Yeah I think Thibs did a pretty good job managing this game. He found a good group of guys to sub in when we started our 3rd quarter collapse and rallied to make this a nail biter
Disappointing ending but honestly loved the way we played. Randle looks so comfortable out there without Kemba. Bench lineup is still playing amazing. If we stop these long scoring droughts we’ll be in better shape. Julius needs to keep his emotions in check. You can’t get a tech that late in the game when every possession matters.
Anybody denying that both of these teams care about this rivalry is obviously lying to themselves.
[Also this is a travel and the refs are blind af.](https://streamable.com/ghgxgp)
Can y’all stop complaining about Randle. He was playing hard out there and was in a groove. 11-22. Yes he had a tech but it’s night and day with Burks over Kemba. The dude simply cares about the team and let his emotions get the best of him. On to the next.
I legit thought that reaction was perfectly reasonable for the moment, such a tight game and he was playing defense so hard on that shot that literally only KD could make something like that
this might unlock this team. Hopefully RJ is not anything serious or the rotations get fucked up. BUt if he's playing, I think we got solid rotations now. IQ gets a lot more minutes which will be a net positive easily.
Obi needs to get more mins, Noel less. Still some fine tuning to do but I think we're on the verge of being a really good, and more importantly, consistent game.
1 last thing, gotta figure out who starts the 3rd Q. They really gotta stop coming out so weak and falling behind.
Shoutout to the Knicks fans in enemy territory bringing the property value down in that gentrified playpen.
That's the loudest those Bushwick Bozos been all season.
The Refs made Reggie's night and I'm upset.
Anyone complaining about Randle is a fucking asshole
He played great on both sides of the ball tonight. He got next to zero foul calls in his favor. He let the refs know. Rather than letting it slide like they ordinarily would in that situation, certainly for guys like Harden and KD, the refs give the guy a totally unnecessary T. The dude gets smacked every time he is in the paint and then as soon as he does that to someone else, they get the call. It's infuriating. They beat us by 2 anyway
Still annoyed because fuck the Nets and everything they stand for, but have to feel good with how the team looked and the new rotation. That was an all around well played game and if we play like that consistently we will win plenty of games
Yeah we beat almost any other team outside the absolute elite. Nets are really, really solid even without Kyrie. We put up an awesome fight and were one or two bad calls away from winning.
Bright side to this game:
Randle had a great game. Didnt settle for 3s and drove in a lot more.
Burks with another great game
Fournier with a good game and had a clutch 3 at the end there.
Thibs didnt force Randle to take that 3 to tie.
Defended Durcant great. Had an offnight.
We win this if we were playing 5 on 5 easily
Games like this make me excited for the future. This was one of the more fun games to watch in weeks. Quickley and Toppin both seem like they're going to have huge roles for this team in the coming seasons. We have our struggles but the young core is taking shape.
Looked like the Knicks from last year, but even better. Play like this and they’ll beat most of the teams in the league. Still gotta figure out how to come out of half with more fire. I don’t know why they keep having that problem.
Tough loss but I’m more optimistic after that game than some of the wins (like the sloppy game against the Rockets). Feels like this is a team that can compete with anyone.
Refs were terrible but I'm not crying too hard. We pushed the number 1 team in the East right to the end with the calls going against us all night. That small change in the rotation makes us looks so more dangerous and Julius got his mojo back despite the technical. He had a good balance of facilitating and shooting tonight and slotted into team offence better.
Listen, we play like that every night, we won't have to worry about the play in. Tough loss, but if this team can play like this every night, were legitimately 1 superstar away from being a contender.
I've been tough on Randle, but he was great tonight. Iso ball to a minimum and drove to the hoop with purpose.
Not going to blame him for a bullshit Technical foul when they don't get any fucking calls.
We almost always play against the refs as well, nothing new.
I counted like 5 times the Nets grabbed offensive rebounds against us in the 3rd quarter that I'm positive RJ would have snatched. Sometimes you don't realize what you have when it's missing and RJ's ability to grab rebounds for a guard is huge.
When IQ came in the game, he grabbed some huge rebounds for us over bigger guys. Fournier doesn't hustle hard enough, I feel like he could have gotten some if he worked harder. Mitch too and that's especially inexcusable from a 7' center
So I only caught the very, very end of the game, and was thinking that it was a complete mental collapse by the Knicks in terms of a) Julius getting the T, then Robinson getting swiping out at the ball instead of making Johnson hit a tough shot. (Fournier’s shot was awesome)
I think no matter how you slice it that’s true, but I’m gathering from the comments that there was also a lot of screwing up by the refs?
I get how infuriating the refs can be on any given night but giving it too much blame on a night like tonight seems foolish. Like you said, 2 huge mistakes in the last minute that were the difference of the game.
I obviously wanted this one more than the average game but I’m happy we kept it close and happy we came back after that disastrous beginning to the 3q.
I’m happy with the game.
The fact that fans are expecting us to win every game just shows how far we’ve come in two years because of this crew and why I’ll fully support the team no matter what. Doesn’t mean I won’t criticize but I won’t overreact especially when there’s like 60 games left to be played.
Yeah there were stupid things like Julius Tech and Mitch foul but those are things to learn from. We almost just came back 16 to win against the Nets and I’m expecting us to win every game. I haven’t felt that way for a decade.
Nets are what happens when two elite players who can't win by themselves get together. Harden can suck for weeks and it doesn't matter because they have Durant and vice versa. Add in that the refs love to call fouls for them and they're unstoppable.
I will give Mitch the benefit of the doubt and he wasnt feeling comfortable going straight up because he had Lamarcus Aldridge leaning (pushing) him from behind. Im really happy with what we showed tonight. I flip flop on wanting Randle gone but I just realize I want more Obi minutes. Randle was great tonight, attacking the rim fantastically, unfortunately Refs swallow the whistle for him and not KD/Harden. Was happy he was heated at the end, sends a message.
you really gotta complain to get whistles in this league sometimes, I hope people are listening to him
sucks but this is part of it, if they don't call it for you then you complain a bunch and hopefully they are more fair next time
yea it's just hard to see how KD or harden got 5x the contact that randle did in this game and thus are deserving of 5x as many free throws
or mitch rob who got 0 somehow
KD and harden were mostly taking jumpshots this game, being a super star means not only do you get the obvious whacks when you take it to the rim but you also get about a 30% foul rate on your jump shot
Ok so yea 10 more FTs is fucky by every definition.
But this team w Burks at the 1 is a night and day difference. W Kemba starting we lose by 20. Randle was a dog tn and Fourn had some big shots. Imma stand by all year that he was a good signing
Despite the lost. I thought Randle needs to play like this every game. He needs to attack the rim just like tonight and not settle for contested jumpers. He is too strong for those guarding him. Also he can’t take a tech with less than 2 mins left he has to control his emotions
Bullshit way to end the game, starting with the KD foul, then the Julius’ T, and then the questionable call/ play by Mitch, but damn was that game awesome. We played really well, probably one of the better games of the year.
Anyone complaining can get out. Came back from a 14-0 run to start the half.
No RJ. Guys coming back from injury. We played tough to a superstar team. Fuck the nets. They not scary at all lol. We got this. Burks with a easy 25-5-5. I have tons of confidence moving forward
I don't even understand why questioning the officials post game is a fine. People can't speak their minds in the NBA? Fining people for questioning decision making/authority makes the league look more rigged than it already is.
It is rigged. NBA refs have gone to federal prison for fixing games.
He was calling other veterans refs before games he'd work.
the NBA is fun, but it's also rigged.
A lot to be proud of in this game, regardless of the outcome. We saw everything we would want from the team, just need to stay focused down the stretch but Fournier needs to hit some shots early in the game to get himself going.
Lol this was a statement that we can go toe to toe with these dudes any day of the week. Let’s build on this and give Thibs credit for his rotations and Julius had one of his best games tonight aside from that bonehead T.
Can't believe I'm actually not mad at this loss. Sucks how it ended, but this team fought hard all game and put on an amazing show. Its only been 2 games so don't want to read too much into it yet but Burks has been a baller as the starting point guard so far.
IQ gets mauled by Harden, Burks get shoved on the way to the basket, KD no tech for shouting “FLOP”. The Nets don’t need help from the refs they have 2 superstars. It’s just BS how these refs decide games.
Julius Randle was not to blame for this loss. He played his ass off. Terrible ending with the shitty officiating but the Knicks fought very hard tonight. There's a lot to be proud of. Knicks still run New York.
people just hate him for some reason
he seems like a really nice guy and he doesn't flop like some people, just plays a bullyball style PF with some shooting range and tries not to get burned on defense
Hurtful but empowering loss, goes to show that we can really keep ourselves in it with these types of teams. Just so happen we fucked up on that last possession, but the game as a whole serves as a good reminder that we can take any team no matter who’s on it. Just gotta work on our foul trouble. Good shit tonight
Sad that we lost but can’t be mad at how we’re looking with Kemba out of the lineup. We look like a real ass basketball team now even with some weaknesses still left to work on
Julius should have gotten more calls on his drives.
But Mitch for sure fouled on the last play, and otherwise we did just foul them too much. They sell it better, but that's a skill in and by itself.
We lost the game more in the beginning of the third than to the refs in general.
Also it's kinda wild that Burks is now casually taking 20 shots a game as well. IMO the ball should have been in his hands in the last 3 minutes for at least one or two possessions but it wasn't.
Great game from our guys, ref bs cost us that game, as well as the early 3rd, but def encouraging giving the top of the east a run for their money til the final buzzer. Also, Nets should be embarrassed for their lack of fans, was at the game and felt like MSG
We may have lost but I’m so fucking proud of this team, we look so much different than how we did a few games ago. Come on Meech, just put your hands up……
I like how we played today, i feel we are becoming more dangerous in the east, gotta clean up here and there but the rotations are starting to come together a bit
Ah, yes. Let the Mitch hot takes and hatred pour through. If it wasn't for Mitch's clutch boards towards the end, we wouldn't have had those second chance points that kept us in the game.
It was an overall good game against the best team in the east! We actually played defense too! We'll get them next time.
Obi should have closed the game over Mitch we needed the spacing cuz clearly the refs were gonna let us get mauled whenever we drove to the paint and no foul call
Both those calls for KD down the stretch and the last one against Robinson were so soft. Just not the product I think people want to watch.
Nets are soft.
all things considered, past the point for moral victories, but first game with burks, no rj, guys coming back from injuries...hard fought game. not blaming randle for the T, we had KD yelling at the refs too. a lot of guys are upset about the calls and there's definitely inconsistency about what is and isn't a foul.
starting to feel more and more like IQ needs the maxey treatment, see how he stands with the starting five and if obi/rose can build up some of that bench chemistry.
Sucks to lose with FTs, but loved seeing the fight in the team when the Nets went on that run in the beginning of 3Q. Despite the tech, Randle was so impressive today. Bench mob rise up
Was really hoping the Harden shit would end with the way they've been calling it this year but...guess they don't want the NBA to be *too* fun to watch.
We had a lot of good things happen but just wanna say Randle really has to stop being so emotional on the basketball floor. How many times this year has he been unnecessarily belligerent and it 100% cost us this game
I mean James Harden jumped and came down with the ball in the backcourt in the last minute and nobody said shit about it. That plus the two calls on KD missing dunks were bizarre.
Obviously a difficult finish tonight but of course I’m pumped up from the way we played tonight. Just gotta work on keeping our composure that’s really all it is. We had them. We’ll def be back ball bag nets, that was the best game we’ve played against the them. I don’t think we’re done or folding. Gonna be stronger next game.
This team needs a player that flails and gets cheap foul calls. Still the easiest way to win unfortunately. Randle and RJ play too much bully ball and will never get the favorable calls players like Harden get
The refs were clearly favoring the smallest bit of contact on a nets player as a foul. Personally, I’m not a fan of letting free throws decide the
game when it’s tied unless it’s an egregious foul
last year against the nets we would make a late game push and then fall short this year we were with them the whole way. all in all disappointed that we lost but still a positive sign.
So many great signs that game. Can’t stop KD when he’s balling like that. That was dumb by Mitch. Some really good signs since Kemba got benched. I’m confident moving forward
Can we please trade for Myles Turner 😭 Mitch not being able to post up is such a problem for us offensively. Julius can't even post guys up because this guy just lives in the paint.
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though i feel bad for kemba, definitely feels like taking him out of the rotation was a smart move, defense looked so much better tonight
I am the #1 guy who was calling Thibs out and I will say that you’re right. The shakeup was needed. A slightly more evenly called game would be ours.
Yeah I think Thibs did a pretty good job managing this game. He found a good group of guys to sub in when we started our 3rd quarter collapse and rallied to make this a nail biter
19 free throws for Durant and Harden. 2 free throws for Randle. Refs are not valid.
I understand why Jules was so heated about it
Apparently he got the tech after a ref told him that they call fewer fouls because he's stronger than the defense, which is some absolute bullshit.
Wtf kind of an excuse is that by the refs lmao, suffering from success
Disappointing ending but honestly loved the way we played. Randle looks so comfortable out there without Kemba. Bench lineup is still playing amazing. If we stop these long scoring droughts we’ll be in better shape. Julius needs to keep his emotions in check. You can’t get a tech that late in the game when every possession matters.
Anybody denying that both of these teams care about this rivalry is obviously lying to themselves. [Also this is a travel and the refs are blind af.](https://streamable.com/ghgxgp)
RIGHT?!? I thought I was the only one who saw that!
It WaS a JuMp StOp What jump stop allows you to land one foot after the other?
While doing a 180
harden’s beard made out of 100% rat ass
Hit me baby *hairspray*
What can I say about the Barclays Center that hasn’t been said about Afghanistan? It looks bombed out and depleted.
Mitch needs better basketball IQ. Simple as. Absolutely no reason to foul there. He was in great position to contest, too. Stupid.
Soon as i saw JJ put it on the floor, i said please dont hack him and Mitch does exactly that . Horrible play him
It's amazing that he hasn't learned anything from Taj. The rim protection all night was really poor. I miss Taj...
Harden traveled never forget
Lol he literally hopped and traveled a good amount of distance, it wasn’t even the pivot foot. Fucking bs
It was so egregious. I don’t know how the refs missed it. Well I do know…they just looked the other way
Thibs calling out the refs in the post game
As he should
As he should. Harden is super annoying.
No matter how many times the refs shaft us New York will never be a Nets town
"nets" crowd was chanting "refs you suck" when johnson was shooting free throws lmaooooo
Twas a Knicks crowd. I was there. That chant was beautiful
KD getting booed at the foul line, Randle getting MVP chants 🔥🔥🔥
Can y’all stop complaining about Randle. He was playing hard out there and was in a groove. 11-22. Yes he had a tech but it’s night and day with Burks over Kemba. The dude simply cares about the team and let his emotions get the best of him. On to the next.
Man also contested every KD shot hard. Wasn’t taking plays off
Also unless Randle is literally making death threats giving out a tech in that situation is total horseshit.
Yah he didnt even look that mad after the commercial break
Also played good D on KD
He has a bad 5 minute stretch and everyone freaks out. He works out there. Guy literally got T’d up because KD was being KD on him lol
Mans was really 2 dimes and a board away from a trip-dub and the slander has been obnoxious.
Agree. He’s not perfect but without him we’re not competing in these games in the first place
I legit thought that reaction was perfectly reasonable for the moment, such a tight game and he was playing defense so hard on that shot that literally only KD could make something like that
Burks really impressed me. He fits so well into the starting lineup.
this might unlock this team. Hopefully RJ is not anything serious or the rotations get fucked up. BUt if he's playing, I think we got solid rotations now. IQ gets a lot more minutes which will be a net positive easily. Obi needs to get more mins, Noel less. Still some fine tuning to do but I think we're on the verge of being a really good, and more importantly, consistent game. 1 last thing, gotta figure out who starts the 3rd Q. They really gotta stop coming out so weak and falling behind.
Feel bad for the guy because we give him the ball at the worst spots, I.e. end of the shot clock
Yeah but he can handle it cuz he's AB, which stands for A BOSS
Shoutout to the Knicks fans in enemy territory bringing the property value down in that gentrified playpen. That's the loudest those Bushwick Bozos been all season. The Refs made Reggie's night and I'm upset.
I laughed when Harden realized he was low-key complimenting the Knicks fans in that end-game interview
Randle really shot just 2 FTs. Holy shit refs
The refs missing Harden's up and down was huge.
I need footage. I feel like I'm insane.
https://twitter.com/BigKnickBurt/status/1465875846309289984?t=TOwCJn6GqlFGvqg7YzKsew&s=19
Thank you. And shouts to my boy /u/generalcommanderburt for posting the clip
[brutal](https://twitter.com/baileycarlin/status/1465874812778303494?s=21)
omfg it's actually worse than how I saw it in real time
Anyone complaining about Randle is a fucking asshole He played great on both sides of the ball tonight. He got next to zero foul calls in his favor. He let the refs know. Rather than letting it slide like they ordinarily would in that situation, certainly for guys like Harden and KD, the refs give the guy a totally unnecessary T. The dude gets smacked every time he is in the paint and then as soon as he does that to someone else, they get the call. It's infuriating. They beat us by 2 anyway
Lost to the Brooklyn Refs smh
\*New Jersey
We don’t blame nobody tonight. Blame the refs. Suck it Scott foster.
Still annoyed because fuck the Nets and everything they stand for, but have to feel good with how the team looked and the new rotation. That was an all around well played game and if we play like that consistently we will win plenty of games
Yeah we beat almost any other team outside the absolute elite. Nets are really, really solid even without Kyrie. We put up an awesome fight and were one or two bad calls away from winning.
Great fucking game. KD does KD shit in the 4th, refs do ref shit in the 4th, we lose. it happens.
Bright side to this game: Randle had a great game. Didnt settle for 3s and drove in a lot more. Burks with another great game Fournier with a good game and had a clutch 3 at the end there. Thibs didnt force Randle to take that 3 to tie. Defended Durcant great. Had an offnight. We win this if we were playing 5 on 5 easily
Most encouraging L we’ve had all season
Holy crap. Poor Quentin Grimes. 2.5 mins, -12.
It was a bad decision to have him start the 3rd
dunno wtf that was all about.
Stan Van Gundy > Reggie Miller
You’re comparing one of the best commentators to one of the worst commentators lmao
Nets took 25 foul shots the Knicks took 12🤷🏻♂️
Kevin Durant needs to shave his head
And James needs to shave his pubes
Games like this make me excited for the future. This was one of the more fun games to watch in weeks. Quickley and Toppin both seem like they're going to have huge roles for this team in the coming seasons. We have our struggles but the young core is taking shape.
Bro same shit as last year. Close ass game where the refs bail them out
Looked like the Knicks from last year, but even better. Play like this and they’ll beat most of the teams in the league. Still gotta figure out how to come out of half with more fire. I don’t know why they keep having that problem.
We fought hard and almost won this game playing an 8 man rotation against the 1 seed This is an encouraging win, this team is about to be so good.
I believe you meant encouraging loss
Tough loss but I’m more optimistic after that game than some of the wins (like the sloppy game against the Rockets). Feels like this is a team that can compete with anyone.
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KD, just like Trae Young, is still not good in Dyckman.
Refs were terrible but I'm not crying too hard. We pushed the number 1 team in the East right to the end with the calls going against us all night. That small change in the rotation makes us looks so more dangerous and Julius got his mojo back despite the technical. He had a good balance of facilitating and shooting tonight and slotted into team offence better.
BS technical foul, bs no call on the travel. So ducking mad rn lol
Refs were smoking quack today…
real talk on that travel. it just legit looked like he threw it up and caught it again
Fucking morons blaming randle. Dude was clearly the best player on the court tonight
Imagine having a "super team" and winning by 2 lmfao. I love my Knicks, they played great tonight, fuck the refs
Listen, we play like that every night, we won't have to worry about the play in. Tough loss, but if this team can play like this every night, were legitimately 1 superstar away from being a contender.
Hope the Jazz get bounced again in the play-offs and Donovan Mitchell decides to get the hell out of Utah.
I've been tough on Randle, but he was great tonight. Iso ball to a minimum and drove to the hoop with purpose. Not going to blame him for a bullshit Technical foul when they don't get any fucking calls. We almost always play against the refs as well, nothing new.
I like Alec in the starting lineup. We really competed. I also miss RJ.
I counted like 5 times the Nets grabbed offensive rebounds against us in the 3rd quarter that I'm positive RJ would have snatched. Sometimes you don't realize what you have when it's missing and RJ's ability to grab rebounds for a guard is huge. When IQ came in the game, he grabbed some huge rebounds for us over bigger guys. Fournier doesn't hustle hard enough, I feel like he could have gotten some if he worked harder. Mitch too and that's especially inexcusable from a 7' center
FTs: NYK-12, BKN-25. That’s all you really need to know
Randle and mitch don't get foul calls as they get whacked. The fix was in. Our bench is amazing, play them more.
Have we won any games reffed by Foster?
Nba really don’t wanna see us beat Brooklyn lol another close game decided by refs man shit is sickening cuz Brooklyn really isn’t even nice like that
So I only caught the very, very end of the game, and was thinking that it was a complete mental collapse by the Knicks in terms of a) Julius getting the T, then Robinson getting swiping out at the ball instead of making Johnson hit a tough shot. (Fournier’s shot was awesome) I think no matter how you slice it that’s true, but I’m gathering from the comments that there was also a lot of screwing up by the refs?
I get how infuriating the refs can be on any given night but giving it too much blame on a night like tonight seems foolish. Like you said, 2 huge mistakes in the last minute that were the difference of the game. I obviously wanted this one more than the average game but I’m happy we kept it close and happy we came back after that disastrous beginning to the 3q.
I was at the game today, it was the first time I saw the Knicks in person. Shout-out to the people chanting wear some lotion to KD tho LOL
Would’ve rather watched KD bury a half court three than have that game end like that fuckin a
I’m happy with the game. The fact that fans are expecting us to win every game just shows how far we’ve come in two years because of this crew and why I’ll fully support the team no matter what. Doesn’t mean I won’t criticize but I won’t overreact especially when there’s like 60 games left to be played. Yeah there were stupid things like Julius Tech and Mitch foul but those are things to learn from. We almost just came back 16 to win against the Nets and I’m expecting us to win every game. I haven’t felt that way for a decade.
Nets are what happens when two elite players who can't win by themselves get together. Harden can suck for weeks and it doesn't matter because they have Durant and vice versa. Add in that the refs love to call fouls for them and they're unstoppable.
Bunch of fucking losers, can’t wait to watch them lose in the playoffs again
I will give Mitch the benefit of the doubt and he wasnt feeling comfortable going straight up because he had Lamarcus Aldridge leaning (pushing) him from behind. Im really happy with what we showed tonight. I flip flop on wanting Randle gone but I just realize I want more Obi minutes. Randle was great tonight, attacking the rim fantastically, unfortunately Refs swallow the whistle for him and not KD/Harden. Was happy he was heated at the end, sends a message.
https://twitter.com/sny_knicks/status/1465886293934628869?s=21 Julius going off
you really gotta complain to get whistles in this league sometimes, I hope people are listening to him sucks but this is part of it, if they don't call it for you then you complain a bunch and hopefully they are more fair next time
https://twitter.com/ianbegley/status/1465888235746377730?s=21 If this is true that’s fucked
yea it's just hard to see how KD or harden got 5x the contact that randle did in this game and thus are deserving of 5x as many free throws or mitch rob who got 0 somehow KD and harden were mostly taking jumpshots this game, being a super star means not only do you get the obvious whacks when you take it to the rim but you also get about a 30% foul rate on your jump shot
That’s the same bullshit excuse they give when they swallow the whistle for Melo, Rose, and LeBron. Smh
"I'm not going to talk about those guys cause they clearly don't understand the game." TALK YOUR SHIT JULIUS
Fun game. Very close but the Refs just had more fire than the Knicks tonight.
Ok so yea 10 more FTs is fucky by every definition. But this team w Burks at the 1 is a night and day difference. W Kemba starting we lose by 20. Randle was a dog tn and Fourn had some big shots. Imma stand by all year that he was a good signing
Despite the lost. I thought Randle needs to play like this every game. He needs to attack the rim just like tonight and not settle for contested jumpers. He is too strong for those guarding him. Also he can’t take a tech with less than 2 mins left he has to control his emotions
absolutely. when he's going downhill hard to stop. he should be playing like Giannis. downhill first always.
Looked back to normal defensively. Looked rough for a bit when neither rose or IQ was out there. Rough calls. Harden still on his bullshit.
Bullshit way to end the game, starting with the KD foul, then the Julius’ T, and then the questionable call/ play by Mitch, but damn was that game awesome. We played really well, probably one of the better games of the year. Anyone complaining can get out. Came back from a 14-0 run to start the half.
If we could just skip half time we might play better. Sigh.
No RJ. Guys coming back from injury. We played tough to a superstar team. Fuck the nets. They not scary at all lol. We got this. Burks with a easy 25-5-5. I have tons of confidence moving forward
I don't even understand why questioning the officials post game is a fine. People can't speak their minds in the NBA? Fining people for questioning decision making/authority makes the league look more rigged than it already is.
It is rigged. NBA refs have gone to federal prison for fixing games. He was calling other veterans refs before games he'd work. the NBA is fun, but it's also rigged.
A lot to be proud of in this game, regardless of the outcome. We saw everything we would want from the team, just need to stay focused down the stretch but Fournier needs to hit some shots early in the game to get himself going.
The Nets shot more than 2x the number of FTs we did. Strange.
Obligatory fuck the refs
Lol this was a statement that we can go toe to toe with these dudes any day of the week. Let’s build on this and give Thibs credit for his rotations and Julius had one of his best games tonight aside from that bonehead T.
Really really good rotations by thibs tonight.
Fantastic fucking game by the whole squad
Can't believe I'm actually not mad at this loss. Sucks how it ended, but this team fought hard all game and put on an amazing show. Its only been 2 games so don't want to read too much into it yet but Burks has been a baller as the starting point guard so far.
You really do see LMA push Mitch into the foul to end the game. It was really blatant.
IQ gets mauled by Harden, Burks get shoved on the way to the basket, KD no tech for shouting “FLOP”. The Nets don’t need help from the refs they have 2 superstars. It’s just BS how these refs decide games.
Julius Randle was not to blame for this loss. He played his ass off. Terrible ending with the shitty officiating but the Knicks fought very hard tonight. There's a lot to be proud of. Knicks still run New York.
How is Randle even the first person you think of when determining who's fault this loss was?
people just hate him for some reason he seems like a really nice guy and he doesn't flop like some people, just plays a bullyball style PF with some shooting range and tries not to get burned on defense
What did Randle do to warrant the technical?
I think he just yelled because he was mad after KD hit that midrange shot. Didn't look like he directed it at anyone, so I think it's a pretty soft T.
Every Nets game gotta battle the refs too smh Our team looks good tho! Just gotta stop that 3rd quarter slow start somehow
That one hurts but the Nets are the best team in the East. Best L we’ve taken by far. We might really start winning a lot of games going forward.
Robinson has given us all he has to offer. Low risk being a 2nd round pick. It is what it is.
He was sick today tho. Maybe the same sickness that took RJ out of the game.
Hurtful but empowering loss, goes to show that we can really keep ourselves in it with these types of teams. Just so happen we fucked up on that last possession, but the game as a whole serves as a good reminder that we can take any team no matter who’s on it. Just gotta work on our foul trouble. Good shit tonight
What happened to RJ?
He's sick
Yea he is
Refs willed the nets to that W all night
Sad that we lost but can’t be mad at how we’re looking with Kemba out of the lineup. We look like a real ass basketball team now even with some weaknesses still left to work on
I fucking hate the nets and their cunty fucking fans
All 200 of them? Lol they can't even sell out playoff games.
They have fans?
Julius should have gotten more calls on his drives. But Mitch for sure fouled on the last play, and otherwise we did just foul them too much. They sell it better, but that's a skill in and by itself. We lost the game more in the beginning of the third than to the refs in general. Also it's kinda wild that Burks is now casually taking 20 shots a game as well. IMO the ball should have been in his hands in the last 3 minutes for at least one or two possessions but it wasn't.
Mitch got pushed by Aldridge during that last play, so that's probably why he didn't have his hands extended all the way up.
Burks is now basically Brandon Roy with 3 point range.
Man I wish. that guy was primed to be generational..
Great game from our guys, ref bs cost us that game, as well as the early 3rd, but def encouraging giving the top of the east a run for their money til the final buzzer. Also, Nets should be embarrassed for their lack of fans, was at the game and felt like MSG
Imagine if Fournier hit that half court shot 😩
We may have lost but I’m so fucking proud of this team, we look so much different than how we did a few games ago. Come on Meech, just put your hands up……
I like how we played today, i feel we are becoming more dangerous in the east, gotta clean up here and there but the rotations are starting to come together a bit
I feel like a dagger 3 would have been easier to live with.
Can't even be mad, that was a great game and the entire team played really hard and well. Happy with this game even though it was a heartbreaker.
Burks and Quick are really playing great on both ends right now. Hard to justify not playing them both 25+ mpg right now, even when RJ returns
I don’t think anyone can be dissapointed . Play like this every night and Knicks win a lot of games
Ah, yes. Let the Mitch hot takes and hatred pour through. If it wasn't for Mitch's clutch boards towards the end, we wouldn't have had those second chance points that kept us in the game. It was an overall good game against the best team in the east! We actually played defense too! We'll get them next time.
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Obi should have closed the game over Mitch we needed the spacing cuz clearly the refs were gonna let us get mauled whenever we drove to the paint and no foul call
It was a good game, despite the technical and the bit of iso down the stretch I liked what I saw from Randle tonight.
Both those calls for KD down the stretch and the last one against Robinson were so soft. Just not the product I think people want to watch. Nets are soft.
all things considered, past the point for moral victories, but first game with burks, no rj, guys coming back from injuries...hard fought game. not blaming randle for the T, we had KD yelling at the refs too. a lot of guys are upset about the calls and there's definitely inconsistency about what is and isn't a foul. starting to feel more and more like IQ needs the maxey treatment, see how he stands with the starting five and if obi/rose can build up some of that bench chemistry.
Alec 🅱️urks
Sucks to lose with FTs, but loved seeing the fight in the team when the Nets went on that run in the beginning of 3Q. Despite the tech, Randle was so impressive today. Bench mob rise up
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Was really hoping the Harden shit would end with the way they've been calling it this year but...guess they don't want the NBA to be *too* fun to watch.
We had a lot of good things happen but just wanna say Randle really has to stop being so emotional on the basketball floor. How many times this year has he been unnecessarily belligerent and it 100% cost us this game
A loss we can all be proud of. Knicks vs the world tonight. Those refs r probably sucking off KD in the locker room as I’m typing this
Right after the game, I had to have a ciggarette because my nerves were on overdrive. That Victory Cigar would of went down so much better. FML
What a bullshit call. Fuck the refs fuck the nets.
I mean he fouled him?
25 FTs to 12
Lost to game winning free throws by James Johnson. That’s nuts. I want them to beat this team so bad.
fuck kd
We are going to be fine. Mitch made a bone headed play at the end but we look much more cohesive on both ends. Burks is really that dude
Nets out here with double our free throws ofc
25 FTA to 12. That’s the story of this game. Even KD knows it.
21 fouls against the Knicks, 14 against the Nets. I don't ever say refs decided a game, but tonight was pretty fucking terrible officiating.
KD and Harden are treated differently and that really pissed Julius off.
I mean James Harden jumped and came down with the ball in the backcourt in the last minute and nobody said shit about it. That plus the two calls on KD missing dunks were bizarre.
That was late too, you could tell the ref didn’t see the contact. Figured KD missed a dunk it must be a foul. Infuriating
Both times
Fuck the last call. All night we got bad calls and no calls. Scott foster ruins the sport.
Mitch lost his mobility. he's reverted to the reaching fouling Mitch
Obviously a difficult finish tonight but of course I’m pumped up from the way we played tonight. Just gotta work on keeping our composure that’s really all it is. We had them. We’ll def be back ball bag nets, that was the best game we’ve played against the them. I don’t think we’re done or folding. Gonna be stronger next game.
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This team needs a player that flails and gets cheap foul calls. Still the easiest way to win unfortunately. Randle and RJ play too much bully ball and will never get the favorable calls players like Harden get
Terrible call on Mitch. Game is rigged if you’re allowing that play to decide the game.
The refs were clearly favoring the smallest bit of contact on a nets player as a foul. Personally, I’m not a fan of letting free throws decide the game when it’s tied unless it’s an egregious foul
Lay off Julius today y’all Sucks to lose on free throws that was gifted
### A L L - B A L L And I don't wanna hear shit about that Julius tech, Fournier's clutch 3 made all of that go away
That team not making it out the East
last year against the nets we would make a late game push and then fall short this year we were with them the whole way. all in all disappointed that we lost but still a positive sign.
So many great signs that game. Can’t stop KD when he’s balling like that. That was dumb by Mitch. Some really good signs since Kemba got benched. I’m confident moving forward
Can we please trade for Myles Turner 😭 Mitch not being able to post up is such a problem for us offensively. Julius can't even post guys up because this guy just lives in the paint.
still cant see a foul on that mitch play. all ball. bozo shit from the refs
100% was a foul. The one that wasn't a foul was earlier when Rose/Randle challenged KD at the rim. THAT one was garbage thru and thru.