JesseDark wrote:Being in 4th is good but only 2 games behind 3rd place, definitely in reeach. 4th or better allows us to avoid Boston until the conf finals and we not ducking anyone!

Philly is having a rough patch. They are in Denver tomorrow as the Nuggys try and reclaim their dignity. Sixers just got handed a solid loss by the Pacers. I'd guess Sixers take a loss in Denver. A lot of good teams are cycling through Denver this week.

The next week is like a playoff preview with a lot of the top teams facing off both in and outside conference. Good teams will be taking losses this week.

Celts are catching a hot LAC when they are down a Porgy. Cavs have the Bucks tonight. Then Bucks get NOP tomorrow. Cavs then get the Clippers. Celtics get the Pelicans. Then Bucks get Nuggets. A long road trip that will get them the Mavs and Suns also. And they come home to the TWolves.

We get Miami. Miami is coming to NY with Miami riding a 5 game losing streak and the Knicks rolling with a 5 game winning streak. I'm not looking past them, but we get Charlotte and Utah which should be winnable games. Followed by the Pacers which should test our DRtg.

So, the next 5-10 games should even out the schedule difficulty. I wouldn't think it impossible to make up 2 games on the Sixers and 3.5 on the Bucks. Clear a little space on the Cavs.

Hopefully we stick in the top 4, but we will see!

      EAST             W    L     PCT     GB   STRK    L10     HOME    AWAY     PPG    OPPG   DIFF
      --------        --   --   -----   ----   ----   ----    -----   -----   -----   -----   ----
1     Boston          35   11   0.761      -     L1    7-3     20-2    15-9   120.3   110.7    9.6   
2     Milwaukee       32   14   0.696      3     W1    7-3     21-5    11-9   124.4   120.1    4.3   
3     Philadelphia    29   15   0.659      5     L2    6-4     17-6    12-9   119.5   112.0    7.5   
4     New York        29   17    0.63      6     W6    8-2     16-5   13-12   115.4   109.8    5.6   
5     Cleveland       27   16   0.628    6.5     W1    9-1     15-8    12-8   114.0   109.8    4.2   
6     Indiana         26   20   0.565      9     W2    5-5     15-9   11-11   125.0   123.1    1.9   
7     Miami           24   22   0.522     11     L6    3-7    12-10   12-12   110.5   111.6   -1.1   
8     Orlando         23   22   0.511   11.5     L2    3-7     14-7    9-15   111.3   111.1    0.2   
9     Chicago         21   25   0.457     14     L2    6-4    14-10    7-15   111.1   112.7   -1.6   
10    Brooklyn        18   27     0.4   16.5     W1    3-7    11-12    7-15   113.3   114.9   -1.6   
11    Atlanta         18   27     0.4   16.5     L4    4-6     8-13   10-14   120.1   123.3   -3.2   
12    Toronto         16   29   0.356   18.5     L4    2-8    10-13    6-16   114.2   116.6   -2.4   
13    Charlotte       10   34   0.227     24     L3    2-8     5-16    5-18   108.9   120.5  -11.6   
14    Washington       8   37   0.178   26.5     W1    2-8     3-18    5-19   115.1   124.2   -9.1   
15    Detroit          5   40   0.111   29.5     L1    2-8     3-21    2-19   112.3   122.5  -10.2   
      WEST             W    L     PCT     GB   STRK    L10     HOME    AWAY     PPG    OPPG   DIFF
      --------        --   --   -----   ----   ----   ----    -----   -----   -----   -----   ----
1     Oklahoma City   32   13   0.711      -     W5    8-2     17-5    15-8   121.6   112.9    8.7   
2     Minnesota       32   14   0.696    0.5     L1    6-4     17-4   15-10   113.1   107.6    5.5   
3     Los Angeles     30   14   0.682    1.5     W5    8-2     19-4   11-10   118.2   111.7    6.5   
4     Denver          32   15   0.681      1     W1    7-3     18-4   14-11   115.1   111.0    4.1   
5     Sacramento      26   18   0.591    5.5     W3    5-5     14-8   12-10   118.7   118.0    0.7   
6     Phoenix         26   19   0.578      6     L1    7-3    14-11    12-8   116.8   114.5    2.3   
7     New Orleans     26   20   0.565    6.5     L2    5-5    14-10   12-10   116.7   113.0    3.7   
8     Dallas          25   21   0.543    7.5     L1    4-6    13-12    12-9   118.7   118.3    0.4   
9     Los Angeles     24   23   0.511      9     W2    6-4     17-8    7-15   116.0   116.8   -0.8   
10    Utah            24   23   0.511      9     W2    7-3     15-6    9-17   117.9   119.3   -1.4   
11    Houston         21   24   0.467     11     L1    3-7     16-8    5-16   113.3   112.4    0.9   
12    Golden State    19   24   0.442     12     L2    3-7    12-13    7-11   118.6   119.0   -0.4   
13    Memphis         18   27     0.4     14     W3    6-4     5-15   13-12   107.8   112.8   -5.0   
14    Portland        13   32   0.289     19     L1    3-7     7-12    6-20   108.1   117.2   -9.1   
15    San Antonio     10   36   0.217   22.5     W2    4-6     5-17    5-19   112.9   121.4   -8.5   

https://www.espn.com/nba/standings

VDesai wrote:With Randle we are making a surge at Philly. Now the focus is can we stay out of the play in. We built a nice 5 game cushion on that and 3 on Indy.. I think if he misses 12-15 games we should be able to withstand that and still probably finish in the 4 or 5 slot, but lets see. Crossing fingers.

Indy on our schedule 2 times in the coming weeks. Those are games we need to get.

Wait a minute!

I haven’t been keeping up but aren't the Knicks gonna automatically go into full tank commander mode now that their best player is out and you can really only do a full rebuild with high draft picks if you want to build a championship level team?

And you definitely can’t do it with a defensive only coach who doesn’t play the yoots or develop them and is constantly on the hot seat!

Fire Thibs! Trade Randle!

What is goink on?

KnickDanger wrote:

martin wrote:

VDesai wrote:With Randle we are making a surge at Philly. Now the focus is can we stay out of the play in. We built a nice 5 game cushion on that and 3 on Indy.. I think if he misses 12-15 games we should be able to withstand that and still probably finish in the 4 or 5 slot, but lets see. Crossing fingers.

Indy on our schedule 2 times in the coming weeks. Those are games we need to get.

Wait a minute!

I haven’t been keeping up but aren't the Knicks gonna automatically go into full tank commander mode now that their best player is out and you can really only do a full rebuild with high draft picks if you want to build a championship level team?

And you definitely can’t do it with a defensive only coach who doesn’t play the yoots or develop them and is constantly on the hot seat!

Fire Thibs! Trade Randle!

What is goink on?

First two game losing streak....

That is goink to suck. I hope you're wrong.

ToddTT wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

martin wrote:

VDesai wrote:With Randle we are making a surge at Philly. Now the focus is can we stay out of the play in. We built a nice 5 game cushion on that and 3 on Indy.. I think if he misses 12-15 games we should be able to withstand that and still probably finish in the 4 or 5 slot, but lets see. Crossing fingers.

Indy on our schedule 2 times in the coming weeks. Those are games we need to get.

Wait a minute!

I haven’t been keeping up but aren't the Knicks gonna automatically go into full tank commander mode now that their best player is out and you can really only do a full rebuild with high draft picks if you want to build a championship level team?

And you definitely can’t do it with a defensive only coach who doesn’t play the yoots or develop them and is constantly on the hot seat!

Fire Thibs! Trade Randle!

What is goink on?

First two game losing streak....

That is goink to suck. I hope you're wrong.

Of course I'm wrong! Excepting there are those fans who tend to favor the negative and who knows what angles they will come up with. But with Brunson, OG, IHart, JHart, DDV, et al - and Thibs dammit - I don't foresee any ship be sinking.

Nalod wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I would honestly prefer to stay at 4th and avoid the cHeat at 3rd vs 6th. I know we'll play Boston in the Semi's but we'll have to play them anyway so it doesn't really matter.

Weird as this may be, I like watching the Heat. The defense in the first half of the game was fantastic. They were fast filling in lanes do so many little things well.
In time we got them good.
We can never really hurt them. They have the rings and success under riley and we did not.
But.........You want to be the man you got to play the man and beat the man!
Then, you the man!!!!"