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And so was the Knicks comeback.
been warching the nva since the early 60s. That one was for the ages.
And so was the Knicks comeback.
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Harden dribbles too much during the game...wears him out more than a Kardashian sister.
Heroes, zeros from Knicks’ Game 1 win over Cavaliers: James Harden had night to forget
Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 115-104 Game 1 win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
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I assume the cavs coach does a good job. Never liked him when he was with the Nets, but maybe cause I was mad Isaiah wasnt getting more time.
Amazing comeback. The NBA is giving all sports fans a show and last night Jalen and the Knicks did it in the greatest city in the world. Awesome win. Just awesome. When Jalen gets it on, better be ready.
Amazing comeback. The NBA is giving all sports fans a show and last night Jalen and the Knicks did it in the greatest city in the world. Awesome win. Just awesome. When Jalen gets it on, better be ready.
The big talent with Brooklyn nets yes talking to you kyrie and KD ran Kenny out of town. He is a long Island native played at Richmond real coaching journeyman and being with Cleveland validates and vindicates the Brooklyn exp. With that said last year early bounce from postseason vs what seed was. Last night was not his best last 12 min of a game.
Harden at the line up like 21. At that point the Knicks were playing listless D, Brunson was off and taking some bad shots, and overall as a team like 4-24 from 3 or something like that.
From there - Defense gets better. Brunson starts making shots and gets on a torrid run. And Knicks go 6-8 from 3, with Shamet, Bridges and Bryson hitting big ones. Garden crowd takes over. Cavs can’t stem the run, even when Mobley hit a giant 3 to put them up 7/8 which I thought was the death blow for the Knicks.
Kenny A is a good coach but I wonder what the logic was for those last 7 minutes with Harden and Brunson. The Knicks were consistently attacking Harden and the Cavs didn’t do anything to change the matchup or adjust. By contrast, the Knicks were doing everything possible on the defensive end to protect Brunson who had 5 fouls and is a defensive liability.
Hard to pass judgment because it is not uncommon for kids that talented to be part of teams that aren’t as good as a whole when those kids are freshman without a supporting cast. Kids like Bailey and Harper make giant leaps year to year because of their talent etc but are not guarantee to win right away especially in this era of older players. Unless you surround them with the right cast.
If you want to get on Pike for that team I think it’s the failure to surround those 2 rare talents with the right group.
That is not the real rothstein account on X, a fraud and Mr. Musk does so well to vet his platform...but free speech/no censorship
Kenny got screwed in Brooklyn and is validating that he's a good coach with the Cavs now going 116-48 in his 2 seasons. However, he deserves blame for that collapse. While the Knicks were on that insane run and Cleveland looked clueless and tired, Atkinson kept 2 Timeouts in his pocket which he never used. And then he did the same thing in Overtime while getting blitzed. He kept 4 Total Timeouts in his pocket which he never used during a 44-11 run!
He made no adjustment to put a better defender on Brunson until they got close and he began doubling him which opened up 3s for others. He also did nothing to get the ball out of Harden's hands on offense every trip. Have to get Donovan Mitchell the ball down the stretch.
Granted the Knicks had to play near flawless basketball to comeback but he did not do enough to make things harder for them.
Cleveland knows this. They try to hide Harden on defense off the ball but the Knicks kept doing basic screens with Harden's guy (usually OG) and Atlanta switched on it every time so Harden and Brunson were manned up and the Knicks just cleared everyone out and let him go 1 on 1.
Watched Spurs - OKC. Spurs have so much young talent but I think they are too young to get through a strong team like OKC. Their 2 starting guards are 20 and 21.
Stephon Castle is an amazing talent in just his 2nd season - so explosive. But he isn't ready tobe your primary ball-handler. Dylan Harper has issues also but when he got hurt, Castle dominated the ball and he's just too sloppy. He has 20 Turnovers in the 2 games!! That's a shocking number.
Wemby is a jaw-dropping talent. He's truly a once in a generation player but OKC wore him down all game with Hartenstein bodying him, pulling and holding him off the ball on both ends the whole game. Officials let it go for the most part.
Stephon Castle is an amazing talent in just his 2nd season - so explosive. But he isn't ready tobe your primary ball-handler. Dylan Harper has issues also but when he got hurt, Castle dominated the ball and he's just too sloppy. He has 20 Turnovers in the 2 games!! That's a shocking number.
Wemby is a jaw-dropping talent. He's truly a once in a generation player but OKC wore him down all game with Hartenstein bodying him, pulling and holding him off the ball on both ends the whole game. Officials let it go for the most part.
This is almost a Happy surprise. I told a coworker when down 2-1 in the series to Atlanta that Game 4 will have significant impact on their season. They kind of in the same flow as when they won the in season cup.
OKC I feel they can run different looks at sga
Spurs gonna be hard to stabilize the wemby effect.
OKC I feel they can run different looks at sga
Spurs gonna be hard to stabilize the wemby effect.
The knicks leading scorer is short and makes his living hitting tough 2s. How can that be?
I thought the Cavs would win that series and they didn’t even stand a chance. Not sure I’m going to betting against the Knicks anymore.
If memory serves one of the Brunson nova teams did the same thing the NCAAs. Got hot and mowed everyone down by a million points.
If memory serves one of the Brunson nova teams did the same thing the NCAAs. Got hot and mowed everyone down by a million points.
Charles B and Kendrick Perkins blasted the cavs - called them quitters and KP laughed at atkinsons analytics explanation.
Yup - the second Nova title team under Wright. Without Arch, Jenk, Hart, etc but with DD, Spellman, Paschall, Bridges..
It’s crazy, but the spacing and movement with everyone - including the center - all over the court now and quick as heck.
Everything is like a clear out of the lane, then a speed race with passing.
Some of the best basketball I have ever seen the last 2 weeks. Last night Cavs started to cut into the lead, had it down to 16 playing a zone in 2nd half. Knicks called a TO and speeded up the game so they could not setup the zone ran off 7 straight possessions with points and the game was over. Although you could have said the game was over before it began. The speed going down the court was amazing. The difference this year is the bench.
As a former Nets fan, I was honestly hurt and still a bit frustrated but trying to not take all sports I love too seriously.
It's complicated why I stopped being a big Nets fan, cause I actually still supported them up till 2019. IDC I stopped once they signed KD/ Kyrie. It's a lot of things too, that I think now was stupid like following other players, but I am honest and I do feel end of day you can't change how you feel and supporting a team is just a feeling to me if you know what I mean.
Still, I rep local teams and NJ as much as I can which is why I took up SH about a decade ago. It's why I want SH to do well, because I feel they can be bigger than what administration thinks.
But when I saw the Knicks frustratingly made the finals and how they have played last few games, it made me realize how much the Nets are still always in me even if IDK I can ever be a fan or be the same fan again, but I just can't get with the Knicks even when I've tried.
It's why lately I've been thinking and seen news of Gov. Sherrill possibly wanting Nets back?
IDC bring the NETS BACK TO JERSEY. IDC about the crowd size, if people think it was Nets fault for leaving. It was NEVER THE NAME BTW, it was the RAT SCUM Bruce Ratner who shamefully sold the Nets for a soulless endeavor many out of touch rich do in our sports future.
NETS should've stayed and I don't care if we stayed 10-20 more years playing in prudential or a more accessible arena, this fanbase would've been like the Pacers, Blazers, Jazz, or even Kings for me. Small town/city teams with passion that is real and isn't forced media propaganda that I feel Knicks and other big cities are for me.
We honestly never had a chance for me. We were only 30-40 years old and that 2001-2003 back too back finals teams were like the best run fans ever saw. I was actually young to really experience those finals teams but I started during Kidd/ VC years and I hate people thinking CAA or Izod was a barren wasteland. The games could fill seats for me and I think I saw game 5 against Pacers in 2006, it was far from a desert wasteland like some SH games have been recently.
There's a lot to this like being a European soccer fan, but being older now, I realize how terrible Ratner and Yormak stealing history in NJ for a pathetic and soulless cash grab in Brooklyn.
I know it's probably unlikely, but IDC if American sports want integrity teams like the NETS deserve to be back where they belong in NJ. Till this day everyone even old Nets fans or people from NY, think of us as NJ. It's not an insult, but it's the truth and should be a pride.
If I had the money and was a billionaire, I would do everything to buy the Nets name, colors, and history fro Brooklyn, they can have their own team and new scheme, but NETS are NJ.
I don't want to hear something about Swamp Dragons. Nets are NJ and I wish most people from NJ even if they love the Knicks or other teams would even show a respectable support if the Nets stayed or left.
NJ is underrated in so many ways. We represent America mostly well compared to most states for me, this BS obsession of big markets and money is a pathetic way to support teams and sports.
No team should ever leave. You put a lifetime investment into a community to me.
It's complicated why I stopped being a big Nets fan, cause I actually still supported them up till 2019. IDC I stopped once they signed KD/ Kyrie. It's a lot of things too, that I think now was stupid like following other players, but I am honest and I do feel end of day you can't change how you feel and supporting a team is just a feeling to me if you know what I mean.
Still, I rep local teams and NJ as much as I can which is why I took up SH about a decade ago. It's why I want SH to do well, because I feel they can be bigger than what administration thinks.
But when I saw the Knicks frustratingly made the finals and how they have played last few games, it made me realize how much the Nets are still always in me even if IDK I can ever be a fan or be the same fan again, but I just can't get with the Knicks even when I've tried.
It's why lately I've been thinking and seen news of Gov. Sherrill possibly wanting Nets back?
IDC bring the NETS BACK TO JERSEY. IDC about the crowd size, if people think it was Nets fault for leaving. It was NEVER THE NAME BTW, it was the RAT SCUM Bruce Ratner who shamefully sold the Nets for a soulless endeavor many out of touch rich do in our sports future.
NETS should've stayed and I don't care if we stayed 10-20 more years playing in prudential or a more accessible arena, this fanbase would've been like the Pacers, Blazers, Jazz, or even Kings for me. Small town/city teams with passion that is real and isn't forced media propaganda that I feel Knicks and other big cities are for me.
We honestly never had a chance for me. We were only 30-40 years old and that 2001-2003 back too back finals teams were like the best run fans ever saw. I was actually young to really experience those finals teams but I started during Kidd/ VC years and I hate people thinking CAA or Izod was a barren wasteland. The games could fill seats for me and I think I saw game 5 against Pacers in 2006, it was far from a desert wasteland like some SH games have been recently.
There's a lot to this like being a European soccer fan, but being older now, I realize how terrible Ratner and Yormak stealing history in NJ for a pathetic and soulless cash grab in Brooklyn.
I know it's probably unlikely, but IDC if American sports want integrity teams like the NETS deserve to be back where they belong in NJ. Till this day everyone even old Nets fans or people from NY, think of us as NJ. It's not an insult, but it's the truth and should be a pride.
If I had the money and was a billionaire, I would do everything to buy the Nets name, colors, and history fro Brooklyn, they can have their own team and new scheme, but NETS are NJ.
I don't want to hear something about Swamp Dragons. Nets are NJ and I wish most people from NJ even if they love the Knicks or other teams would even show a respectable support if the Nets stayed or left.
NJ is underrated in so many ways. We represent America mostly well compared to most states for me, this BS obsession of big markets and money is a pathetic way to support teams and sports.
No team should ever leave. You put a lifetime investment into a community to me.
Great job by the Spurs knocking off the defending champs and the 2-time MVP SGA. Wemby (at 22 years old) is obviously the star but huge roles played by 20-year old Dylan Harper (Rutgers), 21-year old Stephen Castle (UConn) and 24-year old Juliam Champagnie (St. John's). Rare you get 4 of your top 6 players that young make the Finals. They played tough.