He needs to hit some open shots much earlier in the game.
DLeethal wrote:I give Mikal lots of flack but those corner 3s and his 4th quarter defense was massive
LivingLegend@ 4/27/2025 4:28 PM
VDesai wrote:Bitcherstaff used his challenge in the first on a dumb play
THIS!!! And he did same thing in game 1 I believe.
LivingLegend@ 4/27/2025 4:31 PM
NYStateOfMind wrote:BALL don't lie!!! Knicks up 3-1, lucky this wasn't a sweep.
KAL, OG, & bench combined 21 points. Their bench 22 pts. Thibs, make adjustments; your schemes aren't working.
To be fair to Thibs today I mean we had Mikal chokin & tokin for 45 minutes and OG was unable to coordinate his hands/feet/ball together all day (the dropped lob early was pure OG) — add in Deuce bricking and losing 3 point shooters.
We basically went from elite playing early to large dog turds to elite shot making late.
Kudos to OG/Mikal for working all day on Klay who is a handful.
LivingLegend@ 4/27/2025 4:32 PM
ramtour420 wrote:It's not really a heist. Last shot of the game for the win you gotta make. If there is a little contact that never gets called on the last shot on the closing seconds. In my 30 some years of watching basketball I've seen it called only a handful of times.
Yes and ask ourselves would Kat have got the whistle on that contact if he was shooting? Blank no he wouldn’t.
LivingLegend@ 4/27/2025 4:36 PM
DLeethal wrote:The DDV shot was shooting practice for Divo. Those KAT shots were a 10/10 degree of difficulty
Agree - Kat shots were miraculous and as a center going right and stepping back into 28 foot 3 for the lead —- BANG…BANG.
LivingLegend@ 4/27/2025 4:37 PM
NYStateOfMind wrote:He needs to hit some open shots much earlier in the game.
DLeethal wrote:I give Mikal lots of flack but those corner 3s and his 4th quarter defense was massive
Damn was I -issuing and moaning at Mikal for nearly 4 quarters.
ToddTT@ 4/27/2025 4:40 PM
Awww... that's a shame, Detroit.
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DLeethal wrote:The DDV shot was shooting practice for Divo. Those KAT shots were a 10/10 degree of difficulty
Agree - Kat shots were miraculous and as a center going right and stepping back into 28 foot 3 for the lead —- BANG…BANG.
KAT combined the powers of Randle and Divo in the clutch.He went from Bodega KAT to straight up back alley KAT.
SergioNYK@ 4/27/2025 4:53 PM
Def need to pick up some of Clyde's 'Just for Men' cause me entire beard and hair is now grey! But seriously what a game! We will remember this one for a long time!
I'll start with giving kudos to the zebras for swallowing the whistle on that final play. If this was a regular season game, I can understand calling that foul on Hart. But this is the playoffs and it would have been a shame if this game ended that way on at the FT line. Plus Pistons had their chance to win it and Cunningham had a great look and missed it! And he turned it over the play before too! I honestly fear for my mental state if Hardaway Jr. of all players won that game.
KAT continues to earn my undeniable loyalty and support. Those last 2 shots will live on in Knicks legend! That baseline fade was almost behind the backboard and hit nothing but net with Duren all over him! And that was 3 was just all talent, skill and balls!
And holy shit Brunson! HANG HIS #11 IN THE RAFTERS TODAY! I'VE SEEN ENOUGH HE IS A KNICKS LEGEND!!! My heart sank when he went down but I knew it wasn't going to end like this and when I saw him come back and hit that first shot, I had a feeling we were about to witness something special! And he went on to have one of the gutsiest and most heroic games in Knicks history! Immediately reminded me of that Isiah Thomas game where he injured his ankle and came back and scored 11 of the Pistons last 15 points in the 88 Finals against the Lakers! Brunson scored 15 points in the last 10 minutes after he came back! He just played with so much heart! Put the team on his back and brought us back!
Got to give Bridges his kudos. Couldn't buy a bucket all game but hit those two huge threes in the 4th and played some suffocating defense! OG didn't shot well but continues to make it tough on Cade. Hart with the clutch strip on Cade with about 37 secs left was huge! Also grabbed 10 rebounds and had 4 steals! The bench continues to bring almost nothing. Shamet didn't even play I don't think which I totally get cause he's been awful. Deuce continues to struggle with his shot and Payne hasn't recaptured that game one magic. Mitch was obviously not 100%. I loved the team defense! Must be our best game of the season defending the 3! Rebounding is still an issue.
But we're up 3-1! It's no means over! Pistons won't quit! We will need to do our part and end them! But enjoy this one! Happy that younger fans are able to experience this type of Knicks playoff basketball!
MaTT4281@ 4/27/2025 4:55 PM
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WP76 wrote:Yes, it was a foul against Hardaway but you can't call something with one second left that you haven't called all game.
Exactly!!
ToddTT@ 4/27/2025 5:06 PM
Today's edition of Pistons Reddit...
THAT WAS A FUCKING FOUL
Jalen Brunson reminds me of the propaganda religious videos where the priest casts a spell to make the “paralyzed” guy in the wheelchair start walking again.
JB sucks at challenging. Definitely could’ve used one.
I’m dead inside.
I hate the Knicks so fucking much
Absolute bullshit
Knicks fan coming in peace.
That was a foul
Fuck
Not like this. Not like this. I was prepared to say we lost the game in the 1st Quarter. Not like this.
Spurs fan who just watched your game - that was definitely a foul
Lakers fan here.
Brutal no-call robbery.
Foul!!! I'm a warriors fan. Foullllll
As a Sixers fan, you have my condolences.
Wolves fan you guys got robbed!
Schroeder at the end of third quarter not getting a shot up coming back to haunt us
Not even a Pistons fan but that was a fucking foul
I’ve never experienced frustration and hatred like this before
Bucks fan here. Sorry y'all got robbed.
Celtics fan, that was a foul
Shout out to the Knicks. Their shotmaking down the stretch was unbelievable. I'm still in awe of that last KAT 3. Just heart broken
What if Schroder made the layup instead of passing the ball….
I fucking cried
My remote is through my tv and my day is ruined
Ankle was always good fuckass you can’t recover from that so quickly
I've never hated a team more
Look. This is like the 4th NBA game I’ve watched this year.
I’m not a Pistons fan. At all.
That was a fucking foul all day, and twice on Sunday.
Man if they just didnt fuck up that free layup at the end of the 3rd.
sixers fan lmao welcome to the club, straight up W taken away from yall
KAT is the biggest dork in the league
It’s alright guys, the NBA will make up for it in the report tomorrow and say they missed the foul but sorry
Cavs fan here. That was 100% a foul.
The worst part of all of this is it made stephen a.smith happy and i gotta avoid espn and his super annoying ass
I’m just hoping that Boston would beat the shit out of them
Good thing we used that challenge in q1 at 8-10
Honestly think im done with sports
NYKBocker@ 4/27/2025 5:16 PM
If you only watch the highlights then that is a foul. If you watched the whole game then it is not
MaTT4281@ 4/27/2025 5:20 PM
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But seriously what a game! We will remember this one for a long time!