the one game embiid was out LMAO

1.5 games

I thought it was great actually

Just took the thing every Knicks fan was calling for all year lol

KAT looks like he’s reborn and an assist machine

Their defense needs to be recognized. They’ve been the best (or close to it) defense in the league since the all star break. A huge reason for that is Kat transforming into a legit plus defender. Now in the playoffs both Hart and Bridges have leveled up into lock down guys also.

Knicks make Finals just to lose to San Antonio with a young generational big who will have co ownership of the league for a decade…..

Has this ever happened?

Freeflowing offense revolving around KAT’s passing has activated this team into a whole new level. I didnt know KAT can pass and orchestrate an offense like this. Others in the team are world class cutters including Brunson, making them really dangerous.

Then when clutch time comes—Brunson is a killer.

Crazy to think that our longest win streak all season was only like 8? We can match that in the playoffs

that shit might collapse

Tickets going to be $5K for the nosebleeds

Honestly the NBA just feels cooler when the Knicks are good.

Right there with you. I want it to push game 7 just to see how New yorkers react. Either way, new York is burning down lmao.

OG is in his cryopod, healing his hamstring. Give him some time

OKC haven’t seen “Dominican Jokic” KAT yet, easy buckets for everyone

people have said that before and yet he’s led every single playoff series he’s been in as a Knick in scoring

6’6” Brunson never leaves Dallas. Even more, would have made for a crazy top 5 draft that year.

r/holup

Orlando

I mean Philly kinda wasn’t expected to do too much until they beat Boston. Philly is basically the Worf of the NBA.

I definitely don’t think Atlanta is embarrassing even though they got trucked 3 games to close it. Winning two playoff games when they were dead in the water in December is a fine end to their season.

As a neutral, I can’t watch Embiid get hated on.

He put everything on the line to eliminate Boston.

Give him a concession ring after you beat OKC.

Turns out it’s hard to win a playoff series against a team with actual NBA centers and not 35y/o Nicola Vucevic and Neemias “still learning how to walk” Queta.

We would’ve gotten blown out even worse. Tatum hurt again, trash front court (hey, seem like nice guys…but none are starter caliber centers, much less playoff centers), White in a yearlong slump (possible yips at the end), even Pritchard playing poorly, JB reverting back to ISO/Hero-ball (and failing), and Joe deciding the young guys who kept us afloat all season were only worth getting like 5min/game.

Every game would’ve been like this G4 one, 20-30pt blowouts and a quick sweep. Only team that’s even a slight threat to NYK (in the East) is Detroit, and they don’t have enough offense while NYK has enough defenders to throw at Cade non-stop. NYK is going to the Finals this year, might even have a small chance v OKC/SA too.

As a Knicks fan I must say, between the victory, the 6ers getting swept, the Celtics getting even further embarrassed from the grave, and the lottery outcome of the Pacers and the Nets this is one of the greatest sports days of my entire near 32 year old life lol

Once they realized how to use KAT they rolling.

“Lolknicks” feels like a fever dream.

Just had the same feeling, a rival franchise spoke of us with fear, I used to dream about times like this.

Mike Brown is always a bit late on his developmental milestones but with a little extra time on the test he does fine

The fashion that Brown is utilizing KAT now is a really savvy solution. You “run” the offensive through him in a way that lets him share the ball. Brunson is willing to take less touches while staying efficient , KAT bought in AND his defense improved. Great stuff all around

Hold up. Winning a championship??? What exactly is your plan for OKC/Wemby???

My guy does some dumb shit, but he still has an awful whistle lol.

Knicks are so washed, can’t even get a 50 point lead in an elimination game anymore

Playoff Brunson is just insane, some players just get better in the Playoffs

It’s stupid, but you gotta challenge otherwise you get blasted for having mentally checked out as the coach. He’s gonna have a rough enough week as it is.

Not on Reddit my brother the /s is near mandatory

I like your optimism in thinking he wouldn’t at least get a couple of “bro the series is over lol” comments.

Paul George is 36 years old and has such a long injury history that of course he’s not playing to the level he did in Indiana or OKC.

Nasty compound fracture of the leg in 2015, broken hand 2016, knee surgery 2017, surgery on both shoulders 2019, torn ligament in elbow needed surgery 2021, knee and hamstring injuries every year since including this year.

Honestly it’s insane he is even playing and contributing at all.

It’s weird bc he made the most 3s all playoffs out of any player (at least at the start of game 3 of Knicks sixers) and genuinely had some stellar defensive performances against the Celtics. But he just constantly would score like 15 in the first and then disappear

Did you see him play in Indiana? Because that PG was one of the top 2-way players in the league

HIDE YOUR HOME TICKETS

I genuinely thought today was game 3 of the series

Yeah, I expected more too, but the Knicks are both better than I thought and the Sixers are worse and played below the expectations I had for them. Embiid tweaking the leg/ankle in Game 7 was already bad, and then apparently Maxey jammed his finger again in Game 2 which handicapped him, at least for that game and probably bothered him a bit more than it had been in 3 and 4. But honestly even if they’d been playing at peak Boston-series level there’s no way they were beating this version of the Knicks.

Hopefully next year the team will have a bit more depth and better health, and we can run this series back with a closer result.

We’re firing on all cylinders but the physicality detroit showed throughout the regular season still worries me. They don’t look nearly as imposing, but the threat is still there. What gives me confidence though is the way the Knicks responded to every punch thrown at them by Philly. No panic iso/hero ball when backs against a wall. It feels like adjustments are actually being made for the first time in years

Fwiw Philadelphia Cream Cheese was never from Philly, it’s from New York.

Because there was a new CBA coming that offseason and he wanted to lock in his money. That, and Dolan panicked and made the GM (the ultra-patient and reasonable Donnie Walsh) pull the trigger on the trade despite there being several days left before the trade deadline in which further bargaining could have occurred and the price haggled down.