8-12 from the field, Kuminga on him the entire 4th quarter and didn’t get the ball once. Just mind boggling

The ghost of Trae Young lives on, yikes

I don’t understand why they don’t run more Brunson KAT PnR late in games to force teams to decide.

KAT was really getting going in the 1st half, too.

Drives me up the fucking wall. Brunson iso for 8 minutes when you have another monster out there

Brunson’s lack of PG skills at his size is why he isn’t a top 10 player. You better hope he’s nuclear because if he isn’t he freezes out teammates and bleeds points on defense

As a Knicks fan it actually pisses me off. KAT sacrifices a lot and they take it for granted.

If you watched us this season, it’s almost certain that Brown and KAT hate each other. I don’t know why all season, Brown has gone to great lengths to avoid getting the KAT the ball, even when KAT was playing amazing in the 2nd half of the season.

KAT seemed like eventually he just said fuck it, I’m just gonna crash the offensive glass

Mike Brown is a terrible coach. Knicks go up 14 on Kat’s back, Brown sits him for five minutes of game action, and then doesn’t leverage KAT to attack when the Knicks are in the bonus for the entirety of the fourth quarter. Just maddening. 

Outside of the last shot, I don’t remember any Knicks player getting the ball aside from Brunson.

it made sense last season.

THis season, its more like he’s there to distract. That’s how Brown wants to use him

They have a top tier offensive center and he’s just an absolute afterthought on offense. Relegated to setting screens and standing in the corner.

This was the least amount of shots he’s taken in his entire career. Less than his rookie season. I swear they run nothing for him. 80% of points feel like they are spot up 3s or offensive rebounds

Trae finding a way to troll the Knicks from the grave

CJ still cooking as a first option is wild to me.

Ouch

This is all Trae Youngs fault………

FUCK TRAE YOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!

CJ one of the most underrated players in the league. Gettin better with age! Hawks did so well to get him & Kuminga!!

Everyone cooks Brunson lol

Straight barbecue chicken everytime

that’s the downside of putting your big on dyson

When did he die?

Trae is as far from heaven as you can get without being on the Kings.

He’s up there with Wade Boggs

Jalen Brunson scored 29 points on 26 FG attempts but Knicks fans are telling me he’s cooking the Hawks defense 🙄

To be fair, both teams were trying to out-choke each other down the stretch.

“Need to make my fucking free throws” - CJ on the post game interview on national television

Gotta knock those two down, but he was the best player on the floor tonight. Happy for CJ

Krum gets the snitch

Respect to Kuminga for stepping up.

I thought the Hawks were struggling with the physicality. But they did their thing. Held up in the end.

CJ almost sold at the end there but Bridges took a rushed shot. Not sure why they didn’t call the timeout

funny how all the good he did would have been washed away if bridges hit that shot at the end.

Cj blazers was so fun

Kuminga’s energy is amazing, even if his shot isn’t falling he’ll come through with emphatic blocks and dunks that I feel the lineup needed

His offensive game is so beautiful to watch

I remember being in downtown Portland in a bar watching that 4-OT game. Never experienced that kind of drama watching a game ever. Ill always love CJ

Knicks always know how to make it a series

That’s what Brown wants. Use Towns to draw a defender out.

Brunson/Towns pick and rolls, Towns will pass but if it is the other way, Brunson takes it in for the shot

Legit there would be a montage number 1 post on r/nba if trae got worked like that to lose a game. Dude got absolutely abused.

Every. Single. Time

No matter how good they are on offense generationally bad defenders like Brunson will always get exposed in the playoffs.

this is why the kat and brunson defense will never work to a championship level. Both are true liabilities out there on the pick and roll.

I saw someone in another thread today saying Brunson should make 1st team all NBA over Jaylen. LMAO

Guy was still yelling at the refs AFTER the game was over lol

they didn’t replay it once

literally in our last game against the Knicks in the regular season, like just before the playoffs, we had the same exact thing where NAW was on the ground after getting blasted by a screen, and Brunson hit the open 3.

KAT was playing football out there, I had to rewind a few times to see how Brunson got so open.

NAW got yeeted but I have no idea how legal it was. We didn’t get a replay.

Infuriating. Knicks were getting away with murder while the hawks were getting called for bs. Knicks still couldn’t pull it off

The calls the Knicks were getting were maddening 

Most obvious moving screen ever but zebras will always swallow the whistle in that spot

Jennifer

if Jalen Johnson, NAW, or Dyson can find their offense in the half court, we’re going to wear em out.

Keep flopping, new york

CJ said “relax I really do this” when he got to Atlanta and by god he really do

there was none. Announcer was VERY wrong

I’m saying bro they were rushing themselves for no reason at all they could have advanced the ball

They didn’t have any left…announcer was wrong. Look at the video you can see no timeouts on the graphic.

Edit: You can only carry 2 timeouts into the final 3 minutes. For some reason they took one with 2:45 left, then took their last TO after the layup to make it a 4pt game with 10 seconds left. At that point the graphic correctly showed no TOs but there must have been confusion and they added one to the graphic after CJ missed the 1st FT with 5 seconds left.

Dont think they had one

It was a fast break with numbers any other situation sure, but you gotta just let that play out Mikal had a decent shot and could’ve had an even better shot

Second time someone’s swore in the post game this playoffs(/play in) lol

As a Blazer fan, that was the some of the most stressful, fun basketball I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been a fan since the 77 Title team

He told CJ to miss them both because he knew it would lead to bridges taking the shot instead of Brunson

How could Trae Young do this to the Knicks

I gotta say I really did NOT his heel turn coming

Mentioning the Braves too? You truly are evil.

Knicks in 13

WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO

The hawks are slept on. They can be demons and should not be taken lightly