Philc1 wrote:Panos wrote:Is it me, or is Knox defense looking better?
I saw that too. Looks like he’s actually trying
Thibs will have turned him into a good player for another team next year.
I love it when Barrett gets after it. He still gets blocked too much, but what a nice game tonight. He daggered them.
All the kids contributing for one play.
That's sweet sweet music right there
Clean wrote:
All the kids contributing for one play.
I'm Curious, didn't it looked like Fournier were the go to guy from tip-off, and was suppose to have a high scoring game. I don't understand why Thibs took Fournier out of the game seconds after Fournier hit a 3-ball in the 3rd qtr., and never put him back in the game?
martin wrote:
I'm glad Barrett's learning how to look-look to pass the ball teammate this season especially when he's defended well from shooting a turnover, because Barrett never or very rarely passed the ball to a teammate the past two seasons, which stop the lineup from playing Team-Ball
SergioNYK wrote:I honestly did not think there would be any chance we can win a game with Randle only scoring 2 points but thankfully RJ has the Spurs number! RJ just dominated out there (31 points, 12/20, 3/4 from three)! He looked like a star taking command and doing whatever he wanted! So wish he could play like this more consistently! Kudos to the supporting cast for picking up the slack too! Everyone pitched in! Even Mitch had a nice game with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks! But he needs to put in the work and get better from the line! He's getting close to entering that Hack-a-Shaq territory where teams will start fouling him in close games. Good games from IQ too. His playmaking and decision making is getting better.
I really wanted Randle to have a monster game so we can move on from this drama but he was just off. I don't think he played lazy like he's done in the past aside from a play or two defensively but like Breen mentioned, he rebounded well and he didn't force it. He acknowledged RJ had it going and I think Randle made an effort to get out of the way and let RJ cook! But we cannot survive without Randle giving us at least 20. He's gotta snap out whatever funk he's in and get it going! We're damn lucky we're just 1 game under .500 midway through the season with the way he's declined from last season!
I guess we didn’t watch the same game. Randle played great. I didn’t think he could play that well. We need more of this from Randle. If he played to your expectations we lose. Thank you Randle for acknowledging that winning is more important than individual stats.
blkexec wrote:SergioNYK wrote:I honestly did not think there would be any chance we can win a game with Randle only scoring 2 points but thankfully RJ has the Spurs number! RJ just dominated out there (31 points, 12/20, 3/4 from three)! He looked like a star taking command and doing whatever he wanted! So wish he could play like this more consistently! Kudos to the supporting cast for picking up the slack too! Everyone pitched in! Even Mitch had a nice game with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks! But he needs to put in the work and get better from the line! He's getting close to entering that Hack-a-Shaq territory where teams will start fouling him in close games. Good games from IQ too. His playmaking and decision making is getting better.
I really wanted Randle to have a monster game so we can move on from this drama but he was just off. I don't think he played lazy like he's done in the past aside from a play or two defensively but like Breen mentioned, he rebounded well and he didn't force it. He acknowledged RJ had it going and I think Randle made an effort to get out of the way and let RJ cook! But we cannot survive without Randle giving us at least 20. He's gotta snap out whatever funk he's in and get it going! We're damn lucky we're just 1 game under .500 midway through the season with the way he's declined from last season!
I guess we didn’t watch the same game. Randle played great. I didn’t think he could play that well. We need more of this from Randle. If he played to your expectations we lose. Thank you Randle for acknowledging that winning is more important than individual stats.
That's the way I saw it. Scoring gets kinda overrated, especially these days. But I think part of getting to that next level is realizing when you can impact the game without scoring.
Re-watched the second half. This style of play is all I wanted from the Knicks on offense. They Moved the ball freely with a good amount of player movement and good things just happened. We were on the good end of streaky tonight so we looked really good but even if we are missing shots I can live with it if they play the right way. Special shout out to Randle who did not pout about shooting so poorly. He did not try to dominate the ball. He was just a part of the offense and everything flowed really well. Even if he is not scoring he has the gravity of a former all-star so he will command attention that will get other open shots.
and when they hit the open shots, team does well!!!!
Kemet wrote:I'm Curious, didn't it looked like Fournier were the go to guy from tip-off, and was suppose to have a high scoring game. I don't understand why Thibs took Fournier out of the game seconds after Fournier hit a 3-ball in the 3rd qtr., and never put him back in the game?
I don’t remember when exactly, but there was a play when EF appeared to tweak an ankle. I wonder if that was the reason.
Nalod wrote:and when they hit the open shots, team does well!!!!
It's amazing how effective that tactic is. Teams are so used to the Knicks bricking open shots you can see how stunned they are when we are on the good end of a streaky night.
Clean wrote:Re-watched the second half. This style of play is all I wanted from the Knicks on offense. They Moved the ball freely with a good amount of player movement and good things just happened. We were on the good end of streaky tonight so we looked really good but even if we are missing shots I can live with it if they play the right way. Special shout out to Randle who did not pout about shooting so poorly. He did not try to dominate the ball. He was just a part of the offense and everything flowed really well. Even if he is not scoring he has the gravity of a former all-star so he will command attention that will get other open shots.
nice
blkexec wrote:SergioNYK wrote:I honestly did not think there would be any chance we can win a game with Randle only scoring 2 points but thankfully RJ has the Spurs number! RJ just dominated out there (31 points, 12/20, 3/4 from three)! He looked like a star taking command and doing whatever he wanted! So wish he could play like this more consistently! Kudos to the supporting cast for picking up the slack too! Everyone pitched in! Even Mitch had a nice game with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks! But he needs to put in the work and get better from the line! He's getting close to entering that Hack-a-Shaq territory where teams will start fouling him in close games. Good games from IQ too. His playmaking and decision making is getting better.
I really wanted Randle to have a monster game so we can move on from this drama but he was just off. I don't think he played lazy like he's done in the past aside from a play or two defensively but like Breen mentioned, he rebounded well and he didn't force it. He acknowledged RJ had it going and I think Randle made an effort to get out of the way and let RJ cook! But we cannot survive without Randle giving us at least 20. He's gotta snap out whatever funk he's in and get it going! We're damn lucky we're just 1 game under .500 midway through the season with the way he's declined from last season!
I guess we didn’t watch the same game. Randle played great. I didn’t think he could play that well. We need more of this from Randle. If he played to your expectations we lose. Thank you Randle for acknowledging that winning is more important than individual stats.
Randle did not play as bad as some say, but he certainly did not play great! His rebounding numbers look good and he made some good passes here n there but he also looked passive at times and he has zero confidence in his shot right now. Lets not pretend like he hasn't seen most teams loading up on on the strong side when he starts iso-ing. Its been the blueprint since the playoffs. With that said, it was nice to see RJ, IQ and others get involved and stay involved in the offense throughout the game, not just in spurts.
Uptown wrote:blkexec wrote:SergioNYK wrote:I honestly did not think there would be any chance we can win a game with Randle only scoring 2 points but thankfully RJ has the Spurs number! RJ just dominated out there (31 points, 12/20, 3/4 from three)! He looked like a star taking command and doing whatever he wanted! So wish he could play like this more consistently! Kudos to the supporting cast for picking up the slack too! Everyone pitched in! Even Mitch had a nice game with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks! But he needs to put in the work and get better from the line! He's getting close to entering that Hack-a-Shaq territory where teams will start fouling him in close games. Good games from IQ too. His playmaking and decision making is getting better.
I really wanted Randle to have a monster game so we can move on from this drama but he was just off. I don't think he played lazy like he's done in the past aside from a play or two defensively but like Breen mentioned, he rebounded well and he didn't force it. He acknowledged RJ had it going and I think Randle made an effort to get out of the way and let RJ cook! But we cannot survive without Randle giving us at least 20. He's gotta snap out whatever funk he's in and get it going! We're damn lucky we're just 1 game under .500 midway through the season with the way he's declined from last season!
I guess we didn’t watch the same game. Randle played great. I didn’t think he could play that well. We need more of this from Randle. If he played to your expectations we lose. Thank you Randle for acknowledging that winning is more important than individual stats.
Randle did not play as bad as some say, but he certainly did not play great! His rebounding numbers look good and he made some good passes here n there but he also looked passive at times and he has zero confidence in his shot right now. Lets not pretend like he hasn't seen most teams loading up on on the strong side when he starts iso-ing. Its been the blueprint since the playoffs. With that said, it was nice to see RJ, IQ and others get involved and stay involved in the offense throughout the game, not just in spurts.
Great might've been a bit of an overstatement, but he did a better job of playing within the flow of the game.
Just got chance to watch this- what an enjoyable game- style of play, everything! More of this please.
