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Context wrote:Im Coming Home wrote:Thibs figured out the formula in Game 4, and then just didn't use it..
Stupid stupid play.
I dont agree that it was Mitch...this goes on Hart for not making both free throws...
Jimmit79 wrote:Yea RJ played well he was definitely the x factor
god shammgod wrote:we stole a game and now they stole a game. if they can win 3 in a row on us, we were never any good anyway so it doesn't matter.
Spot31 wrote:Meat wrote:even when they win, you cant run this back, there needs to be another shot creator in the backcourt
Donovan Mitchell
HerSports85 wrote:This the type of **** that flips a series.
Jimmit79 wrote:Yea RJ played well he was definitely the x factor
ScienceOfLosing wrote:NY2k1 wrote:The Knicks are still in the drivers seat; it took a miracle and a prayer shot from Maxey to give the Sixers any hope. 99 times out of 100, that shot doesn't go in from that distance. Would have bee nice to win and get some rest for the next series, but it what it is. Onto game 6..
Sixers fan rightfully said we had a miracle game 1 (Hart the 3pt specialist) AND game 2 (MIRACLE ending.)
Sucks to be on the other side at Home.
snadler wrote:Anyone else worried about not only giving sixers new life but how bad it will be this fanbase and how they celebrated in wells fargo to blow this series
robillionaire wrote:Oddly I don’t care that much. I hope we still win the series (and honestly still fairly confident we will close it out) and it would mean a lot to win a series in back to back seasons but I don’t honestly believe this team as currently constructed can go all the way. So eventually we will have to eat a painful series loss. Hopefully it’s in round two or three instead of this series but I’m mentally prepared for the season to end eventually. Now the team has to find a way to put this behind them and move on and fans need to find a way do the same.
cgmw wrote:j4remi wrote:Knicks shot below 30% from three, below 70% from the free throw line, and lost the rebound battle. It still took a God-tier effort from Maxey, a bunch of unlikely errors from the Knicks in the clutch, and overtime for Philly to win.
I'm pissed we lost, but I still feel good about closing out the series. I just wish they'd gotten extra rest...and I'm kinda tight Precious didn't get rewarded for his effort last game. Even if it was just to buy Hart five minutes to catch his breath, Precious earned a few minutes.
This is the first Knicks content of any kind (including this board) I’ve allowed myself to look at since turning off the TV in shock and disgust last night.
Thanks for the perspective. I’m going to quit while I’m ahead and go back to my hole now to prepare myself for game 6 war.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Context wrote:Iron Mantis wrote:What are you even talking about? Maxey isn't The Flash or some kind of marvel mutant.
The ball was inbounded on the opposite side of the Court to EMBIID, not Maxey.....
No Knicks players rushed to foul the inbound pass recipient.. everyone ran the OPPOSITE way.
You foul AS SOON AS the ball is inbounded.
You're telling me you couldn't foul here? Be for real. They obviously had the order to just play...
exactly..i love all of you but some of you have crowned Maxey (who will get there but hes not there YET;we are more than capable
of shutting him down) unguardable...
It's not about crowing him, we are no more capable of shutting him down than they are of doing it to Brunson. He is an elite scorer that can hit Lillard range threes and has DeAron Fox speed. For all intents and purposes he is unguardable to us and has proven that in the 5 games. The problem the Sixers present for us is that if Embiid doesn't have it on that night they can fall back on just going to Maxey, if Embiid does have it going then we're not winning if they're both playing well. We have made the decision to try and contain Embiid with doubles, and that means Maxey is going to cook.
stuporman wrote:This series is going 7...because of course it is, the league is negotiating a new media deal so they need as much drama as possible. Get ready for the 30FTA game for Embiid.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:spree8 wrote:sol537 wrote:I’ve lost all trust in Thibs which is why I’m expecting a game 7 series loss, barring another “miracle” from someone.
Why? He’s proven that he’s capable of making the necessary adjustments. I think he’ll make better decisions next game for sure. Those crybabies are not beating us
Donte should be coming off the bench in this series, there's no point in splitting their minutes anymore, you play Deuce 40+ mpg and bring in Donte for a couple of minutes to see if he can make a couple threes, if he can't he's a pointless player in this series.
Context wrote:stuporman wrote:This series is going 7...because of course it is, the league is negotiating a new media deal so they need as much drama as possible. Get ready for the 30FTA game for Embiid.
this is the part i hate about the league because this might actually be true and that would mean our analysis would be for nothing
Barcs wrote:Context wrote:8516knicks wrote:
That guy defines "passionate." I still can't believe that last 27 sec before end of regulation. Even more unbelievable than our 2nd game win ending.
I agree- atleast it took Brunsons 3, hart and Brunson harassing maxey, hart stealing the ball, a divo miss, an Ihart rebound, a OG perfect pass and a Diov 3 to get the lead back that we allowed them to steal in the first place...
but we let Maxey beat us back to back...
I want to see the knicks take their energy and go into Philly and show the nba why we are the better team defensively-period.
Yep and right before that Hart missed 2 clutch free throws and Brunson went 1-2. The comeback should not have been needed. This team needs to spend the next 2 days shooting free throws, because that was abysmal and almost every player stunk from the line even Brunson.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Josh Harts 3 point shot appearing for 3 games then just vanishing is one of the more funny things about the series. How do you shoot like Ray for 3 games, then turn into Josh Smith from 3 in a heartbeat.
Hes_On_Fire wrote:spree8 wrote:nedleeds wrote:
Thibs is a legend for never adjusting until some outside force changes things. Like Noah dying. Like Mitch being out. Like the IQ trade forcing him to play Deuce. Like this insane backwards clown planet franchise not re-signing Elfrid Payton.
What is the offensive adjustment? You can't adjust nothing. Thibs has no offense. It's give ball to player, yell and look like Frankenstein at a barbeque. Hope iso-Randle iso-Brunson iso-Butler iso-Rose results in a basket.
These are old narratives man cmon. If you haven’t seen the changes, I dunno what to tell you
You could tell us these amazing changes instead of just telling us they happened and we didn’t see them.
Otherwise you’re just talking out your ass.
god shammgod wrote:we stole a game and now they stole a game. if they can win 3 in a row on us, we were never any good anyway so it doesn't matter.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Context wrote:Iron Mantis wrote:What are you even talking about? Maxey isn't The Flash or some kind of marvel mutant.
The ball was inbounded on the opposite side of the Court to EMBIID, not Maxey.....
No Knicks players rushed to foul the inbound pass recipient.. everyone ran the OPPOSITE way.
You foul AS SOON AS the ball is inbounded.
You're telling me you couldn't foul here? Be for real. They obviously had the order to just play...
exactly..i love all of you but some of you have crowned Maxey (who will get there but hes not there YET;we are more than capable
of shutting him down) unguardable...
It's not about crowing him, we are no more capable of shutting him down than they are of doing it to Brunson. He is an elite scorer that can hit Lillard range threes and has DeAron Fox speed. For all intents and purposes he is unguardable to us and has proven that in the 5 games. The problem the Sixers present for us is that if Embiid doesn't have it on that night they can fall back on just going to Maxey, if Embiid does have it going then we're not winning if they're both playing well. We have made the decision to try and contain Embiid with doubles, and that means Maxey is going to cook.
