Turns out moving the ball so that OG, Brunson and KAT all get touches on basically every possession is good

Whodathunk?

Instructions unclear. Brunson go dribble for 23 seconds and take a step back 3 after this timeout

Also really lessened the leash on mikal too

We needed that win so badly

Please Mike Brown, for the sake of your job do this and not what you were doing before!

we are also very fortunate that NAW has yet to go off in this series

KAT as the playmaker and OG making mincemeat out of JJ’s pathetic off ball defense is the wrinkle that’s sparking the Knicks. JJ is playing soft as baby shit.

Dominant Knicks performance in another game where Dyson had the clamps on Brunson.

The game ended 10 minutes ago and the guys already on the shitter?

Absolutely.  

Hawks have no answer for KAT and Mitch.  Mitch cleaning up boards all day. 

They need to just lean into their size advantage with KAT, Mitch, and OG 

How do you think we got here? Thank comfortable toilets and social media

This is what I was worried about… I was really hoping th at Brunson would ball hog hero ball the rest of the series. Might be in trouble now.

I was really hoping he was too dense to figure it out in time lmao

CJ/Jalen Johnson/Dyson Daniels

Love you Mike but you’re legit ass lol

and the thing is, the series started out like this. Seemed that in game 1, Towns was the focal point in initiating the offense during the first 3 quarters…and then it all just disappeared. Like they went in a different direction

Bro was back in All nba form

Yeah Jalen is getting exposed on both ends of the floor. We’ll take 2-2 w him being ass

It’s not going to be as automatic in the games going forward as that offball screen action was for most of the game but it proves that they need to do way more with OG, KAT and Brunson off ball depending on which of them has the ball at any given time.

All of them pull defenders and open up space for others while reliably being able to get their shot 1:1 when needed.

Please for the love of god just have the tape for this game on repeat for the rest of the playoffs. Less Brunson dribbling the air out of the ball please.

A thing that a lot of people on here aren’t going to talk about is that one of the reasons those cuts were so open is that Brunson set a lot of the screens for OG and the Hawks were desperately trying to not switch it.

They did figure it out near the end

Brunson needs to take a step back and defer. It’s just as much his fault as it is anyone else’s

Brown and Brunson need to figure it out. We almost blew game 1 from Brunson’s hero ball antics until KAT saved our asses.

It’s both Brown and Brunson. Shouldn’t take a genius to realize that Towns is the best player on the Knicks and he should be the focal point on offense. But Brown and Brunson just want to play Brunson ball and hero ball it.

Lmao I’m not a huge fan of brown right now but the fizdale comp is harsh. Those were the dark days of nyk

Delusional take, anyone who didn’t think this series was gonna be a knife fight I’d invite them to watch some basketball, I bet they’d love it

This is a bad matchup for JB. Hawks are mostly too long for him defensively. Without being able to get to mccullom, he was destined to struggle.

I don’t even think JB is playing bad. I actually like he played today for the most part

He desperately needs to get his shit together because we’re not going far unless he’s playing like the all star he is.

if Towns was being guarded by Holmgren or Wemby he would struggle too. Dyson is a nightmare matchup for Brunson. It took too long for them to realize that

what’s your thoughts on NAW? I was kinda worried he would have exploded by now in terms of scoring but he’s been relatively quiet (and with CJ being unguardable from G1-G3 to offset that)

its been two 1pt losses only.

game 2 was all on the knicks coaching and Brunson bad playmaking in the 4th. Led to 1pt loss.

Game 3 was just bad all game except Towns and OG but not enough and still only lost by 1pt.

Knicks should have won this series 4-0.

but teams gotta advance sometimes by eking out victories like this.

Knicks beat Boston last season even though boston was 100% the better team by having 3 very clutch, strong games where they managed to lower Boston far down enough to win.

with how weak the “bigs” are as defenders on the Hawks…its a great way to initiate offense. But knicks regulated it to “brunson iso” in the 4th quarters for games 1 and 2. Hence why the Hawks were catching back up in game 1 and in game 2 overtook the knicks and won by 1pt.

I think anyone has a legitimate case if it’s foster wearing the whistle

Funny how it only shows up in the games the Knicks win. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence, though.

It was at max effort game 1 what you mean?

You did not notice the hordes of Knicks fans whining about the last game? Tons of them saying it was the worst ref’d game they had ever watched.

First half was just intense defence on Knicks side

Get used to it, everyone comes out of the woodwork for a Knicks loss

I think cuz we’re expected to win. Losing is much better narrative potential and headlines. Kinda like wheneevr OKC gets blown out

The favorites winning is less drama so less comments.

It’s a Saturday night brother, people are out

The Knicks are the most hated team in the league.

If it was a OKC vs NYC finals, you’d finally see SGA getting respect/love as a player.

Been like this for years. A lot of haters and losers on this sub.

Do we know for a fact that’s what the convo between them was about?

Does help that Knicks have Jalen’s dad on the coaching staff to chew him out.  

GTA>Great barrier thief

He had 2 points until stat padding in the 4th.

The reason he’s inconsistent is that he’s not a good outside shooter, and has essentially one move driving to the basket. Until he diversifies and gets counters to different defenses, this will always happen. However, its been 5 years and he hasn’t shown meaningful improvement there.

He’s a good microwave scorer off the bench (like a Lou Will or Cam Thomas) but in a wing form. But he thinks he’s a future star and tries to do too much along with not listening to coaching.

game 3 is what it is.

Knicks made a comeback in the 4th but the reality is that the Hawks controlled the game the whole way until the end.

Game 2, though. sheesh. that awful 4th quarter of brunson iso after iso that made the offense so stale. all on the knicks.

You woulda won if you didn’t lose woweee

Towns is a freak… a 7 footer who can drive to the lane and shoot jumpers.  Knicks need to feature him so much more.  

Or we fight back? Like these guys have pride too ya know

The day a Knicks post reaches r/all I will close this account and finally be able to rest

Knicks ALWAYS get a LOT of local fans showing up to their games when they visit.

The biggest ones are always Charlotte and Atlanta, cause they usually suck and knicks fans show up to see their team when they visit those cities.

Philly, when sucking, is also inundated with Knicks fans seeing the knicks when they visit philly.

Orlando and Washington also have a ton of knicks fans show up.

 

some people trying to spin it as if it is “rich” new yorkers traveling. nah. It is knicks fans that live in those areas and like to see the knicks those 2 times a year they go there.

i was at the game as knicks fan. it was probably 25-35% knicks fans in there, but we had a lot to cheer for this game hence the energy. plus the general feeling of being counted out will do that to a bunch of new yorkers

I was there and it at first it seemed like it was 80-20, but we were really loud. The atl fans got quiet really quick

We good over here bro don’t worry

Johnson kinda getting punked this series. Not a good sign.

he most definitely doesn’t look like a #1.

You know what he reminds me of? Julius Randle while he was the Knicks’ #1 option. Good enough most of the time but come playoff time or high intensity game and he’d get exposed.

it took extremely clutch shooting by CJ and for very bad playmaking and shooting by Brunson in the 4th quarters for Atlanta to have two 1pt wins.

 

Props to them but the reality is that the knicks have been the better team for 12 out of 16 quarters.

+25 in a tied series. Be more confident.

Going into the playoffs, I considered the knicks that team that could BEAT any team (except OKC) but also LOSE to any team (except the raptors).

as I saw it before the postseason began:

Knicks can BEAT any team (except OKC probably) BUT
Knicks can be BEAT by any team (except the Raptors).

 

The season has been very uneven. The consistency in beating bad/middle teams hasn’t been there

No we don’t wtf

honestly, the last 5 games I’ve seen from the Hawks, I still don’t see how ya’ll got to the 6th seed.

But in all 5 games (last knicks vs hawks and the playoffs), Neil hasn’t been good. And Feels like the guy being propped up in Jalen Johnson hasn’t been dominant.

You guys have won based on the defense on Brunson (and him insisting on shooting it) and on CJ fucking going super saiyan 3 in every game.

The Knicks won 2 challenges and had that bizarre out of bounds call with Anunoby. I wouldn’t say they got favorable calls either.

Relax