WP76 wrote:

Kemet wrote:

WP76 wrote:

Uptown wrote:can't blame Frank!! Trae had it going in the 4th. Outside of a trap, nobody was stopping Trae at that point.

Actually, I can. He had one job and he got abused.

You can't! When u never gave Frank any playing time throughout the season vs top scoring opponents guards.

Make all the excuses you want. He had his chance and he came up small.

At the end of the day the Garden rocked. Its the playoffs and while the outcome was painful for 2.5 hours it was electric!!!!

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/JCMacriNBA/status/1396828654177591298

fishmike wrote:

Chandler wrote:stay positive guys.

Randle **** the bed and it still came down to the wire. Trae played lights out

I'd rather have Randle play poor in game 1 and great in game 7.

Hawks needed a 6-23 night from Randle and a 6-15 night from RJ and they won a last second runner. That sure looked like Atl getting lucky and winning a game where the Knicks best scorers had a terrible night.

Despite losing the first game feeling pretty good about the series.

Reggie 0-5 from downtown, 3-9 overall says hi too

KnickDanger wrote:That hurt but I still like our chances. And blaming Frank is weak.

100%

KnickDanger wrote:That hurt but I still like our chances. And blaming Frank is weak.

Trae got a lot of superstar calls down the stretch IMO - he initiates contact and gets calls. Its frustrating to watch, but we gotta live with it.

We had too many turnovers. Rose had way more turnovers than he normally does (I posted a few weeks ago about how amazingly low his turnover rate had been). Randle was a turnover and brick machine- we know he's better than that and he has to be better. Anyone think Randle's hand is bothering him? He had knocked hands with defender late in the game in one of the final cpl games of the season.

Also we come to expect 3 3's a game from Bullock and he had none. Playing from behind is tough - you gotta time your run to have enough energy to close out.

martin wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Chandler wrote:stay positive guys.

Randle **** the bed and it still came down to the wire. Trae played lights out

I'd rather have Randle play poor in game 1 and great in game 7.

Hawks needed a 6-23 night from Randle and a 6-15 night from RJ and they won a last second runner. That sure looked like Atl getting lucky and winning a game where the Knicks best scorers had a terrible night.

Despite losing the first game feeling pretty good about the series.

Reggie 0-5 from downtown, 3-9 overall says hi too

Those guys were playing tight -- particularly Randle. Gut check time on these 3; we can't expect Burks, IQ and ROse to repeat their heroics to that degree

Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:That hurt but I still like our chances. And blaming Frank is weak.

100%

Frank actually accomplished his initial objective. He forced Trae to his left. The problem was he bit too hard on that and Trae crossed back to his right. Given his height and length he probably could have played off him more. hindsight is 20-20

When you are 35 feet from the basket and have the ball in your hands, no one stopping Trae

MS wrote:Takeaways

Payton doesn’t provide anything, he shouldn’t play again. Frank should just start for 5 minutes before our bench comes in. No one comes in and gets a stop like that, certainly not his fault.

Thibs - can’t bring in Frank cold, why aren’t you destroying Trae in the post with RJ? Why is Burks who is the best player we have last night passing the ball in? Why is Gibson out there for the 0.9?

Yes to this. Gibson prob out there to set a pick?

TPercy wrote:Nah the more I watch that play the more I think Frank needs to donate his salary.

That was "elite" defense