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GameThread: Knicks host Magic 7pm on MSG
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10/25/2026  9:31 PM
4th Qtr
ORL 104 NYK 95
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grillco
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10/25/2026  9:32 PM
In VA, don't do Amazon, so I'm not seeing the game live...any boo birds at MSG or is it too early in the season and the respect too high for our defending Champs?
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10/25/2026  9:33 PM
Again why is bridges in the game lol… no energy bridges needs to sit the pine .
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10/25/2026  9:35 PM
Bridges with the 3 brick…. Bridges with the 3 brick…. Why is he in the game
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10/25/2026  9:36 PM
grillco wrote:In VA, don't do Amazon, so I'm not seeing the game live...any boo birds at MSG or is it too early in the season and the respect too high for our defending Champs?

Crowd was stunned into silence

And a Magic player was injured in the closing minutes. The crowd was being respectful as a result and clapped as he was helped off the court

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10/25/2026  9:41 PM
Final
ORL 111 NYK 102
SergioNYK
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10/25/2026  9:43 PM
We might not win a game this season and I could care less!

But seriously, they made their threes and we didn't. Simple as that. And Orlando played like the more desperate team. Franz killed us as usual. He was unstoppable in that 4th. DeSilva and Black also hit timely shots.

We did some nice things and were 10 with like 9 minutes left. KAT had some nice passes and Kolek did well but we don't have it yet as a team. There is a def a hangover and I think it's only natural. We'll be fine. This is actually good for us in the long term. This will build that hunger and desperation back. Hope nobody here is panicking. Like Breen kept pointing out, we lost 3 in a row early last season.

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10/25/2026  9:44 PM
Sigh...
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10/25/2026  9:46 PM
No panic, but we're hoping from more out the gate.

This is not the team anyone was expecting, despite the long season and the mindfunk that winning a chip can bring.

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10/25/2026  9:47 PM
ToddTT wrote:
ToddTT wrote:We’re good again! I blame Jose.

Never mind.

So we still suck? Fire Mike Brown and trade KAT!

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10/25/2026  9:50 PM
Have we any other choice? Prolly not...

BigDaddyG wrote:
ToddTT wrote:
ToddTT wrote:We’re good again! I blame Jose.

Never mind.

So we still suck? Fire Mike Brown and trade KAT!

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10/25/2026  10:02 PM
BigDaddyG wrote:
ToddTT wrote:
ToddTT wrote:We’re good again! I blame Jose.

Never mind.

So we still suck? Fire Mike Brown and trade KAT!

Well, ScoreBot sure does ...........

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10/25/2026  10:31 PM
grillco wrote:No panic, but we're hoping from more out the gate.

This is not the team anyone was expecting, despite the long season and the mindfunk that winning a chip can bring.

Everyone looks checked out and hungover from last season/summer


I’m just hoping for the 6th seed

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10/25/2026  10:54 PM
Short summer. That one reason. Good reason.
Drummond I think got hurt game one. He played 7 min tonite. and not great.
No body talking about KAT tonite?
JB hero ball? The whole world now knows he had something to prove, and he did. The encore is even harder. He has to be having a bit of a mind**** given his celebrity status and the power it breeds. Is it bad? WIll it take him down? Way to early but it has to change a man right? I mean, it has to. He proved it. Hell of a thing. He is changed. He might be even better player for it. Have to see. For now he is adjusting.

Why sub out guys playing well? They get tired. Also its a championship core. Gotta get it going. Team seems to do with with GTA and Kolek. Playimaking matters!!!!

Worried? Not yet. Curious? yes.

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10/26/2026  12:10 AM
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10/26/2026  12:26 AM
I would like to separate panic from concern.

Panic about this team? Not really, not even last year before the magical run in the playoffs. We knew and we know there is serious talent here and we knew and know that they have the potential to click and be unstoppable.

Now, concerns? ALWAYS KNICKS! Last year they proved to have periods of lack of discipline and focus, immaturity if you will. But the ceiling was higher than we all anticipated, and when they reached for it, it was glorious. But this is still a flawed team mentally and they are really showing it out of the gate.

I think Mike Brown and the staff made a decision to keep the KAT-centered offense mostly hidden until next postseason. This has reverted us back to Brunson ball and he hasn’t been in his clutch game yet, so we have yet to win. Can they keep KAT in the doghouse all season? Don’t think so.

I’m sorry, Im gonna say it: I’m just not a fan of Bridges. His hole tenure with us Ive tried to. When he is on, he is a two-way weapon that becomes the real X-factor. But that is not the norm, and his norm is just unplayable. I would root for him if he still tried everytime, pulled through and made his impact even on bad days. But this guy is a bad day most of the time. The “F’em picks” is cool because we won a ring and that already makes the deal worth it, but he is such a disappearing act most of the nights that I can’t see us being a perennial contender without having him traded at some point. A slow start is one thing, but this is a trend.

I love this team. Loved them through the ups and downs of last season and obviously feel amazing that they went on to become champions. It was glorious and we can still rave on all of it. But this is 26-27 and counting preseason, this team is still partying and celebrating while the rest of the league went back to work. Its just 0-3, but it can definitely get worse and as the champs, everyone will get their act together to measure up against you, so no game is a gimme. This team being prone to losing focus, they haven’t internalized it. Nobody.

They need to get their s’t together if they want to make this a respectable title defense. Everyone is gonna play their best against them.

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