MS wrote:Very troubling watching Randle out there. He is shook and shell shocked on his home court. This can’t continue.

Obi and IQ are more ready to go.

Honestly without Rose tonight we were ****ed. Bullock and Burks huge 3s tonight.

Place was rocking tonight. Probably the best crowd I’ve ever seen. Young soccer style energy

Knicks almost won game 1 and did win game 2 despite Randle having 7 of 8 bad quarters. It's actually been a trend since the Lakers game when Anthony Davis got Randle off kilter by just beating him to his spots, like his baseline fadeaway and the jumper off a drive to the middle of the paint. On the road in Atlanta, Randle and RJ have had huge Games going back to last season, they should get it going on the road.

BigDaddyG wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Payton can’t be physically right. Even when he was bad he’d get some points in the paint, draw some fouls, play some defense.

Really hoped he’d turn it around. But after tonight I can’t imagine him playing in game 3.

But Thibs has to stop playing Rose so many minutes.

What's the alternative? Try and gamble with Luka? This is it. No time for load management. Every minute counts.

39 minutes in a playoff game is different than averaging 39 over a season. They had two days off and then a week off before then so the players are as well rested as can be 3xpected. Fouls and timeouts are longer and more frequent in play off Games so there are also more breaks in in-game action. It seems like the Knicks have found a line up that works and just need to roll with it.

First off if Trae was knick he’d be a hero even in a loss! Kid still hung 30 and perhaps they made a mistake keeping him out a bit late. We all saw what happend, they did make a come back and it felt like game one.
Bogdonavich thankfully became human and they could not do what they did the first game but they were killing us in the first half.

Hats off to thibs who got Barrett out and a line up that did not need miracles but ground it out. The team found its pace late and the passing improved. Barrett was agreesive but a bit delusional. Rose was vintage. Rose is gonna want to get paid.
We’ll worry about that after its all done.

ATL was flat out better than us for a good part of the game. Gallo’s defense was excellent and the double trap in the corner with Capella really was effective. Trae was egged on by the crowd and responded with confidence game one and for game two knicks adjusted and thankfully they did not execute what knicks gave them. THey doubled Trae at times with size and it worked.
If all MSG got is taunting his balding I’d have to say that was pretty weak.
The energy in the arena was awesome and knicks were fueled to grind out a very big win.

First half it was like “We Here, We Swept”..........Great second half. Be nice if Quick can step up a bit more but for now Thibs is gong to ride Rose until he breaks. Dude in post game interview was pretty darn Stoic and defiant about his minutes and his doubters.

smackeddog wrote:Wow, what game, no matter how ugly! Thought we were done for at half time. I know people are blasting Randle, but the defensive coverage he's getting is a nightmare- often has two or three very different players on him, guards, long armed SF's and PF's, Capella- made some great passes that team mates just didn't knock down. Was so happy to see Obi have good minutes! Hopefully he can build on the way he's played the last few weeks going into the offseason.

Hawks are tough- like I feared, a lot of 3pt shooters, very versatile, unguardable PG- no idea why people though this was an easy matchup for us.

Randle is adapting and making plays. Its subtle and hard to watch at times. The crowd and focus on playoffs leading up to this, and The MIP is all great but its not easy for him as they are all “firsts”.
RJ is also uneven but he has had very good moments as well. Last night game he made some rookie mistakes trying to do too much.

If its working Thibs leaves you in. At some point players get tired and he gets them out what seems at times premature but over the course of a season he sees what fatigue does. Rookies make mental errors. Some nights are better than others.

Nalod wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Wow, what game, no matter how ugly! Thought we were done for at half time. I know people are blasting Randle, but the defensive coverage he's getting is a nightmare- often has two or three very different players on him, guards, long armed SF's and PF's, Capella- made some great passes that team mates just didn't knock down. Was so happy to see Obi have good minutes! Hopefully he can build on the way he's played the last few weeks going into the offseason.

Hawks are tough- like I feared, a lot of 3pt shooters, very versatile, unguardable PG- no idea why people though this was an easy matchup for us.

Randle is adapting and making plays. Its subtle and hard to watch at times. The crowd and focus on playoffs leading up to this, and The MIP is all great but its not easy for him as they are all “firsts”.
RJ is also uneven but he has had very good moments as well. Last night game he made some rookie mistakes trying to do too much.

If its working Thibs leaves you in. At some point players get tired and he gets them out what seems at times premature but over the course of a season he sees what fatigue does. Rookies make mental errors. Some nights are better than others.

Our defense really turned it up in the second half that was the X factor … bullock hit his open looks vintage rose and Randle got the monkey off his back…

If I’m the hawks I’m terrified a confident Randle makes us hard to beat.

Nalod wrote:If all MSG got is taunting his balding I’d have to say that was pretty weak.

Uptown wrote:Idiots like this give us a bad name!!! I would have had no problem with Trae putting hands on dude!!! He needs to be arrested

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I will say that it would be my preference to hear more pro-Knicks chants instead of a bunch of anti-Trey chants. He's funny looking, annoying, really good at basketball, gets too many calls and is a little obnoxious, but e don't need to make this guy Reggie Miller yet. We should be more focused on how great our team has been and give them the cheers they have been waiting for more than a year to hear.