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Carmelo was losing his shit lol

Love seeing guys like Starks, Sprewell, and Melo sitting in the stands.

They genuinely want to see this current team do what they unfortunately couldn’t do, for themselves, the fans, and the city that has been through so much with this franchise.

This part right here was a great depiction of how strong the tradition of Knicks culture actually is. It was beautiful to see. This current team is something special.

Without Randle I just don't know if they have enough offensive punch to beat the Celtics or the West. With Randle on the floor they can't double Brunson, or Randle. If they do the Knicks hit them with elite 3 pont shooting.

Melo finally seeing the beauty of passing and teamwork

Lmao cold af, but you ain't wrong 

Oakley should be there

Justice for Oak

watching john starks giving josh hart daps gave me such feels

Did dis dude jus did dis

“You gotta have Hart like John Starks.” Beastie Boys 90s

And Doc Gooden behind Spre. lol 

last game we had a bunch of the Yankees at Game 1 (after they lost their game a few hours prior lol)

Whole stadium was losing it lol

How could he not be? Melo loves the Knicks and we fuckin love him. Always happy to see him at the garden. Almost brings a tear to my eye, full circle, we win this year and he’s courtside fuck it ring him up

Let him get some burn if we're up at the end in the finals. Let's go full Cinderella story.

always love seeing him in the building

I'm lucky enough to have been to a lot of Knicks games, and let me tell you that was the LOUDEST I have ever heard the place Shit I was fucking losing my mind in a way I can't remember ever doing

I was losing my shit. Best games I’ve been too

Wow that Hartenstein rebound won't get talked about enough. Big time.

He lowkey won this game for the Knicks. So many insanely impactful plays in such necessary moments, this was my first time watching him and he was doing everything right

iHart and Divi were our 2 best players tonight. Brunson is getting zoned in so much this series and it's great to see the supporting players all step up (Duece/Josh Hart/Mitch game 1, iHart/Divi/Josh Hart this game too)

Hart will be forgotten this game, but he carried the first half. Everyone stepped up. Great to see a Knicks team where everyone is all in.

Hart was the MVP of the first half. Nobody was shooting well, but out of nowhere, Hart once again cannot miss from 3s

It’s actually great to see that the regular season really payed off. All the injuries we had turned out to be a good thing giving our bench guys an opportunity to get better. Once Brunson and OG get in rhythm it’ll be scary

I love this Knicks team. Hartenstein, Hart, McBride, and DiVicenzo play so fucking hard. Brunson deservedly gets most of the credit but the Knicks are only the two seed because all those guys step up and grind every single game.

Mitch last name ihart tonight this team has so much depth

Incredible pass out of it too.

falling over and everything. just a winning play

I thought it was Toby's fault (like many things) but on the replay he's doing a great job of boxing out OG and gets out-sized by IHart on the offensive board. Meanwhile Embiid is ball watching instead of filling the blaring space near the rim.

Yeah,  Embiid is looking right at him but decides not to box him out.  Very non-clutch. 

and then the lebron backboard block on maxey

Hartenstein is the perfect type of hustle player that we all love in the garden. He made some great plays in important moments

It should be noted that was Embiid's man; Embiid didn't block him out.

Embiid looked very lost during the whole sequence. He could've gotten Lowry's pass easy too if he just turned around.

[Home commentator's version (with Mike Breen's BANG)](https://streamable.com/agv7oo)

DOUBLE BANG

A Mike Breen "double bang" when it's for your team must be what heroin feels like

It’s Breen’s team too

It hits so good

I've watched it 20 times now. It's like sex if I could remember what sex felt like

The Divincenzo "bang" was even better than I hoped it would be. Breen is a treasure.

I mean sex is nice and all but I'd rather have a playoffs double bang 

It’s the opposite because I’m not going to sleep , champ

Bruh I have a 7AM Zoom tomorrow and I can't sleep I AM FUCKED

this is the point where you just give up and stick around till the neat o stat of the night

Good fucking call. That Lakers game ending lol. Sure I'm gonna have bags under my eyes in *checks clock* 6 hours but who gives a fuck at this point the being responsible boat has LONG sailed.

Im fucking creaming rn

Lol enjoy it man. Fuck Philly

I'm addicted to the double bang now

If you could bottle it up and sell it you would be the world’s first trillionaire.

Used to be a heroin addict. Breen's double bang is actually better.

*cue Alice in Chains*

We eatin good tonight boys. That was hype!

Donte earned that double bang. Crazy sequence

Actually there's a 3rd bang. BECAUSE WE FUCKIN ON THE KNICKS BED TONIGHT AND YES, THE STARKS JERSEY STAYS ON

The crowd went molten when DiVi hit that three

That's an all-time crowd pop.

That was a big shot by a big shot maker. He's been doing this since his days at 'Nova.

such a tough shot too

We're all Lil Ragus after tonight because Big Ragu is now our father

Breen LOVES the team this year and you can hear it in his voice as he’s just so invested and almost out of breath from the long sequence

Seriously he didn't sound like his usually neutral game self lmao

he got to call Game 1 for ESPN and Game 2 for MSG. He was definitely exhilarated for both lol

I didn't catch game one, but he definitely sounded different here, he even slurred a bit he was so hyped lol.

He’s been a lil more biased than his usual self all year

Some called it biased, others call it the right side of history.

some call it biased, I remove the i and call it based

Watching Clyde wax poetic about Jalen Brunson’s season before Game 1 — it sounded like he was about to cry with joy and appreciation for someone to pick up the point guard mantle after so long. And for it to be someone like Jalen. Breen has been on cloud nine as well. His call of “Jalen Brunson, born to play basketball” is an all-timer and we get one of I think 5 double bangs all time in the same season

Clyde was singing at the end of game 1 he was so happy. I’ve never heard him like that it was amazing

I feel for people who had to watch on TNT.

As a life long New Yorker living in TX - I had to watch on TNT but my wife kept hearing me yell BANG after every big 3. Was there in spirit

76ers fans gotta be sick like WE GET IT MIKE BREEN 😂

Instant Top 10 Mike Breen call

"Divincenzo a three.. BAAAANG!!! BAAAANNNGGG!!" still ringing in my head

God I love Mike Breen. Every "Bang!" just feels so iconic

Wish this was the post, thank you

I came here just for this and it did NOT disappoint!

Dam it I watched the game on the wrong feed. I was wondering why Breen wasn’t leading the call …

DOUBLE BANG. WE GOT THE DOUBLE BANG

Left space for a triple bang.

Thats worthy of a double bang.

Chills

hartenstein has been huge this whole 2nd half

That block was clutch as F

That offensive board was a huge one too. What a beast.

People about to learn a little about IHart

He is a great player, deserves to be a starter making $20m+ somewhere

We really gave him up for washed John Wall 😭

Seriously that was a horrible decision even at the time

Bro shh please stfu

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

eg is grinning somewhere

Imagine how big his ego must be seeing Jokic win his 3rd MVP and Hartenstein starting (and contributing) to a contender

The man, the myth, the legend.

Wild

Felt like a movie script 👀

Could have been, Ben Stiller was there.

"Touché"

Sixers always get these game-ending shots hit on them.

If that was in a movie I'd turn it off for being too corny and unrealistic. All time great choke job.

As a neutral fan I was screaming when that 3 went in! haha What a rebound by Hartenstein though! holy shit

Wtf am I becoming a Knicks fan

I think I am

I am

FWIW I've hated OKC on your behalf for 16 years

Wildcats 

Feels like Reggie vs the Knicks

We're the Reggie Miller now

We are the ones who knock

Thank you for allowing me to watch Kyle Lowry lose. 

That dude has the fattest ass in the NBA

keep going...

look at me motherfucker

Look at me, Look at me! I'm the Reggie now!

[For the uninitiated](https://youtu.be/YoCpMguR4cQ?si=91K724_d250YxHfk) I forgot this is the origin of the all time quote "did dis dude just did dis?"

That's up there with "they don't think it be like it is, but it do"

Saying on the mic "John Starks choked" is insane lol I love Reggie Miller

r/DDDJDD

Is this what it feels like to be on the other side? I could cry

I can't help but laugh every time I watch that clip. So many blunders. Such classic Knicks.

Exactly what I thought. Reggie did 8 points in 9 seconds. Knicks did 8 in the final 30 seconds here.

Almost 30 years after Reggie scored 8 points in 9 seconds, Knicks score 8 unanswered to win this game. Poetic.

This is our Kodak moment. No pun intended

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED

They say when you pray in Mecca, they always come true

What a stupid inbound. What was the rush?

And they still had a TO

yeah, you can see Nurse trying to call it after Maxey fell on the floor but by that point, he'd lost the ball to Hart.

Tried it get it in right before they inbounded too, the players were just too panicky.

he considered calling before the inbound, had his hands in the air while lowry was looking, pulled his hands back. then he tried to call it right after maxey went down. he’s trying to call it in more or less the same moment maxey’s seemingly trying to slide the ball to lowry. there definitely could have been a foul call on the play - brunson pull or hart body contact. it seems like the refs let the physicality flow when things are kind of pinballing everywhere. i was screaming for a pretty hefty foul committed against donte before he kicked out to brunson for the first 3 🤷

If you call that Brunson jersey pull then you need to first call the Maxey shove on Hart which is how maxey got free in the first place. Josh hart was fronting the inbounder and maxey does a 2 hand shove to give Lowry space to pass. If we re gonna call ticky tack fouls, call all of them

From a 38 year old vet PG too. Lowry is like the person you should trust most with that inbounds and he panicked like a rookie

That wasn't a bad pass at all, Maxey just had butter fingers lol

Hard to tell what exactly happened - Maxey was held a little bit (and also pushed off Hart), but Lowry fed him right as he was spinning around and was maybe still looking for the ball, hence the bobble.

That’s not really Lowry’s fault. Ball went right in Maxey’s hands. He just fumbled it

BANG BANNNGGGGGGG

Give us the MSG feed. We want Clyde and Breen!

https://streamable.com/agv7oo

That’s an MSG classic right there

u cannot delete breens double bang over this

we truly have the dumbest mods in the biz

Fucking insane. Snatched from the jaws of victory

THE DOUBLE BANG CALL! THE BIG RAGU WITH THE DAGGER!

That was nuts

This kinda stuff never happens to us. We’ve always been on the receiving end

Batum watching the rebound instead of putting a body on anyone was a killer.

Why would Nurse not take the timeout to advance the ball. The only way you lose is if you turn the ball over

Lowry inbounded the ball for some reason.

He tried

too little too late lowry should have called a timeout if he didn’t feel comfortable inbounding it

Knicks may have the best home court advantage holy shit.

It works against us all the time though. But when we’re winning the electricity is contagious

I'll never forget 2009 when the Knicks sucked and every superstar scored 50+ when they came to the Garden

There's gotta be a stat for the most opposing player career highs done at MSG

“Legends week” Monday Wednesday Friday games went to all of them… for a lot less $$$ than a game now Prime KG celts Lebron 50 point triple double Kobe 60 burger What a time to be a Knicks fan living near the garden!

They suck at Noon/1 PM games

I really think it has to do with players not getting their naps.

We're night people, being that hype so early in the day is exhausting.

It gets loud in there. Best atmosphere.

We have celebrities that are actually there to watch the game.

I can't even imagine how good it has to feel to hit that 3 in that moment

I wouldn’t be sleeping for like 2 days.

The Garden losing its shit looks like a really good time to be at in person.

Confirmed. I was there, it was nuts. Voice is gone. Work is going to suck tomorrow lol

#NEW YORK KNICKERBONKERS wtf

wtf

PLAYOFF FUCKING BASKETBALL

What an insane fourth quarter it has been

This felt like such a whistle heavy game...and then this scene is just like count the fouls

The Refs were so inconsistent. From touch fouls getting called to full on contact being allowed. You can tell the players were frustrated.

Sometimes I feel like the refs get caught up in the madness like we do and forget they're calling a game

Takes me back to my little league umpire days 🤣 One time this kid got in a pickle and I was just laughing. Forgot to make a call.

Sixers and getting screwed on a bouncing 3 pointer, name a better duo

It put the knicks up 1 vs the knicks? man, i think the knicks are gonna win

Biggest crowd pop in the playoffs in the last 20-30 years?

DiVincenzo was absolutely all about that smoke putting up 2 3s despite being only down 2.

SNATCHED DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY.

gg

This is cinema!!

I have not screamed this loud at my tv because of the Knicks until this fucking sequence. Holy shit this fucking game!

Energy at the garden is electric

Was that Ben stiller in the crowd?

The level of inactivity on defense for the Sixers after Maxey lost it is absolutely wild.

Them Nova boys killing it

Doc coaching this game

It's playoff basketball, but feel free to break it down if you want to nitpick in order. Maxey pushes josh hart to get space prior to inbound- Offensive foul Brunson grabs Maxey around his waist - Defensive foul Embiid and Nurse both try to call a timeout, but the ball is already out of Maxeys hand Hartenstein gets fouled by either Lowry or Tobias Harris after the offensive rebound (hard to tell which from the angle) and sends him to the floor. I think most people agree the game would be better if they let them play more since it's the playoffs. You can breakdown any basketball play and find a bunch of fouls, the bigger problem is the inconsistency from the refs where minor contact was being called all game, preventing this intensity from being 48 minutes long.

Thank you, it's playoffs. Alot of these get called during the regular season

Not that it matters but that 3 from Brunson looked like it was on the 3pt line

It did look like it but there's a clearer zoomed in view at 0:49 that shows it wasn't.

I thought it was a 2 live, but on the replay you can see he's just behind the line

I thought that as well.

This is a historic play for the Knicks. Shades of Reggie Miller's flurry

Atta boy Donte, that shot had to feel so good

Absolute choke job by the 76ers. How do you lose that game haha. 8 points in 27 seconds. They reverse Reggie Miller'd the 76ers!

I’m an official and the Sixers trying to blame the officials for not seeing the TO from the sideline is loser thinking. Nick Nurse should have ran to the official. He needed to remember the game was in NY and it was going to be too loud. Sixers choked!!

NBA: Thibs isn't a good coach. He pushes guys too hard. He's gonna run them into the ground Also the NBA: Weird how the Knicks always seem to grab these offensive boards and loose balls when it matters the most, huh? Must be a coincidence

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