Got too much respect for the cHeat and fear for Butler but Knicks in 7!
Going knicks in 6. Can't fathom anything else but that kind of prediction. could be 5, could be 7.
Miami who had to win a play in game just to get the last seed just beat the top seed. yeah, that worries me.
They fukcked up the best team in the league all season.
Im not in the NYmentality state of euphoric "Look at me, told you so, and will tell you again" mindset.
Im happy, and it will take me years before I start doing the playoff confidence thing. These grisley vet teams like Miami and GSW are tougher then their regular season record would depict and while on paper we should walk over them, they have a playoff core that is accomplished. We are just starting our run.
I like our chances a lot. There is a path to finals. Its just gonna take a while. Thats the fun part though.
NO matter what happens this season its been a qualified success!!!!!
what Butler did to get past the Bucks is not sustainable.... doesnt make it any less impressive. We will see. Knicks in 6
ramtour420 wrote:Knicks in 7
Just doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely as Knicks in 6
Knicks in 4. They are rolling and the Heat had their hands full with the Knicks when they were at full strength. Losing Herro and Dipo will hurt them where they needed to be strongest. Randle and Grimes are certainly not going to be 100%, but I think our backups are 100% prepared to step up.
Jimmy Butler is an amazing player and deserves all the accolades for his work against the Bucks. We don’t really have an answer for him. But short of him out scoring the Knicks single-handedly I just don’t think it’s going to be enough. The Knicks physicality will be too much. I’d consider putting Miles McBride on him for stretches.
Knicks in 4.
This feels so right. Having to go through the Heat and the Pacers to get to the top. Pacers don't have Reggie and Rick Smits so they suck. Heat on the other hand are a real team. We have defenders to throw at Butler and Mitch can give Bam the business. Question is, who on the Heat is going to check Brunson?
ramtour420 wrote:This feels so right. Having to go through the Heat and the Pacers to get to the top. Pacers don't have Reggie and Rick Smits so they suck. Heat on the other hand are a real team. We have defenders to throw at Butler and Mitch can give Bam the business. Question is, who on the Heat is in the entire NBA is ever going to check Brunson?
I got you
Knicks in 6. Worried we lose game 1. Would rather start on the road.
Knicks in 5.
game 1 win
game 2 win
game 3 loss
game 4 win
game 5 win
I think Knicks in 5, but I'm really worried about my own inconsequential overconfidence
Knicks in 6 worked for the Cavs (and they got it done even sooner) so sticking with the tried and true.
NYK in 6...ftw!!!
Defending Jimmy Butler is not the same as defending Donavan Mitchell, but with Hart, Grimes and Quickley to throw at him, I think we have guys who won't back down and will make it hard for him. They only had two other players that could create their own offense- Herro and a lesser extent Oladipo. And those guys are both out. The difference between this series and the Cavs series is the Heat have many, many shooters. Strus, Robinson, Love, Vincent, Martin - these guys will all make 3s if you leave em open, whereas Oladipo, Levert and Osman couldn't hurt us consistently. Adebayo has more dimensions to his game Mobley at this point - but I have 100% confidence in Mitch/Hartenstein.
knicks in 6
we have to take K.Love seriously.
VDesai wrote:Defending Jimmy Butler is not the same as defending Donavan Mitchell, but with Hart, Grimes and Quickley to throw at him, I think we have guys who won't back down and will make it hard for him. They only had two other players that could create their own offense- Herro and a lesser extent Oladipo. And those guys are both out. The difference between this series and the Cavs series is the Heat have many, many shooters. Strus, Robinson, Love, Vincent, Martin - these guys will all make 3s if you leave em open, whereas Oladipo, Levert and Osman couldn't hurt us consistently. Adebayo has more dimensions to his game Mobley at this point - but I have 100% confidence in Mitch/Hartenstein.
great analysis. I was looking at how they beat the Bucks (its almost perplexing) and you nailed it. Miami shot 45% from 3. There's no way Thibs see's that and lets them fire away.
Its going to be really interesting. I dont want to underestimate the Heat, but I dont see how they can hang with us. Bam is a monster, but after that they are leaning heavily on Love (he's played well) and guys like Caleb Martin who are their versions of our Josh Hart.
I see another big rebounding advantage. I just dont think Miami's shooting is sustainable. Even with Giannis being banged up I dont know how Miami shot .519 and .450 from 3 FOR THE SERIES. Are they expecting to repeat that?
fishmike wrote:VDesai wrote:Defending Jimmy Butler is not the same as defending Donavan Mitchell, but with Hart, Grimes and Quickley to throw at him, I think we have guys who won't back down and will make it hard for him. They only had two other players that could create their own offense- Herro and a lesser extent Oladipo. And those guys are both out. The difference between this series and the Cavs series is the Heat have many, many shooters. Strus, Robinson, Love, Vincent, Martin - these guys will all make 3s if you leave em open, whereas Oladipo, Levert and Osman couldn't hurt us consistently. Adebayo has more dimensions to his game Mobley at this point - but I have 100% confidence in Mitch/Hartenstein.
great analysis. I was looking at how they beat the Bucks (its almost perplexing) and you nailed it. Miami shot 45% from 3. There's no way Thibs see's that and lets them fire away.
Its going to be really interesting. I dont want to underestimate the Heat, but I dont see how they can hang with us. Bam is a monster, but after that they are leaning heavily on Love (he's played well) and guys like Caleb Martin who are their versions of our Josh Hart. I see another big rebounding advantage. I just dont think Miami's shooting is sustainable. Even with Giannis being banged up I dont know how Miami shot .519 and .450 from 3 FOR THE SERIES. Are they expecting to repeat that?
That's kind of been Thibs MO since he's been here. We give up a bunch of threes. The fact that they have three point shooters worries me. I'm curious to see what defensive tweaks, if any, Thibs makes.
BigDaddyG wrote:fishmike wrote:VDesai wrote:Defending Jimmy Butler is not the same as defending Donavan Mitchell, but with Hart, Grimes and Quickley to throw at him, I think we have guys who won't back down and will make it hard for him. They only had two other players that could create their own offense- Herro and a lesser extent Oladipo. And those guys are both out. The difference between this series and the Cavs series is the Heat have many, many shooters. Strus, Robinson, Love, Vincent, Martin - these guys will all make 3s if you leave em open, whereas Oladipo, Levert and Osman couldn't hurt us consistently. Adebayo has more dimensions to his game Mobley at this point - but I have 100% confidence in Mitch/Hartenstein.
great analysis. I was looking at how they beat the Bucks (its almost perplexing) and you nailed it. Miami shot 45% from 3. There's no way Thibs see's that and lets them fire away.
Its going to be really interesting. I dont want to underestimate the Heat, but I dont see how they can hang with us. Bam is a monster, but after that they are leaning heavily on Love (he's played well) and guys like Caleb Martin who are their versions of our Josh Hart. I see another big rebounding advantage. I just dont think Miami's shooting is sustainable. Even with Giannis being banged up I dont know how Miami shot .519 and .450 from 3 FOR THE SERIES. Are they expecting to repeat that?
That's kind of been Thibs MO since he's been here. We give up a bunch of threes. The fact that they have three point shooters worries me. I'm curious to see what defensive tweaks, if any, Thibs makes.
I was looking at splits for any trends as I remember our 3pt defense being really bad to start the year and improving later. However our month by month splits are all over the place so there's really no rhyme or reason.
It looks pretty straightforward to me... can the Heat shoot their way to victory or will the Knick defense hold?
Regular season Miami had the lowest PPG and 25th ranked offense. I also think road/home doesnt really matter with either of these teams. We looked a bit rattled in game 2 but obviously we can win on the road as well
