I'm fulling expecting this to be another long up and down series filled with a lot of drama and anxiety. That being said, Knicks in 6! Got to get the first one tonight! Historically we don't win playoff series if we don't win Game 1!
I got us blowing the Hicks away and sweeping them easily. They had a hard time with an injured Bucks team. I see us doing the same thing we did to the Cavs last year.
Game 1 will be very telling about this clash of styles.
This series might be much different than last in terms of closeness of games even if it’s a tight series. Possible we trade a few blowouts in this one. I don’t expect that many games to go down to the wire.
Knicks in 5 if Haliburton misses time or has a flare up.
Papabear Says
I am watching this game from beginning till end.
The biggest question mark is does Thibs expand the rotation and with whom.
Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysI am watching this game from beginning till end.
Promise to turn off the game if we go down 15?
franco12 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysI am watching this game from beginning till end.
Promise to turn off the game if we go down 15?
Give him 20 - he's already sacrificed so much!
We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.
I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
Waaaaaaaaaaa. This is going to turn into the Halliburton crying meme
SergioNYK wrote:
your crew for tonights game:
Zach Zarba (#15), Tyler Ford (#39), Sean Wright (#4), Ray Acosta (#54)
None of these guys stand out or are memorable to me
Rookie wrote:your crew for tonights game:Zach Zarba (#15), Tyler Ford (#39), Sean Wright (#4), Ray Acosta (#54)
None of these guys stand out or are memorable to me
They all suck tbh. I always go into games expecting the other team to have 10 more FT attempts. 
franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
DLeethal wrote:franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
how we do in those games with siakim?
Both these teams have had big changes this year.
Good litmus test is last 10 games, quality of opponent and the record.
Looks like they finished strong but can't comment on strength of opponent.
We fans are in a strange spot. Favored to win by most experts in the second round! WE don't know how to act! We try to talk ourselves into things.
Indy too is inexperienced. Siakim has been there.
All these important games after so few over 20 years has us ridden with anxiety!
Parity should make us all nervous.
True, Indy dispensed a Bucks team whose two best players were injured and Middleton a hobbled stud. That team healthy does contend.
But they not.
Philly? Embiid was far from healthy, but he rarely is at seasons end. Most of us were all about "when he asks out and he all CAA" at seasons start. They are better than we gave them credit for but we EARNED home court and we won our first two.
WE need to come out and punch them good in Game one. Its never critical but it helps!!!!
One game at a time. Next man up. Fit and Grit!
DLeethal wrote:franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
Embid was on one leg in the play offs. Sorry. He still was great, but a shell of himself.
We’ll see. I hope I am wrong.
Nalod wrote:DLeethal wrote:franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
how we do in those games with siakim?
Both these teams have had big changes this year.
Good litmus test is last 10 games, quality of opponent and the record.
Looks like they finished strong but can't comment on strength of opponent.
We fans are in a strange spot. Favored to win by most experts in the second round! WE don't know how to act! We try to talk ourselves into things.
Indy too is inexperienced. Siakim has been there.
All these important games after so few over 20 years has us ridden with anxiety!
Parity should make us all nervous.
True, Indy dispensed a Bucks team whose two best players were injured and Middleton a hobbled stud. That team healthy does contend.
But they not.
Philly? Embiid was far from healthy, but he rarely is at seasons end. Most of us were all about "when he asks out and he all CAA" at seasons start. They are better than we gave them credit for but we EARNED home court and we won our first two.
WE need to come out and punch them good in Game one. Its never critical but it helps!!!!
Agreed. Can't take record at face value during season. Seasons have so many ups and downs. You can play teams during your down periods and get smoked when you would have beat them during your best periods. Knicks are currently playing at a very high level - most of the times they played Indy they were in the midst of injury riddled losing streaks and never once played them with OG, who we all know transformed our team and we have a 24-5 record with him on the court including playoffs.
franco12 wrote:DLeethal wrote:franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
Embid was on one leg in the play offs. Sorry. He still was great, but a shell of himself.
We’ll see. I hope I am wrong.
They won 8 straight to go into the playoffs with that same Embiid. He still dropped a 50 piece and 39 in game 6. And Maxey played at a superstar level.
Nalod wrote:DLeethal wrote:franco12 wrote:We were 1 & 2 against the pacers in the regular season. I don’t see the Knicks advancing in this series- not trying to be a hater- I think we were able to grind out one series and expecting us, short handed, to do it again what is arguably a team better than the sixers and healthier than us- it’s just asking to much.I’m worried we drop tonight’s game- hope I am wrong.
In what world is Indiana better than Philly. Philly entered playoffs on an 8 game winning streak and had a 60+ win pace with Embiid.
OG didn't play any of the games versus Indy this year. One game against them occurred the night of the trade and we barely had anyone available, with Fournier and Taj playing big minutes. Taj STARTED another game against them this year. Precious started at the 4 two games against them this year, an experiment that has ended for the most part.
We never really played them during a good stretch at all. Record on paper doesn't mean that much without context.
how we do in those games with siakim?
Both these teams have had big changes this year.
Good litmus test is last 10 games, quality of opponent and the record.
Looks like they finished strong but can't comment on strength of opponent.
We fans are in a strange spot. Favored to win by most experts in the second round! WE don't know how to act! We try to talk ourselves into things.
Indy too is inexperienced. Siakim has been there.
All these important games after so few over 20 years has us ridden with anxiety!
Parity should make us all nervous.
True, Indy dispensed a Bucks team whose two best players were injured and Middleton a hobbled stud. That team healthy does contend.
But they not.
Philly? Embiid was far from healthy, but he rarely is at seasons end. Most of us were all about "when he asks out and he all CAA" at seasons start. They are better than we gave them credit for but we EARNED home court and we won our first two.
WE need to come out and punch them good in Game one. Its never critical but it helps!!!!
I actually thought that Siakam was worse for Indiana than their pre-trade squad. He is often the very thing that I complain about when I am upset with Randle. Maybe worse. Precious had Siakam's number for much of our matchups.
Losing the scoring punch from Mathurin takes a bit out of their offense.
I don't think Myles Turner can hang with either Hartenstein or Robinson in the low post, so I would expect them to push Turner out to the 3 point line.
The McConnell/McBride matchup in the second unit is the most likely place where this game is won. Scrappy players that can score in bunches when they get rolling. I hope we see a bit more Precious in here because I think they will try to run our bigmen up and down the floor into exhaustion.
The biggest thing is whether we can hold them under 110-115 points during this series. Knicks don't have a lot of horses to score 120+ points with these guys.
IMO, we need to get Burks going off the bench and hope he can give us Bogie production and we need to keep games under 115 points.
