Wemby hurt hopefully just an ankle sprain
ToddTT wrote:
At worst it’s a high ankle
I just screamed at the screen twice in the past few minutes
Leaving Champagnie open over and over again is really pissing me off
KAT just flat footed watching
Spurs are good but it sucks to blow a 19 point lead.
Disgusting game we gave away with bad decisions, piss poor D on Champagne and refs completely blowing Spurs.
Besides refs we are just dumb _ Kat again fouling anything that comes near him, OG tackling Olynk and Koret off the ball and in the penalty.
Just piss poor, nonchalant play tonight - should have played kids more as they were at least defending.
Christmas in reverse.
Tough game - came down to the wire on the road without Josh and Mitch. Brunson didn't have his normal heroics (despite a draft final shot). Not going to lose sleep over this one.
McCullar continuing to make the most of this opportunity with Josh out.
Impressed with San Antonio though. I look forward to the finals after they knock out OKC.
This game highlights what I'll call:
The Curse of the Giveth/Taketh Player
of whom we have two specifically, KAT & Clarkson
KAT is the ultimate good and bad player, something every Knicks fan is all too familiar with with his stupid mistakes
Jordan Clarkson made so many mistakes defensively this game and some on offense too that it tends to negate his scoring off the bench tonight.
Neither player was helping us down the stretch other than a KAT putback, but overall they were getting scored on, leaving shooters wide open and getting called for dumb fouls
This is where I fault Brown. Perhaps you keep KAT on the floor, but it was very clear in the last 5-6 minutes of the game when he was our only big on the floor we were getting abused in the paint and Kornet was the superior center in the clutch. At that point, you either bring in Huk or sub out KAT and roll with Hukporti who was having a better game than KAT defensively and leave the scoring to the other Knicks.
But an even bigger criticism was Clarkson was a massive detriment down the stretch. I couldn't believe someone like McCullar wasn't in the game instead when we clearly were getting torched down the stretch. Lo and behold, McCullar enters the last minute and makes an incredible defensive play that could have led to a final shot attempt to tie the game.
We choked down the stretch and I think part of that was Brown choking and not making what looked like obvious defensive adjustments. Guys like Deuce and McCullar should have been in the game most of the 4th. They defend and can score.
Tonight I was thinking of Giannis and how much better we'd be with him instead of KAT. Sorry, but this game pushed me over the edge. I'm ready for the big trade now.
And I'm ready for McCullar to excel and take those key minutes away from Clarkson. He looks ready for prime time. Give him a long leash coach.
Should've won this one. Give Champagnie credit! It was his night. 11 threes is crazy.
Players tonight I'd like to commend (basically our bench minus Clarkson):
Deuce (incredible efficiency)
Kolek (was very sharp with PnR and Outlet passes, team was best when he played, should have gotten more than 15 minutes)
Hukporti (altered lots of shots, one of his better games)
McCullar (small minutes, but impactful, should have played much more)
Yabusele (his first legit solid game as a Knick)
Tough loss. No big deal. Why didn’t Diawara play after the first 5 mins ? I missed the early part of the game.
BlueKnickers wrote:This game highlights what I'll call:The Curse of the Giveth/Taketh Player
of whom we have two specifically, KAT & Clarkson
KAT is the ultimate good and bad player, something every Knicks fan is all too familiar with with his stupid mistakes
Jordan Clarkson made so many mistakes defensively this game and some on offense too that it tends to negate his scoring off the bench tonight.
Neither player was helping us down the stretch other than a KAT putback, but overall they were getting scored on, leaving shooters wide open and getting called for dumb fouls
This is where I fault Brown. Perhaps you keep KAT on the floor, but it was very clear in the last 5-6 minutes of the game when he was our only big on the floor we were getting abused in the paint and Kornet was the superior center in the clutch. At that point, you either bring in Huk or sub out KAT and roll with Hukporti who was having a better game than KAT defensively and leave the scoring to the other Knicks.
But an even bigger criticism was Clarkson was a massive detriment down the stretch. I couldn't believe someone like McCullar wasn't in the game instead when we clearly were getting torched down the stretch. Lo and behold, McCullar enters the last minute and makes an incredible defensive play that could have led to a final shot attempt to tie the game.
We choked down the stretch and I think part of that was Brown choking and not making what looked like obvious defensive adjustments. Guys like Deuce and McCullar should have been in the game most of the 4th. They defend and can score.
Tonight I was thinking of Giannis and how much better we'd be with him instead of KAT. Sorry, but this game pushed me over the edge. I'm ready for the big trade now.
And I'm ready for McCullar to excel and take those key minutes away from Clarkson. He looks ready for prime time. Give him a long leash coach.
We gave the ball away, played sloppy. Didn't box out at all,and when Bridges tried he got pushed into the ground and called for a foul. wtf. Lesson? When someone is on fire like that you gotta get glued to him. No reason why we couldn't make it at least a bit harder for Champagne
ramtour420 wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:This game highlights what I'll call:The Curse of the Giveth/Taketh Player
of whom we have two specifically, KAT & Clarkson
KAT is the ultimate good and bad player, something every Knicks fan is all too familiar with with his stupid mistakes
Jordan Clarkson made so many mistakes defensively this game and some on offense too that it tends to negate his scoring off the bench tonight.
Neither player was helping us down the stretch other than a KAT putback, but overall they were getting scored on, leaving shooters wide open and getting called for dumb fouls
This is where I fault Brown. Perhaps you keep KAT on the floor, but it was very clear in the last 5-6 minutes of the game when he was our only big on the floor we were getting abused in the paint and Kornet was the superior center in the clutch. At that point, you either bring in Huk or sub out KAT and roll with Hukporti who was having a better game than KAT defensively and leave the scoring to the other Knicks.
But an even bigger criticism was Clarkson was a massive detriment down the stretch. I couldn't believe someone like McCullar wasn't in the game instead when we clearly were getting torched down the stretch. Lo and behold, McCullar enters the last minute and makes an incredible defensive play that could have led to a final shot attempt to tie the game.
We choked down the stretch and I think part of that was Brown choking and not making what looked like obvious defensive adjustments. Guys like Deuce and McCullar should have been in the game most of the 4th. They defend and can score.
Tonight I was thinking of Giannis and how much better we'd be with him instead of KAT. Sorry, but this game pushed me over the edge. I'm ready for the big trade now.
And I'm ready for McCullar to excel and take those key minutes away from Clarkson. He looks ready for prime time. Give him a long leash coach.
We gave the ball away, played sloppy. Didn't box out at all,and when Bridges tried he got pushed into the ground and called for a foul. wtf. Lesson? When someone is on fire like that you gotta get glued to him. No reason why we couldn't make it at least a bit harder for Champagne
You force him to pass off a few times instead of giving him so many open looks and you win the game. It was inexcusable
Knixkik wrote:Tough loss. No big deal. Why didn’t Diawara play after the first 5 mins ? I missed the early part of the game.
Diawara started off in ridiculous fashion hitting two threes in a row to start the game and then he started spamming threes and missed three in a row and was shown the bench. He sat the rest of the game as punishment.
Knixkik wrote:Tough loss. No big deal. Why didn’t Diawara play after the first 5 mins ? I missed the early part of the game.
Yeah I don’t get these Mo minutes either. He played like less than 1 min to open the second half and that was that
