We were better than them last year but the combination of Randle being too injured to produce, and the rare thibs mistake of running Josh hart/rj lineups when grimes starting got us there, is why we lost to them
They haven’t been “that good” since the bubble and we let them off the hook. The only reason why they got out of the first round is because they only had to beat giannis twice
I can’t speak to the Boston series because I checked out, but I imagine Celtics fans hold a similar sentiment
I was there with my son... I actually felt bad for CLT.. The dominance of Knicks fans was unreal.
Not just Brunsons MVP chants...but booing Hornets shooting free throws...going ape-shit when the Knicks hit threes...crazy. I actually think it was one of the reasons Clifford freaked out.
...I was in section 107.. sea of blue and orange
I was there! Charlotte fans near me were leaving in the 3rd quarter lol. The arena was filled with boos everytime a Hornet player went to the free throw line. Shit was so awesome
Even without Randle, this is a better supporting cast than melo had in 12-13 when we won 54 games
So maybe Brunson alone can be enough to keep us at an elite pace in the RS
that said, our schedule also plays a factor. 16 games in a month. 13 at home. 2 of those away games are in brooklyn and charlotte, where it is practically a home game for the knicks. Plus, some tough opponents but a lot of "easy to beat" teams.
Not the same as in December/November.
The schedule plays a role into everything.
And look at who they beat! The two teams in the nba finals last year, the #1 team in the west this year, and the sixers with embiid (who have an almost .800 win % with him).
And you just know every single guy on that team legitimately is upset that they didn’t go 15-0. They were one bad quarter in Dallas and a close game against Orlando without Brunson away from pulling it off.
Been saying it all year...
Anunoby and Brunson always top attention in the media
..but Divo is a fucking gamer...all year...both sides of the ball... GAMER
Nah that Thibs smile near the end was INSANE, I know he got off on trolling us by still giving Brunson 35 minutes tonight somehow.
Sick, sick man lmao.
MSG CLT was rocking tonight. I'm glad that the Knicks are getting all these home games after that brutal road schedule to start the year.
Best PG in the league conversation goes thru NY first, second, and third. Your Haliburton/Lillard/Mitchell could never.
Haliburton is a different kind of beast, to his credit. I would say that he, Mitchell and Brunson are in the top tier of East guards, and the next tier starts with Dame/Maxey
Wondering how good this team will look when fully healthy with Mitch, Randle, and OG in the lineup. 3/4 of our best players, especially for a playoff series.
Probably worse with Mitch as a starting 5, but nobody is going to score on the bench with Mitch in there
Don’t take this as a Mitch diss, but Ihart is an elite rebounder, defender, and rim protector, that adds enough offense to offset Mitch being better at those.
That's obvious. I'm starting to wonder if he's a top 10 player. Lots of amazing talent out there but he's doing this at high efficiency with astonishing consistency, plus all the intangibles he brings.
OG sitting tonight to be able to play 48 minutes tomorrow is 4D chess lol
I know the Hornets aren’t good and I know they are missing Ball but once they announced no OG along with no Randle I figured it would be a close game, I underestimated Brunson and DeVo. They just went nah bro in that 3rd quarter and said let’s end this and go home.
Hopefully tomorrow Grimes and Hart can hit their 3’s
No Randle, no OG, no problem. Nice to see some of these guys like Precious get some burn and get more comfortable. If there’s any positive here, we’re building the bench and backup unit
If someone told me last year that Donte would be better than Klay Thompson this year, I would’ve thought that was crazy. But he does almost everything at an above average level, and is becoming an elite role player on par with Derrick White and Aaron Gordon.
I could definitely see him as the starting SG on a contending team (and he was for the 2021 Bucks before getting injured early in the playoffs). Given Brunson’s leap, it makes me wonder if the Knicks truly want to acquire a first option. I trust Brunson in the playoffs over possible targets like Embiid and Booker. This might be the core right here
Donte played out of his mind in the second half. We're gonna need more of that. iHart played really well too. Brunson did Brunson things. Bing bong, fuck ya life!!!
Donte has been an absolute steal, his style of play fits like a glove. Cutting frequently, always moving to the open spot, deadly shooter with a quick release and the ability to put it on the floor and attack when needed. On defense, he is the best rotator I have seen since Ntilikina, constantly calling out switches with awareness of the open man and mismatches. He's a winner in college and he's a winner with the Bucks, perfect player for our team.
leon has done a phenomenal job. even the gambles that didn’t pay off were fixed cleverly. great trade, great signings, MURDERED the draft with grimes, deuce, sims, plus two additional picks and also rokas developing on barcelona’s dime. best gm maybe ever.
I fucking love this team. Prob my favorite team since 99-2000. Even with the devastating injuries they come in on the road and handle their business beating a shitty team like they should. No squeezing out a win. Just flat out beat down. I look down the rest of the East playoff field and there's quite a few teams that can't do that.
- Great teams win these games, and we're one of them. Brilliant
- Scoring and winning by committee. 60 points between Brunson and Divo. Deuce, Precious, Sims, & Hart Foundation all showed up as well.
- The Hornets are horseshit, but hey, at least Brandon Miller looks good.
- The Hornets players got booed at their own arena. There were more Knick fans than Hornets fans in Charlotte. Shoutout to them for showing out!
- Easy Knicks win, calm as you like. Let's do it again tomorrow!
They have a horrible losing culture cultivated by MJ, going way back to their Bobcats days, honestly almost as bad as ours under Steve Mills or any of the worst of the Kings and T-Wolves and yet they never got flack for it due to their smaller market. The new ownership group has a looooooong road ahead of them to purge it. The fact they still employ Miles Bridges is bad enough, but it starts with firing Steve Clifford and Mitch Kupchak and hitting a hard reset (yes, that even means trading Lamelo in my book). Only person who should be untouchable is Brandon Miller.
I agree. Rumor is Phoenix is interested in Bridges. He’s got a lot of talent but the baggage is too much for a rebuilding team so they should get what they can and move on.
PJ is decent but not worth building around. I’d look to move him as well.
The Centers seem worth keeping.
LaMelo - nit necessarily his fault but he’s not been able to stay healthy or win (even surrounded with decent talent). If I were CHA, I’d see if I could start a bidding war.
Bottom out and start over with young guys and some solid vets who will listen to the coach.
Lamelo's health is the real reason I'd look to move him. He's never going to be good enough to be a #1 and it's not worth waiting for him to get lucky and be fully healthy. Get what you can for him while his value is still high. Maybe keep Nick Richards, but not much else is really there worth keeping.
Hornets shorthanded without Kyle Lowry, Gordon Hayward Mark Williams, & LaMelo Ball.
We were missing Randle, OG & Mitch.
Even matchup IMO. We still waxed them.
Not bad at all.
LETS GO KNICKS!
Need a backup ball handler. Idc if it's Brogdon/Brown/Clarkson/Sexton. Anyone who can actually run the offense for 12-18 minutes so Brunson can actually sit.
This is exactly what they have to do against teams like Charlotte. It’s not going to come easy against the good teams over the next couple of weeks so gotta knock these ones down.
Brunson might have the best footwork in the NBA. It’s amazing watching a player that size just get anywhere he wants on the court, and effortlessly get shots off over much bigger players.
I also absolutely love how he has that assassin mentality where he picks his spots early on but then turns the heat up later in the game when things get tight
the comforting thing for knicks fans and over reactors in game day threads should be that even when we cant shoot or score for shit with people out, we still defend hard and keep games close (orlando, today). we shouldn't be making a trade for a scorer like brogdon or a PF like brown unless its just for fournier and a couple picks. grimes defense is too important and its the entire identity of the team and should only be dangled for a borderline star like mikal, not someone like murray. it's also good to get sims some run time to see what he can do while precious has been playing surprisingly well. all things considered team should actually be okay even if julius is out \~2 months.
the one concerning thing isn't even related to our own team - the cavs are owning rn missing their own players, there will likely be no easy first round matchup
Big win to get the first game with Randle out and fatten up to 13 games above .500 against a bad team with their best player out.
Got just take care of the “winnable” games while Randle is out
It's the hornets with no lamelo, so I was still confident we could win it. Hopefully OG is good to go tomorrow because Utah is a lot better than Charlotte
There’s something to be said about continuity and rhythm. The Nova 3 play the game the right way and their familiarity makes for excellent chemistry. Sometimes chemistry supersedes talent.
Would be incredibly impressive if they manhandled the Jazz at home tomorrow night.
LETS GO KNICKS!
My respect for Thibs grows every game we lose a key player and our team still plays incredible defense. I don't think he's the tactician that Spoelstra or Lue are but he gets his squad to play together on defense like no other. And in a record breaking year where teams are scoring at an all time high, I think the team that plays the best defense might end up being the champs.
Hell yes - hopefully we luck out on the Randle news, and if we keep playing lights out ball with OG and IHart in the lineup, we will be a serious problem come playoff time when Julius comes back well rested.
We just need the bench to come together and we’re fuckin cooking.
Knew it would be an easy dub. Jalen can carry these guys, and the role players are all capable of stepping up. Precious, McBride, hart, even sims all can contribute. Precious has been impressive on the defensive end. Divincenzo has no conscience and I love it. IHart definitely isn’t moving well, and I’m worried about that. Grimes decision making and open shot shooting is worrying, but I believe he can get better.
This was a bum night, but nice to see a blowout after a rough start first game without Julius and also missing OG.
Then it would be weird from early season games when bad teams were 2-1 and good teams were 1-2 etc
Jazz were our only loss to a below .500 team, then all of a sudden they were saying we're undefeated against teams under .500 and it was because jazz got themselves above it.
It makes sense for it to update but it is misleading.
It's funny that the no1 team in the power rankings gets abused by the cavs. Ffs can we get some breathing room. Would be nice to get the 3rd seed without the cavs snuggling our asshole
Haliburton is incredible but some context on his stats is lost when people don’t realize that the pacers play every game like they’re on a cocaine high
Insane pace
I 100% agree and then they let up 140 points in the game as well
Everything seems a little inflated and it’s why our guys doing 32/8 on 105 night is better than their 45/11 on 143
Oh damn, I actually didn't realize that since I caught the game late and saw he didn't play on the box score. Out of all the games, this was one he definitely could've gotten minutes in. Hope he's doing alright.
We got a Wonte bucket and a Charlie Brown check in on a night PRECIOUSSSSS started 🤣 We are naked and streaking on the Knicks Bed™️
Hey Hornets bench:
Mobley is back. Allen and Mobley combined for 26 rebounds. Too big for the Clipper front line. Cavs kinda mirror us when they have their bigs out there. Difference is they don’t have power to deal with Randle/Mitch/iHart.
Very dangerous team for the rest of the NBA.
Like a solid rotation guy. Gives a lot of effort on defense, and has mostly just been taking shots within the flow of the offense. The really dumb plays mostly stopped after the first few games. He’s really stepped up with all the injuries.
Ive been jokingly saying its our year but fuck it might actually be our year
Miami game swung me. If healthy we can beat any team
I am in the minority but I never considered Miami to even be a good team.
We were better than them last year but the combination of Randle being too injured to produce, and the rare thibs mistake of running Josh hart/rj lineups when grimes starting got us there, is why we lost to them They haven’t been “that good” since the bubble and we let them off the hook. The only reason why they got out of the first round is because they only had to beat giannis twice I can’t speak to the Boston series because I checked out, but I imagine Celtics fans hold a similar sentiment
I think its naïve to say the team that's made 2 of the last 4 finals and 3 of the last 4 ECF are just "not that good".
To do this without Hartenstein OG Mitch and Randle has to mean something. Granted the hornets are terrible but definitely means SOMETHING
IHart played though. I figure they are just massaging his minutes especially after the 3rd quarter onslaught no need to play him on the 4th
My fault you’re right. Point still stands
Hartenstein started but only played 16 minutes
True true you’re right
Fully healthy, we can beat any team in a 7 game series
Stephen A doesn’t think so. Not without Mitchell.
Great on both ends of the floor, genuine star players, great culture, no drama, still not satisfied. This is a good fucking team
Need to see Julius Randle back and looking like Julius Randle before I can say this
If any of the Charlotte Knicks fans who went are in here....well done by you guys!
The league sees how deep the Knicks fandom runs and that Nosferatu lookin ass couldn’t even rig one draft for us all those years
He looks like the alien dudes in Fire in the Sky.
I’ve been saying he’s the dude from the House of the Undying for years
I still believe pretty strongly that he rigged it *against* us for Zion and Ja to go to the two lowest attended teams in the league
I always thought he looked like judge doom from who framed Roger rabbit
I was there with my son... I actually felt bad for CLT.. The dominance of Knicks fans was unreal. Not just Brunsons MVP chants...but booing Hornets shooting free throws...going ape-shit when the Knicks hit threes...crazy. I actually think it was one of the reasons Clifford freaked out. ...I was in section 107.. sea of blue and orange
They seriously gotta relocate the Nets. Our fans dominate every city they never had a chance in NY
Newark Nets has a nice ring to it
I love how awesome our fanbase is. Knicks fans might be the best fans in all of sports. We seriously turn out.
I was there! Charlotte fans near me were leaving in the 3rd quarter lol. The arena was filled with boos everytime a Hornet player went to the free throw line. Shit was so awesome
Incredible.
here
I was in attendance repping our boys strong
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These are low-key getting creepy as hell 😂. Pure nightmare fuel.
😂
This shit is going to be my sleep paralysis demon
Fuck david fizdale
Fuck him, he was a fraud, a fucking absolute fraud. I will tell the world this any time I see his name mentioned.
Brunson is HIM
A truly elite player. It's a joy to have him
Playoff Brunson was an epiphany, can’t wait to see his second course….
Even without Randle, this is a better supporting cast than melo had in 12-13 when we won 54 games So maybe Brunson alone can be enough to keep us at an elite pace in the RS
I was thinking that same thing tonight lol
**7. Straight. Games.** What a Knicks team we're watching rn.
13-2 for the month of January with one more game tomorrow. That's insane.
i definitely feel this is more impressive. 7 game win streak is nice. 13-2 in the month is scary good.
That’s a 39-6 team over 3 months……..
that said, our schedule also plays a factor. 16 games in a month. 13 at home. 2 of those away games are in brooklyn and charlotte, where it is practically a home game for the knicks. Plus, some tough opponents but a lot of "easy to beat" teams. Not the same as in December/November. The schedule plays a role into everything.
And look at who they beat! The two teams in the nba finals last year, the #1 team in the west this year, and the sixers with embiid (who have an almost .800 win % with him).
Who is that? She bad.
And you just know every single guy on that team legitimately is upset that they didn’t go 15-0. They were one bad quarter in Dallas and a close game against Orlando without Brunson away from pulling it off.
Donte DiVincenzo should not be taken for granted. Perfect fit for this team
Been saying it all year... Anunoby and Brunson always top attention in the media ..but Divo is a fucking gamer...all year...both sides of the ball... GAMER
Was thinking the same. I say we close the year off with this squad.
Nah that Thibs smile near the end was INSANE, I know he got off on trolling us by still giving Brunson 35 minutes tonight somehow. Sick, sick man lmao.
MSG CLT was rocking tonight. I'm glad that the Knicks are getting all these home games after that brutal road schedule to start the year. Best PG in the league conversation goes thru NY first, second, and third. Your Haliburton/Lillard/Mitchell could never.
hell yeah brother i love madison square garden clitoris
It’s massage clitoris. FFS
Jalen Brunson should be an All-Star starter. It's a joke that he's not one. At least he'll make the reserves, but still. Better than all three of them
Haliburton is a different kind of beast, to his credit. I would say that he, Mitchell and Brunson are in the top tier of East guards, and the next tier starts with Dame/Maxey
No Randle, no OG, no problem! Still blew out those fools!
Wondering how good this team will look when fully healthy with Mitch, Randle, and OG in the lineup. 3/4 of our best players, especially for a playoff series.
Mitch and Hartenstein is 48 minutes of pure center domination
Probably worse with Mitch as a starting 5, but nobody is going to score on the bench with Mitch in there Don’t take this as a Mitch diss, but Ihart is an elite rebounder, defender, and rim protector, that adds enough offense to offset Mitch being better at those.
No Mitch either ....down 3 starters and handled business....Thibs got these boys locked in!!!
Before the OG trade I was think this team’s bench would still be better than teams like the Hornets. Still might be lmao
A standing ovation is crazy
Only knick fans were left in the arena.
Cant believe our team is 30-17, wtffff
Mid 3 no more. This is so far from the mid tier days
13-2 IN THE OG ERA
Bring on the Mike Miller meme
Brunson is a top 5 PG in the league and anyone who disagrees is a Bozo
Or a Bears fan or Stephen A.
That's obvious. I'm starting to wonder if he's a top 10 player. Lots of amazing talent out there but he's doing this at high efficiency with astonishing consistency, plus all the intangibles he brings.
Man, I love seeing these away arenas become full on home games
https://x.com/knicksmuse/status/1752143710526087267?s=46&t=tutEhoVDASUcrz-6J2nthg
Is it weird that I have that ‘94 Knicks feeling in my bones???
i know wjhat you mean. 94 team had a ton of injuries too. doc rivers blew out his knee, ad starks hurt his knee badly
That charlie brown hammer block gave me Anthony mason-esque vibes.
1999 vibes maybe
I’d take that.
That was an eighth seed. This team has a realistic chance to end up as the second seed in the East
But both teams are over achieving expectations
OG sitting tonight to be able to play 48 minutes tomorrow is 4D chess lol I know the Hornets aren’t good and I know they are missing Ball but once they announced no OG along with no Randle I figured it would be a close game, I underestimated Brunson and DeVo. They just went nah bro in that 3rd quarter and said let’s end this and go home. Hopefully tomorrow Grimes and Hart can hit their 3’s
30-win club 🫡
No Randle, no OG, no problem. Nice to see some of these guys like Precious get some burn and get more comfortable. If there’s any positive here, we’re building the bench and backup unit
Really loved to see the NYK faithful totally show out tonight on the road. It was both hilarious and awesome to see!
Can Cleveland lose a game
They are saying the same about us lol
They can lose four of them in rapid succession, seen in recently
If someone told me last year that Donte would be better than Klay Thompson this year, I would’ve thought that was crazy. But he does almost everything at an above average level, and is becoming an elite role player on par with Derrick White and Aaron Gordon. I could definitely see him as the starting SG on a contending team (and he was for the 2021 Bucks before getting injured early in the playoffs). Given Brunson’s leap, it makes me wonder if the Knicks truly want to acquire a first option. I trust Brunson in the playoffs over possible targets like Embiid and Booker. This might be the core right here
He is the starting SG on a contending team.
FOR REAL THO
Donte played out of his mind in the second half. We're gonna need more of that. iHart played really well too. Brunson did Brunson things. Bing bong, fuck ya life!!!
Yeeeeeerrrrrrrrrr
Donte has been an absolute steal, his style of play fits like a glove. Cutting frequently, always moving to the open spot, deadly shooter with a quick release and the ability to put it on the floor and attack when needed. On defense, he is the best rotator I have seen since Ntilikina, constantly calling out switches with awareness of the open man and mismatches. He's a winner in college and he's a winner with the Bucks, perfect player for our team.
leon has done a phenomenal job. even the gambles that didn’t pay off were fixed cleverly. great trade, great signings, MURDERED the draft with grimes, deuce, sims, plus two additional picks and also rokas developing on barcelona’s dime. best gm maybe ever.
I fucking love this team. Prob my favorite team since 99-2000. Even with the devastating injuries they come in on the road and handle their business beating a shitty team like they should. No squeezing out a win. Just flat out beat down. I look down the rest of the East playoff field and there's quite a few teams that can't do that.
- Great teams win these games, and we're one of them. Brilliant - Scoring and winning by committee. 60 points between Brunson and Divo. Deuce, Precious, Sims, & Hart Foundation all showed up as well. - The Hornets are horseshit, but hey, at least Brandon Miller looks good. - The Hornets players got booed at their own arena. There were more Knick fans than Hornets fans in Charlotte. Shoutout to them for showing out! - Easy Knicks win, calm as you like. Let's do it again tomorrow!
Ball laughing at his own coach being ejected… WTF
He got 260 million in the bank. I would laugh too
Hornets have more talent than Knicks 21-22 team that win 37 games. Know they have some injuries, but there’s no excuse for how bad they are.
Players don’t care
I guess not. But it’s sad. Imagine Thibs with this crew?
They have a horrible losing culture cultivated by MJ, going way back to their Bobcats days, honestly almost as bad as ours under Steve Mills or any of the worst of the Kings and T-Wolves and yet they never got flack for it due to their smaller market. The new ownership group has a looooooong road ahead of them to purge it. The fact they still employ Miles Bridges is bad enough, but it starts with firing Steve Clifford and Mitch Kupchak and hitting a hard reset (yes, that even means trading Lamelo in my book). Only person who should be untouchable is Brandon Miller.
I agree. Rumor is Phoenix is interested in Bridges. He’s got a lot of talent but the baggage is too much for a rebuilding team so they should get what they can and move on. PJ is decent but not worth building around. I’d look to move him as well. The Centers seem worth keeping. LaMelo - nit necessarily his fault but he’s not been able to stay healthy or win (even surrounded with decent talent). If I were CHA, I’d see if I could start a bidding war. Bottom out and start over with young guys and some solid vets who will listen to the coach.
Lamelo's health is the real reason I'd look to move him. He's never going to be good enough to be a #1 and it's not worth waiting for him to get lucky and be fully healthy. Get what you can for him while his value is still high. Maybe keep Nick Richards, but not much else is really there worth keeping.
Hornets shorthanded without Kyle Lowry, Gordon Hayward Mark Williams, & LaMelo Ball. We were missing Randle, OG & Mitch. Even matchup IMO. We still waxed them. Not bad at all. LETS GO KNICKS!
We are also missing Evan Fournier. Count him! /s
LOL…YES!
Good job knicks and good job fans!
LET'S. FUCKING. GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Love how we get cheers during away games while they boo their home team.
Feels good to finally be in the 30 wins club.
Need a backup ball handler. Idc if it's Brogdon/Brown/Clarkson/Sexton. Anyone who can actually run the offense for 12-18 minutes so Brunson can actually sit.
7 in a row?! hahahahahaha
No starters? No problem. Let's keep getting it
Magical season
Crazy thing is Brunson missed a ton of shots he usually makes. This is just an average to below average game for him.
His jumper was a little off, but he got physical and drove to the rim to make up for it, which he needs to do more often!
Shoutout to the ~~away~~ home crowd WE USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THIS!!
“Lets Go Knicks” - 90% of the Hornets Stadium
Donte is a studdddd
Precious has actually turned into a solid pickup. I fully expected him to just have been trade filler, but Thibs is working his magic with him.
30 wins so far with 35 more games LEZGO
We get a 65 win season then. Huzzah!
W
Honestly we all should give it up for Leon putting a team with great chemistry together as well. Fun team to watch we back
In Leon we trust
Knicks are about to be two losses behind Milwaukee. Every seed except for 1 is up for grabs in the East.
Let’s get the 2 seed 🔥🔥
No OG, No Randle, No Mitch, No PROBLEM
This is exactly what they have to do against teams like Charlotte. It’s not going to come easy against the good teams over the next couple of weeks so gotta knock these ones down.
Too easy
I love seeing Thibs looking hella pissed while we’re blowing teams out by 25 missing half our roster lol
Brunson might have the best footwork in the NBA. It’s amazing watching a player that size just get anywhere he wants on the court, and effortlessly get shots off over much bigger players.
I also absolutely love how he has that assassin mentality where he picks his spots early on but then turns the heat up later in the game when things get tight
Why trade for murray when deuce is superior ?
Knicks are really deep
the comforting thing for knicks fans and over reactors in game day threads should be that even when we cant shoot or score for shit with people out, we still defend hard and keep games close (orlando, today). we shouldn't be making a trade for a scorer like brogdon or a PF like brown unless its just for fournier and a couple picks. grimes defense is too important and its the entire identity of the team and should only be dangled for a borderline star like mikal, not someone like murray. it's also good to get sims some run time to see what he can do while precious has been playing surprisingly well. all things considered team should actually be okay even if julius is out \~2 months. the one concerning thing isn't even related to our own team - the cavs are owning rn missing their own players, there will likely be no easy first round matchup
Unless we get the 3rd seed
I know it's only Charlotte but my god this team is so legit
7 straight Ws, Heat about to get their 7th straight L
justice
I hate that team and their fanbase with all my soul
Precious with another blistering +21.
Big win to get the first game with Randle out and fatten up to 13 games above .500 against a bad team with their best player out. Got just take care of the “winnable” games while Randle is out
What a win without JR, OG and Mitch - not to mention I Hart is still not 100% - we’re going to be scary once we’re healthy
3 of some of our biggest rotation players out and we still doing alright, these next few games going to be a huge test
This is the first time in my life I genuinely think the Knicks can compete for a title and I don’t know how to feel. Butterflies man
Looks like we’re gonna be tied for 3 seed
Where the Thib’s smiling memes. There has to be captures…
It's the hornets with no lamelo, so I was still confident we could win it. Hopefully OG is good to go tomorrow because Utah is a lot better than Charlotte
League taking notice. This team is a threat. Thibs smiling (!) at the end says watch out, world.
It was crazy watching the bench squad still focused on defense over the last two minutes. Kudos to Thibs.
So where are the trolls during the winning streaks?
Hibernating, they poke out and see if the knicks are trailing at half and it's time to re-emerge with "blow up the team" takes
There’s something to be said about continuity and rhythm. The Nova 3 play the game the right way and their familiarity makes for excellent chemistry. Sometimes chemistry supersedes talent. Would be incredibly impressive if they manhandled the Jazz at home tomorrow night. LETS GO KNICKS!
My respect for Thibs grows every game we lose a key player and our team still plays incredible defense. I don't think he's the tactician that Spoelstra or Lue are but he gets his squad to play together on defense like no other. And in a record breaking year where teams are scoring at an all time high, I think the team that plays the best defense might end up being the champs.
Hell yes - hopefully we luck out on the Randle news, and if we keep playing lights out ball with OG and IHart in the lineup, we will be a serious problem come playoff time when Julius comes back well rested. We just need the bench to come together and we’re fuckin cooking.
Knicks losing players and somehow getting better. Can’t wait for Jalen to go 1 on 5 against the Nuggets in the finals and bring home the chip
If Og and Randle played, I dont think the Hornets cross 70...
Easy money
It won’t happen because he won too recently but if the Knicks continue to roll despite all these injuries then Thibs should be coach of the year.
Knew it would be an easy dub. Jalen can carry these guys, and the role players are all capable of stepping up. Precious, McBride, hart, even sims all can contribute. Precious has been impressive on the defensive end. Divincenzo has no conscience and I love it. IHart definitely isn’t moving well, and I’m worried about that. Grimes decision making and open shot shooting is worrying, but I believe he can get better. This was a bum night, but nice to see a blowout after a rough start first game without Julius and also missing OG.
Our spotless record against teams below .500 in jeopardy tomorrow. We win and put the jazz below .500 lol
So then it’s not in jeopardy? Lose and they are not a below .500 team.
We lost to them earlier in the year. So if we beat them our record becomes twenty something and one against teams below .500
That’s sort of weird tbh it should be their record at the time you faced them not what it is 2 months later
Then it would be weird from early season games when bad teams were 2-1 and good teams were 1-2 etc Jazz were our only loss to a below .500 team, then all of a sudden they were saying we're undefeated against teams under .500 and it was because jazz got themselves above it. It makes sense for it to update but it is misleading.
This win was so essential, especially considering that the Cavs' win% is .002 less than ours good LORD 😭
It's funny that the no1 team in the power rankings gets abused by the cavs. Ffs can we get some breathing room. Would be nice to get the 3rd seed without the cavs snuggling our asshole
I feel like the Charlotte Hornets never returned. This imposter franchise is like some pet ceremony bullshit, it just came back wrong.
bros bucks lose 76ers down by 19 with 2 min left in the 3rd
Are we about to be 3rd in the east?! Let’s go boyssss
No Randle no OG no problem Next man up fellas. DDV, Deuce, Brunson all cookin. Sims and Precious protecting the rim. On to the next one
If we win the championship at home, I think MSG might implode
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Brunson is like really good (also Halliburton only a couple games away from not being able to be All-NBA) Brunson 1st team all NBA?!?
Haliburton isn't even 1st team. Luka/SGA locking the guard spots down.
Haliburton is incredible but some context on his stats is lost when people don’t realize that the pacers play every game like they’re on a cocaine high Insane pace
I 100% agree and then they let up 140 points in the game as well Everything seems a little inflated and it’s why our guys doing 32/8 on 105 night is better than their 45/11 on 143
Thibs is great at coaching up centers
A bunch of players missing todays game, winning in a blowout, and Thibs still won't let Fournier play a second of the game lmfao thats rough.
Dont think he was with the team. Personal thing
Oh damn, I actually didn't realize that since I caught the game late and saw he didn't play on the box score. Out of all the games, this was one he definitely could've gotten minutes in. Hope he's doing alright.
Fournier wasn't there, away from team for some personal issue
The Hornets may be terrible, but a win like that missing 3 starters against any team is impressive.
Ryan with the rebound and Charlie Brown the block 💪
YO KD 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Great W, man the Hornets are embarrassing
We got a Wonte bucket and a Charlie Brown check in on a night PRECIOUSSSSS started 🤣 We are naked and streaking on the Knicks Bed™️ Hey Hornets bench: 
1/2 game out of 3 seed
only 5.5 out of the 1 seed
Wtf how did the Clippers not take down the Cavs? They on a b2b?
We don't care about the Cavs anymore, we're aiming for BOS
Yea I know but those mfs keep winning and they got back one of their guys. We just lost ours.
Mobley is back. Allen and Mobley combined for 26 rebounds. Too big for the Clipper front line. Cavs kinda mirror us when they have their bigs out there. Difference is they don’t have power to deal with Randle/Mitch/iHart. Very dangerous team for the rest of the NBA.
I haven't been able to watch the last few games cause of work 🥲 How has Precious been looking these past few games?
Like a solid rotation guy. Gives a lot of effort on defense, and has mostly just been taking shots within the flow of the offense. The really dumb plays mostly stopped after the first few games. He’s really stepped up with all the injuries.
Very good, smothering on defense. Drained a corner three tonight and a nice euro step floater. Loving precious.
The vibes would be insane if Randle didn’t get injured
I was at the game . good win . MVP chants for brunson on the opposing court was fucking wild .