SergioNYK wrote:NYKBocker wrote:Game 4 Officials
Zach Zarba
James Williams
Courtney Kirkland
The officiating crew is set for Game 4 at Madison Square Garden. 👀
They all suck.
I actually like Zarba but then again I used to like Marc Davis until very recently. 
martin wrote:
Most “politician says a lots of words yet no message nor accountability” response from a no politician, considering they didn’t change the call at all.
What an embarrassment by the league.
Just make your shots boys, we are the better team. Oh, and play Hukporti for one hard foul. You’ll be legend in Ny if you break twig boy
Rookie wrote:Just make your shots boys, we are the better team. Oh, and play Hukporti for one hard foul. You’ll be legend in Ny if you break twig boy
Would rather beat Wemby on the court and watch him cry. Break him mentally.
newyorknewyork wrote:Rookie wrote:Just make your shots boys, we are the better team. Oh, and play Hukporti for one hard foul. You’ll be legend in Ny if you break twig boy
Would rather beat Wemby on the court and watch him cry. Break him mentally.
Just sayin, if wemby guards Hart in the corner he’s on the baseline and apparently fair game to be trucked.
Lots of chatter on spurs. That’s all you hear. Remember we heard this every series how the Knicks were in trouble. Time for another beat down
I see this game as a must win. If we lose 2 at MSG I think our chances drop drastically. I don't understand why we went back to iso-Brunson in the Finals. Things were working so well when we distributed the ball
ramtour420 wrote:I see this game as a must win. If we lose 2 at MSG I think our chances drop drastically. I don't understand why we went back to iso-Brunson in the Finals. Things were working so well when we distributed the ball
Relying on Jalen to bring up the ball becomes the problem.
On slower sets where we are not fast breaking or pushing the ball upcourt before their defense sets, the key is to advance the ball faster by chain passing it upcourt. This requires us to stagger 3-4 players at intervals downcourt to receive the ball. It will shave several seconds off the ball usage time and give us more time to run our offense out of different sets that don't all start with Brunson dribbling the ball at the top of the key.
This comes down to coaching and execution. Brown needs to remind everyone of how they got here. If the players are tuned in to the message they will be fine. SA is going to pressure anything from 3/4 to half-court. Trying to dribble through that is the mistake we've been making.
P.S. The only thing that qualifies as a must-win is when the other team can close out the series with a victory.
The semantics matter.
Stating this is a must-win is unnecessary dramatics and completely inaccurate about the Knicks current situation.
i’m psyched for us going for 3-1 at home
a few offensive adjustments and i think we got it
BlueKnickers wrote:P.S. The only thing that qualifies as a must-win is when the other team can close out the series with a victory. The semantics matter.
Stating this is a must-win is unnecessary dramatics and completely inaccurate about the Knicks current situation.
While you are technically right my point has to do with the psychological impact of dropping this game. We do that and the series isn't just even, we will have turned our advantage into a disadvantage.Yrs, It would not exactly kill us, but it definitely wouldn't make us stronger.
Last time I'll repeat - let's start Mitch to focus on Wemby not getting too comfortable. We would dominate the boards and make life miserable for Spurs with better paint protection and they can't hack a mitch in the early minutes without creating their own foul trouble. Hukiporti can sub in when Kornet comes in. Spurs are faster and even with our most athletic lineup they are slightly faster and more athletic. Tired of watching Castle and Vassel drive to the hoop all last game. Mitch would take much of that away as Spurs are small outside of Wemby.
jskinny35 wrote:Last time I'll repeat - let's start Mitch to focus on Wemby not getting too comfortable. We would dominate the boards and make life miserable for Spurs with better paint protection and they can't hack a mitch in the early minutes without creating their own foul trouble. Hukiporti can sub in when Kornet comes in. Spurs are faster and even with our most athletic lineup they are slightly faster and more athletic. Tired of watching Castle and Vassel drive to the hoop all last game. Mitch would take much of that away as Spurs are small outside of Wemby.
I don't think you can start Mitch but you can definitely play them together in stretches.
ramtour420 wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:P.S. The only thing that qualifies as a must-win is when the other team can close out the series with a victory. The semantics matter.
Stating this is a must-win is unnecessary dramatics and completely inaccurate about the Knicks current situation.
While you are technically right my point has to do with the psychological impact of dropping this game. We do that and the series isn't just even, we will have turned our advantage into a disadvantage.Yrs, It would not exactly kill us, but it definitely wouldn't make us stronger.
I'm not worried so much about their psychology. Their confidence is there. To be able to stage historical comebacks to win games takes confidence, especially when you were wiping teams out just days before.
All I would say is a concern is strategy and I think this comes down coaching + player implementation.
You could say I'm curious to see what they came up with. This is what makes a series interesting. A sweep would have been cool, but it is also cool to win the game after a loss.
Chins up
NYKBocker wrote:jskinny35 wrote:Last time I'll repeat - let's start Mitch to focus on Wemby not getting too comfortable. We would dominate the boards and make life miserable for Spurs with better paint protection and they can't hack a mitch in the early minutes without creating their own foul trouble. Hukiporti can sub in when Kornet comes in. Spurs are faster and even with our most athletic lineup they are slightly faster and more athletic. Tired of watching Castle and Vassel drive to the hoop all last game. Mitch would take much of that away as Spurs are small outside of Wemby.
I don't think you can start Mitch but you can definitely play them together in stretches.
Not sure coach will do something so drastic. Knicks do need to protect the rim early. Castle, Vassel and Harper were all going to basket early. Having Mitch in took away from that a bit.
Yes please!
Alright you lady gents, if the Knicks aren’t getting enough, uh, penetration tonight, because of their much much too loose ball handling, you know who we need to ride, giddy up muthafuckas!!
martin wrote:Alright you lady gents, if the Knicks aren’t getting enough, uh, penetration tonight, because of their much much too loose ball handling, you know who we need to ride, giddy up muthafuckas!!
I can't quit you Tyler!
Rode the Melo jersey to 13 straight wins. Now giving Sprewell his moment.
Can't wait to see the new and inventive ways we get screwed tonight.
