Knicks · [Game Thread 5/8/23] 2nd Round - Game 4 vs Heat - 7:30 TNT (page 13)

Good d

Friggin' Randle with another lazy WTF turnover. We are being outworked so badly it's ridiculous.

RJ trying to keep em involved

Ok, that's some good d we showed

How many fouls does randle have? Dude doesn't even try on help defense

We need to bench Randle. Much rather see what Barrett can do at the 4 and Hart at the 3. Can't match the Heat's physicality anyway, might as well do our best to stretch their defense and attack. Maybe get some consistent offense out of those sets

Knicks getting smoked on the boards this quarter or they could have been back in it by now

Next season Randle has to go. I can't deal with him for another playoff. All those amazing regular season games mean nothing to me. We also need 2 or 3 shooters. I am glad The Heat are packing the paint. The FO needed to see this so they know for sure to stop messing around and get shooters. This is not the 90% anymore.

Dont let them come out of this timeout with a 3

Rebounding an issue

Clearly a charge!

Brunson missing open threes that he normally sticks.

Clean wrote:Next season Randle has to go. I can't deal with him for another playoff. All those amazing regular season games mean nothing to me. We also need 2 or 3 shooters. I am glad The Heat are packing the paint. The FO needed to see this so they know for sure to stop messing around and get shooters. This is not the 90% anymore.

+1. I just hope he doesn't tank his trade value before then.

Not able to watch the game, but the overall numbers on offense aren't atrocious. It's the defense, hustle, rebounding that's doing us in -- effort in short on the other things. And their bench is giving them what our bench should also have. Whatever happens I'd give this Knicks team another year; if they don't improve next year, then that's our ceiling and management has to figure it out.

Also, in other series', players like Harden, KD, Booker, AD, Curry, Jokic -- i.e. the stars -- have delivered at least one or two monster games or defining games. None of our stars have. We're happy if Julius doesn't lose it, or if Barret gives us 20 ...and for me that's not on the coach. Great players will their way to a win.

This is crap officiating

Brunson just missed 2 shotsbhe always makes

Getting worked by both the Heat and the stripes.

Should we stop doubling Butler? Might be doing more harm than good. MIA either gets too good a shot OR gets thr defense scrambled enough to effectively offensive rebound.

Goaltending

VDesai wrote:Brunson just missed 2 shotsbhe always makes

Not in this series and it's killing us.

Knicks on a mini run. Watch Miami look for a 3