year of this team in the playoffs. Part of the journey.

I am sorry. Its hard to be "angry" at Mitch. You can be angry with the outcome. But not Mitch. That man could hardly walk and was staying with Embiid (who also could hardly walk, but was picking his moments to try and impact the game. He put everything he had into trying to block that shot and made a mistake. Too much effort is a mistake I am willing to live with. If Brunson hits the flagrant Ft. If Hart makes both FTs. If OG makes his FTs. If they don't have stupid turnovers. If Embiid doesn't get the elbow to elbow call on OG even on review. There are countless failures that took place in under 45 seconds of clock. Maxey outplayed the entire Knicks team in that time frame. If anything, I am blown away by MaxeyPad. That dude had ice in his veins and was just killing the Knicks all night.

^^ this is exactly right

we need to regroup and just do what we do. there are a lot of things that could have closed it out for us last night -- including Donte hitting some shots

Philly needed an unreal performance by Maxey. We won't see the 4 point play and the logo shot in the same game for the rest of our lives

Lastly, it was a 3-possession lead, even after the 4-point play, they still could have forced them to need 2 more possessions with a foul before the shot attempt, and that 3rd possession would have had 6 seconds or less. Plus Maxey wasn't great from the line, 5 for 8 or 63%, make him earn it.

NardDogNation wrote:

NYStateOfMind wrote:In regards to this, a few things. First, don't let Maxey get the ball in the first place, next, if he does, double him full-court press from the inbound or simply 2 shot foul him. Make Embiid or anyone else make the shot. We blew a game where he was human. I don't expect Maxey to do this every game, but Joel will be better the next game, so we gain no advantage, another dogfight is ahead on the road.

A trend I hate with the Knicks is they let the Sixers press JB from the jump, while we let the ball roll to half-court, giving the opponent extra time most games in the 4th, when they should be pressing and killing every second when we are ahead late. Maxey hit that dagger with 8 seconds left, 8 seconds they could have easily killed throughout the 4th quarter. I understand getting back on D, but get Deuce on Maxey and work him all the way down the court and kill extra time when ahead. Sometimes simple things make a big difference.

DLeethal wrote:

DJMUSIC wrote:
This BETTER NOT GO TO GAME #7 !

The whole team blew game
Led by coach Tom Thibs refusal to foul?
With damn clock ⏰️ on Knickerbocker side

#TOMTHIBSBLEWIT!

I don't think anyone was expecting Maxey to shoot it from 45 feet. He obviously did that to avoid the foul situation. And I also think you probably live with not fouling if the guy is gonna shoot it from 45 feet.

Press Maxey halfcourt and beyond and he'll beat any defender we throw at him. Worse still, that strategy would stretch our defense and allow us to not be set and be disjointed, which a team like the Sixers could feast on.

EwingsGlass wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:

martin wrote:Mitch will come back in Beast Redemption mode

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I am beyond angry and disappointed in him.

I don't know man. That's a little strong. He made a mistake. He took it like a man. He will learn from it. This is the 2nd year of this team in the playoffs. Part of the journey.

I am sorry. Its hard to be "angry" at Mitch. You can be angry with the outcome. But not Mitch. That man could hardly walk and was staying with Embiid (who also could hardly walk, but was picking his moments to try and impact the game. He put everything he had into trying to block that shot and made a mistake. Too much effort is a mistake I am willing to live with. If Brunson hits the flagrant Ft. If Hart makes both FTs. If OG makes his FTs. If they don't have stupid turnovers. If Embiid doesn't get the elbow to elbow call on OG even on review. There are countless failures that took place in under 45 seconds of clock. Maxey outplayed the entire Knicks team in that time frame. If anything, I am blown away by MaxeyPad. That dude had ice in his veins and was just killing the Knicks all night.

I think we have every right to be angry at Mitch cause fouling in that situation is the worst thing you can do. He had to be smarter and aware of the situation. No point in leaving your feet to try and try to block in that situation. Give up a 3 if you must but do not foul or make contact under any circumstance.

That being said, I'm not just angry at Mitch. I'm angry at the entire team. Even angry at Brunson for missing 3 FT's and throwing the ball away and coming up short in the clutch. This was a choke job that the entire team contributed to it and that might have ended our season. We'll see what happens but it's opened the door to unnecessary agony and stress.

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Nothing comes easy and finishing is the hardest part. Gonna take a big effort. Im still waiting for a big game from Donte. He's not been good. I think if we dont see better shot making he's gonna see a lot of his minutes go to McBride.