Even Nalod bethinking “Wolves not winning…….How do we get KAT here back with Thibs? He is more mature now”.
Then I go to bed thinking “What do I know”?

Knixkik wrote:

Philc1 wrote:

Kemet wrote:

BillTheButcher wrote:IQ figuring it out , love to see it .....

Quickley's a 24 min or more player .. matter fact the way the 2nd unit lineup been pushing the ball for two seasons and trapping, they all are 24 min players. Recall, the 2nd unit lineup won our postseason game.
Thibs was wrong for giving IQ & Toppin 12 or 15 min a game this season.

IQ needs 23-28 minutes a night coming off the bench

Quickley has to be a league leader in 3pointers that force opposing coaches to call timeouts. He just hits momentum changing shots. His impact on the game will always go beyond raw stats or analytics. I’m still holding out hope that he’s the future at PG, but for now he’s the big shot maker that can completely change the flow of a game at any given time.

His style of play is also infectious.

IF we not “Jelling” is it the chemistry, schematics or new players? Does a trade help that in reality or on paper?

Marv wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Knicks were lucky to win this game. Pacers shot horribly. Still, a W is a W

They look like ****. I was looking forward to this season but its just going to be a slightly better than .500 team. We have no room to get better either. Basically locked into this roster for another 2 seasons.

no room to get better???

i believe barrett, obi, quickly, grimes, mcbride and sims are all going to get better and be better additions to our roster. it's a matter of deploying them.

I also think Randle and Mitch will play better.
Randle because he is a serious cat and Thibs will help him play smarter.
Mitch because he will get into better shape, still not fully back after injury.
And we will get Nerlens back.
There is upside.

Anyway, good win last night to stop the bleeding. We needed that one. Indiana is going to be one of those teams we are going to be fighting for those last spots in the Playoffs to avoid the play-in games. The defensive energy and effort and gameplan was A+. To hold any team to just 10 points in the 4th is unheard of. You can clearly see the effort in defending the three has picked up. The Pacers killed us from three last game and we held them to 8/37 last night and Myles, who had 7 threes in he first game, was held to 3 points on 1/4 from three. If we defend like that most games, we will be fine.

Tip your hat to IQ. He's been playing great after a slow start! I knew he would pick it up! Love how hard and with the passion he plays! The game changes and just has a different feel when he, Obi, Burks and Rose come into the game. As frustrating as the starters have been, I wouldn't touch or change anything. The bench is too valuable as this unit.

Randle and RJ need to pick it up offensively. We can't afford to have of them in shooting funks. They are both getting great shots so I'm confident they will start falling. Loved once again how aggressive Kemba came out. He's here to score. Fournier is also in a slump but he's getting good shots.

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Thibs was on the money last night. He recognized that Kemba was getting abused on D even while he was hot from the field. Swapped to Rose before we dug ourselves another hole.

That challenge early in the 4th was a BIG momentum saver. Really would have been a gut punch on our rally.

Loved that he went with the IQ/Burks backcourt when getting Rose a breather. Also loved that he broke up the units and only brought back Randle/RJ to close things out with Rose/Taj/Quick (who was electric last night!)

RJ has to right the ship - but I have no doubt he will. IQ is your reminder to be patient and weather the storm. A couple big threes from RJ when we needed them - hopefully this is something that gets him going again.

Who knew you could score 92 points and still win in today's NBA?! Indy with 10% FG% in the 4th...that's a Thibodeau defense!

Panos wrote:

Marv wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Knicks were lucky to win this game. Pacers shot horribly. Still, a W is a W

They look like ****. I was looking forward to this season but its just going to be a slightly better than .500 team. We have no room to get better either. Basically locked into this roster for another 2 seasons.

no room to get better???

i believe barrett, obi, quickly, grimes, mcbride and sims are all going to get better and be better additions to our roster. it's a matter of deploying them.

I also think Randle and Mitch will play better.
Randle because he is a serious cat and Thibs will help him play smarter.
Mitch because he will get into better shape, still not fully back after injury.
And we will get Nerlens back.
There is upside.

NYKBocker wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Knicks were lucky to win this game. Pacers shot horribly. Still, a W is a W

I guess I am watching with my Knick colored glasses. I thought Pacers missed their shots because we contested everything. It ain't luck. It was hard work.

True. The defense was much better in this game. A lot of that was a product of IQ and Burks playing more. However, the Pacers bricked some fairly open shots