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Chandler
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5/17/2026  9:35 PM
Detroit in trouble. While I think Orlando and Clev have exposed ways to beat Detroit, we don't want to play them

Thompson will beat up Jalen in ways that Cleveland can't, and overall I think they play very aggressively, lots of grabbing, scratching, super hard close outs. Injury risk really escalates

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5/17/2026  9:52 PM
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5/17/2026  10:17 PM
Geezus Christmas

As good as the Cavs look tonight, the Pistons look utterly lost. Cade is playing like a rookie, no leadership showing up on their team at all

It took six games, but the Cavs figured out DET. Their bigs are destroying them

Cleveland is going to be a tougher team for us, but I like having homecourt advantage so it's not a big deal either way
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5/17/2026  10:18 PM
Cleveland it is
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5/17/2026  10:23 PM
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5/17/2026  10:23 PM
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:Anyone else watch the cavs game? At least to my eyes it cemented the notion we need to play fast against Detroit if we meet them. Brunson can’t walk it up.

That said I’m still sticking w my cavs upset pistons prediction. Allen and Mobley finally showed some fire and signs of life so we’ll see

Do I win a cookie, or do I have to wait until the end!

Kidding aside I mentioned during the early part of the Orlando series that it was apparent Detroit could give it out on D but couldn’t take it. Yes it would be nice to score on them but the key to victory was physical defense against them. Yesterday Cavs trapped Cade repeatedly. If we see Detroit instead of Cleveland we should keep this in mind and obviously have our own wrinkles to it

Where’s my cookie prize?

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Chandler
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5/17/2026  10:28 PM    LAST EDITED: 5/17/2026  10:29 PM
Will be a loooong offseason for Detroit. What a piss poor performance all around.

Tons of empty seats. Surprised more fans didn’t stick around to congratulate them for the season

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5/17/2026  11:02 PM
In the end we all thought it would be Knicks/Cavs as the two best in the east when the season started.
The path is always different. The trade for Harden was a suprise but one that made them better.

Detroit and Boston were regular season suprises but as we all know **** happens!
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5/17/2026  11:49 PM
Finals....here we come. Donovan Mitchell is streaky; James Harden is a bum and Mobley/Allen are soft. Knicks in 5!
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5/17/2026  11:57 PM
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:Anyone else watch the cavs game? At least to my eyes it cemented the notion we need to play fast against Detroit if we meet them. Brunson can’t walk it up.

That said I’m still sticking w my cavs upset pistons prediction. Allen and Mobley finally showed some fire and signs of life so we’ll see

Do I win a cookie, or do I have to wait until the end!

Kidding aside I mentioned during the early part of the Orlando series that it was apparent Detroit could give it out on D but couldn’t take it. Yes it would be nice to score on them but the key to victory was physical defense against them. Yesterday Cavs trapped Cade repeatedly. If we see Detroit instead of Cleveland we should keep this in mind and obviously have our own wrinkles to it

Where’s my cookie prize?
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5/18/2026  12:17 AM
BlueKnickers wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:Anyone else watch the cavs game? At least to my eyes it cemented the notion we need to play fast against Detroit if we meet them. Brunson can’t walk it up.

That said I’m still sticking w my cavs upset pistons prediction. Allen and Mobley finally showed some fire and signs of life so we’ll see

Do I win a cookie, or do I have to wait until the end!

Kidding aside I mentioned during the early part of the Orlando series that it was apparent Detroit could give it out on D but couldn’t take it. Yes it would be nice to score on them but the key to victory was physical defense against them. Yesterday Cavs trapped Cade repeatedly. If we see Detroit instead of Cleveland we should keep this in mind and obviously have our own wrinkles to it

Where’s my cookie prize?

We could feed her Ozempic and still beat the Cavs. Let her hibernate until the Finals before we bring her back.
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5/18/2026  7:59 AM
NardDogNation wrote:Finals....here we come. Donovan Mitchell is streaky; James Harden is a bum and Mobley/Allen are soft. Knicks in 5!

IMO the key will be neutralizing Mobley/allen. We could dominate there but don’t need to; just don’t let them have field days. And after that don’t let Merrill, wade or strus have all star performances.

Media wants to talk about Mitchell but as you said he’s streaky. I’ll add that’s on offense. On defense he’s pretty reliably underwhelming.

Merrill was instrumental w his shooting and wade and strus had solid defensive assignments on Cade. I don’t think that formula translates to us but we’ll see

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5/18/2026  7:59 AM
BlueKnickers wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:Anyone else watch the cavs game? At least to my eyes it cemented the notion we need to play fast against Detroit if we meet them. Brunson can’t walk it up.

That said I’m still sticking w my cavs upset pistons prediction. Allen and Mobley finally showed some fire and signs of life so we’ll see

Do I win a cookie, or do I have to wait until the end!

Kidding aside I mentioned during the early part of the Orlando series that it was apparent Detroit could give it out on D but couldn’t take it. Yes it would be nice to score on them but the key to victory was physical defense against them. Yesterday Cavs trapped Cade repeatedly. If we see Detroit instead of Cleveland we should keep this in mind and obviously have our own wrinkles to it

Where’s my cookie prize?

Let me guess, cookie is her nickname?

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5/18/2026  8:48 AM
I am a little uneasy with Cleveland tbh. I think in general Knicks fans are feeling too good about this one. They played their best game of the playoffs last night and have a lot of weapons to contain. They are also able to exploit Brunson/KAT on defense much better than Detroit could. I was rooting for Cleveland because I wanted home court, but I think we should be prepared for a real battle and not the easy road many are predicting.
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5/18/2026  9:02 AM
DLeethal wrote:I am a little uneasy with Cleveland tbh. I think in general Knicks fans are feeling too good about this one. They played their best game of the playoffs last night and have a lot of weapons to contain. They are also able to exploit Brunson/KAT on defense much better than Detroit could. I was rooting for Cleveland because I wanted home court, but I think we should be prepared for a real battle and not the easy road many are predicting.

100%
Detroit was more of a known quantity, more straightforward. As you say, Cleveland has a lot of weapons, big and small
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5/18/2026  9:06 AM    LAST EDITED: 5/18/2026  9:09 AM
Chandler wrote:
NardDogNation wrote:Finals....here we come. Donovan Mitchell is streaky; James Harden is a bum and Mobley/Allen are soft. Knicks in 5!

IMO the key will be neutralizing Mobley/allen. We could dominate there but don’t need to; just don’t let them have field days. And after that don’t let Merrill, wade or strus have all star performances.

Media wants to talk about Mitchell but as you said he’s streaky. I’ll add that’s on offense. On defense he’s pretty reliably underwhelming.

Merrill was instrumental w his shooting and wade and strus had solid defensive assignments on Cade. I don’t think that formula translates to us but we’ll see

Nerrill was great in the last game and guys like that can hurt you, but the key definitely is limiting their bigs easy hoops and offensive boards. Mitch is important to this series now even more than the previous series and I think we will see him and KAT on the floor together more during this series.

You actually would hope for DM trying to score instead of distributing, because they opened up the game with him feeding Allen and Mobley for easy lobs and DET looked defenseless. Duren did nothing to stop them and after him the Pistons looked like midgets. We should be able to put up better resistance in the paint than DET did.
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5/18/2026  9:06 AM
Chandler wrote:
BlueKnickers wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Chandler wrote:Anyone else watch the cavs game? At least to my eyes it cemented the notion we need to play fast against Detroit if we meet them. Brunson can’t walk it up.

That said I’m still sticking w my cavs upset pistons prediction. Allen and Mobley finally showed some fire and signs of life so we’ll see

Do I win a cookie, or do I have to wait until the end!

Kidding aside I mentioned during the early part of the Orlando series that it was apparent Detroit could give it out on D but couldn’t take it. Yes it would be nice to score on them but the key to victory was physical defense against them. Yesterday Cavs trapped Cade repeatedly. If we see Detroit instead of Cleveland we should keep this in mind and obviously have our own wrinkles to it

Where’s my cookie prize?

Let me guess, cookie is her nickname?

Cookie Puss Galore to be exact
martin
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5/18/2026  9:13 AM
Didn't watch but was Detroit defense really that good or Harden gonna get smoked in next round?

Dude is shooting 33% from deep in the playoffs.

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