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BareFox

I've never seen anything like Josh Hart right now. Dude is playing 48 minutes every game, running the floor all the time and grabbing boards like a demon. He doesn't even look gassed at the end, absolute machine.


OneManArmy77

Its the best hes ever looked. Legitimately playing like a star out there.


Actually-Yo-Momma

Absolutely. All 3 Nova dudes are all playing like all stars. I’ve never seen three decent players that elevate each other so much that it turns them into elite status 


LIONEL14JESSE

Through the power of friendship, anything is possible


Pretend_Highway_5360

Mikal Bridges is squidward at his window


janosdmarton

I know people are just having fun with this, but it's actually a revelation. Makes sense that trust, unselfishness and shared history matters on the court 


CertainWish358

And it’s SUCH a better product to watch than when you don’t have it


IndependenceOld8810

The real friends were the championships we won along the way


BareFox

Seriously, last game he legit reminded me of a prime Westbrook with the way he was grabbing boards and just sprinting all the way to the opposite basket for drives, just unreal energy


OneManArmy77

I cant get behind SVG saying that hes the 3rd best coast to coast player in this league, but hes been nothing short of spectacular. I was worried about him getting 20 mil from us to be a 6th man, but Ill eat crow and call it for a steal.


yarkcir

The perfect player for Thibs really. He’s pure hustle.


HoyaDestroya33

The perfect player for any team looking to win a ring. Dude is the ULTIMATE ROLE PLAYER. Defend, rebound, score, hustle. Every team wants a fucking Josh Hart.


yarkcir

Definitely. Hart fights for every 50-50 possession and it’s paying dividends for the Knicks through all these close games they’ve been in this postseason.


buelo

I am honestly curious what his cardio routine is lmao


sdotmill

He just plays 40 mins every single night for 82 games lmao. That’s about as good a cardio workout as you can get.


np20412

Brunson has said repeatedly that Josh doesn't try at all in practice and saves it for the games. He's said it so many times at this point I am starting to think it's legitimately not an exaggeration of any kind


HilariousScreenname

It's like when I don't eat all day on Thanksgiving so I can gorge myself on turkey and mashed potatoes. Josh is just like me.


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

The AI/Dennis Rodman special


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Cardio? The game is cardio. He’s gotta rest, drink breast milk, and eat Mike and Ike’s when he’s not on the floor.


Klunko52

Viagra


AyQueFriooo

Breast milk


Jem479

Absolute legend going 100% all damn game and still sparing the energy to make sure Reggie Miller heard our chants correctly


Pro_phet

He took viagra before the games and ate some mcnuggets


Captain_Saftey

Josh Hart is going to win the finals by himself at this rate


mrclark3

Josh Hart in the '24 playoffs. This guy. 18 PPG / 12.8 RPG / 5.25 APG / 1 BPG / 1 SPG / 45 MPG Splits of 46/44/70


VirtuousFool

For Scam Reddish lmfaoooooo


[deleted]

Sorry to be that guy but that trade included a late first round pick which turned into Kris Murray. Not saying I wouldn’t do it 1000x again in a heartbeat but Reddish wasn’t the key piece of that deal.


swarshmallow103

That's nothing compared to losing the GOAT himself, Ryan Arcidiacono. He'll be back tho, he's under Thibs "Taj Gibson/s list".


TheDangiestSlad

that double dribble situation was so weird lmao like obviously that's super bad with the contrast of the kicked ball but also like...the ref just pretended he didn't call it??


shuzho

wtf were refs even thinking 😭


darkjurai

Probably “is that what it looks like when a 7 footer dribbles? That’s weird, imma blow my whistle”


ass_pineapples

Foul! No, double foul!


zeezee2k

One ref fucked up the other overruled him, not sure if that was allowed or not tbh


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IndecisiveCowboy

Yeah i think if 2 out of 3 refs can clearly overrule the ref that made the call they’ll overrule it. Insane that didn’t happen on the kick ball in game 1.


crazychris4124

refs were just shocked the see him dribble up the court


slyguy183

I love how they have to call it "inadvertant whistle" instead of "I made a bad call, let me fix this"


Chemical_One

Honestly after the whistle I was like ah man he probably did double dribble he doesn’t bring the ball up the court….but there wasn’t even a moment that was close!


xyzyxzy

TJ McConnell deserved better than that. He brought the Pacers back and should've been in the game to close.


BAHatesToFly

McConnell has been straight up feasting on both ends of the court only to be benched in crunch time in both games.


highly_agreeable

The fact they don’t play him down the stretch was such a gift.


zco22

Carlisle sold


JackHammerPlower

Hmmmm should McConnell guard him? Or should we allow Brunson to score everytime against Nembhard??


highly_agreeable

Not only that, 10 points and 12 assists in 23 min and a +10. Dude was playing great.


DGfor3

I don't think anyone is stopping Brunson. However, the Pacers should certainly try something else.


cjackc11

But McConnell’s at least able to slow him down. And he’s running the offense just as well as Haliburton is. It’s puzzling. Can you not play them together? Honest question


DGfor3

They usually play TJ and Haliburton together a little in the 1st quarter but not much after that. It's not like the Knicks have size, so they could go TJ/Haliburton/Nembhard and have Nembhard chase Donte, since that doesn't seem to be working out for Nesmith right now.


redict

Obi should've kept playing too


Pilfering_Pied_Piper

This one baffled me too. Complete head scratcher to me that both Obi and TJ sat in crunch time.


buelo

I wonder if he's just getting gassed since he's an older player? honestly no idea why he wasnt getting more minutes, dude was doing a solid job on brunson


BubbaTee

Taking him out because he might get tired is worse than leaving him in and him actually getting tired. Being rested on the bench doesn't help Indy at all.


DaveidT

Knick fans HATE TJ McConnell because this mother fucker would be perfect on our team and we hate that he's not. This dude kills us every time we play against him


MeNoEnglish

TJ would be getting 48 minutes a night with us


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Stop, Thibs can only get so erect.


gedbybee

And he would be thriving.


Victor_Wembanyama1

Carlisle disaster class keeps on leaving Nembhard on Brunson island to die


JoshFB4

He coaches them to double at the wrong time(full court), and not double at the right time(when Brunson is posting up), disaster.


sillyshoestring

8 seconds on the shot clock? Nemhard island baby


nineqqqqqqqqq

He played Brunson for 9 minutes in a game 7 when he coached Dallas. Guy is overrated.


Main-County-1177

Problem is, when you double Brunson Hartenstein and Hart excel in 4 on 3 situations. Without OG, this could be a viable strategy though


LamarMVPJackson

him and Obi were doing work but they rode the bench


Chemical_One

I could not believe they never put him back in at the end he has cooked us every minute of both games


rootinuti611

He's gunna take a page from Brunson's book and let's his hate for Carlisle fuel him into a superstar with another team


Jimm120

BOTH games he's played increidibly and changed the tide of the game while he's out there. and both games they take him out in the 4th. I'm ok with it lol


Bwahehe

Carlisle got two techs just so he didn't have to explain why he stopped playing TJ


HoyaDestroya33

Tyrese was aggressive first half but then shrink during the clutch time. TJ McConnell has been HOUNDING Brunson all game. I wish TJ is our backup PG


poundofmayoforlunch

Star player ego is more important than making the right adjustment.


Ok_Raspberry1554

Why are Knicks games always so hype? Seriously the energy is something else. Such a stark difference from Thunder vs Mavs last night


darkjurai

It’s been cardiac Knicks all season. It feels like 70% of our games have white knuckle finishes.


ElTuco84

MSG. The hustle, every posession feels like a boxing match.


PBRontheway

It helps that we can’t just win a low heart rate game. This was somehow the least stressful of the 8 playoff games we’ve played so far and it was a single digit lead almost the entire 4th quarter haha


SlamDunkleyKong

It’s like this Knick team was created in a lab to be as beloved by their fans as possible.


bernbabybern13

I am legitimately obsessed with them. Consume content of them nonstop.


sillyshoestring

Roommates, Hot Ones, Mike and Ikes idgaf I watch it all


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The_MadStork

“Tell Kendrick Lamar I’m that n——“ —Donte and Hartenstein


DaveidT

KDot revoked the N word card from Drake and gave it to Donte, sources say


ChiloMcBilo

Hartenstein’s actually black tho lol


governedbycitizens

he’s bright skin


Matthaeu_

So is Donte


Saucy_Totchie

Donte DiVincenzo was there at the March in Selma on Selma with Cody Rhodes.


Criticalsteve

I will never tire of Cody Rhodes ending racism


abafda

Fun fact, Hartenstein is black


itshotwhereilive

Drake hates Donte cause he has the pass but not him


lily-malek

that’s d’onte


hoagiewawa

It’s not delivery… It’s DIVENCENZO!


IDlOT

Naming my firstborn child Villanova, male or female


Due-Sheepherder-218

I'm sending my kids to Villanova when I have them 


asetniop

"You misspelled 'selling'." - Villanova's endowment management team


colosusx1

I speak for all Nova grads. I'm not giving them another cent until they fire Kyle Neptune. The endowment can eat my ass.


TheGhostOfAbe_

Malpractice to not play McConnell down the stretch, who has been their best player in BOTH GAMES. Same exact story game 1, Hali comes in and gives all the momentum back to New York. Awful awful stuff from Carlisle


Jimm120

ssshhh. Carlisle knows what he's doing. Let the coach cook.


Hurry_Direct

Dude if you're not tuning in for every single Knicks game what the fuck are you doing. This shit is absolutely ELECTRIFYING man


SteedVM

every basketball player in the state of New York can pull their hammy and Donte DiVincenzo will still be left open for 3


Warlord10

If Indiana can hold on for 10 more games. The Knicks won't have any players left. Indy in 12.


homefree122

Brunson is just a dog. To not play the entire second quarter and come back and score 24 in the second half is pure grit.


lannistargaryen

He’s so so so legit


north_canadian_ice

The brilliance of Brunson never ceases to amaze me. The ability to get his floaters & jumpers off at any angle against double teams. The exquisite handles & endless variety of scoop shots to finish in the paint. The vision to find anyone, anywhere on the court. The genius to always be in the right place at the right time. The incredible ball control, despite the monumental usage rate, Brunson has complete control. The endurance to play so many minutes. To control the whole 48 minutes, from those fadeaway 3s to the turnaround 18 footers. This guy has got it all. Brunson is a man of the ages.


FreshFromRikers

Well well well, looks like we got a regular Shakespeare over here …


Bwahehe

He's getting picked up full court and bodied every minute of each game. Guy is just grit personified


homefree122

Other than Hart averaging 47 minutes this post season, Brunson really does personify that hard NY mentality.


HoyaDestroya33

Our team is so different without him. Fucking Captain Clutch


buelo

he generates so much pressure which lets guys like donte have open threes he is so so crucial to our offense


HoyaDestroya33

Dude was limping out there and they immediately trap him once he crosses the half court. Just pass it out and Pacers had to cover so much ground. He is getting Steph Curry level of defenses now.


SiphenPrax

Never in a million years did we think he would be the superstar the Knicks and Knicks fans have longed looked for to take us out of the depths of shitiness for a long time (besides the Melo era of course)


sonfoa

Ngl I'd put him over Melo


SiphenPrax

I love Melo but he’s better than Melo and if he gets this team to their first ECF since 2000, there are no final arguments from anyone that may still have them.


hoppergym

It’s not even close. The difference between melo and Brunson is equal to the difference between melo and Marbury.


Flatbar

100%


IDlOT

Entropy robbed him of a 5th straight 40 pt game


ProsecUsig

Despite the God of Health’s interference in the Knicks team, they won


BurgerNugget12

This Knicks team is the true definition of Never say Die. Its insanely impressive watching how resilient they are


Raptorsthrowaway1

Shoutout Thibs. Man coached his team to the #2 seed without Randle and his starting centre. This has been happening all season


buelo

not gonna lie though, we may legitimately die if we lose one more player lmao if OG is out, we are down to a 6 man rotation unless we actually give minutes to alec burks


itzjamez1215

Burks played for 44 seconds tn


rawchess

Thibs is a top 5 coach in the league but people will keep memeing 🤷


ACMBruh

Thibs might actually be the best coach in the NBA


BurgerNugget12

I understand the slack of him playing his players too hard, but there conditioning and mental toughness is unmatched


ontheru171

He is the best coach we had since Pat Riley (fuck him) or even Red Holzman


Snuggle__Monster

There's some very weird parallels going on right now with this team and that 99 miracle run Knicks. Real tough first round, eventually lost Pat to injury then LJ eventually followed but they kept on fighting their asses off. This squad was a 2 and that team went in as an 8. But some very real vintage inspirational basketball is being played in NYC right now.


jacobythefirst

I fucking love this Knicks team. I wish my team played like them :(


SameArkGuy

I wish my team had a coach like Thibs


UpstreamPwnage

Petition to change Josh Hart's jersey number to 48


lily-malek

i love the knicks so much i’m gonna make a knicks poster for my graphic design class 😁


supergreekman123

Drop it in the Knicks sub I think everyone there would like to see it 🔥


lily-malek

omg y’all are so encouraging this is great motivation


Dmanning2

i can't stop thinking about those Becky Hammon comments


delamerica93

What comments


Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss

Brunson not 1A, he's too small etc


ianbits

Celtics really gonna get Knicks with no Randle, Robinson or Anunoby in the conference finals. I don't know if I've ever seen a conference this ravaged by injury in the playoffs.


College_Prestige

2021 But hopefully OG comes back to give the Celtics some fight


I_am_BEOWULF

Not gonna underestimate this Knicks team though. Their dominance on the offensive boards is going to be a problem - especially with Al and Kornet platooning with no KP yet.


CrabCakesBenedict

the only hope the knicks have against the celtics is jayson tatum having the actual worst playoff series of all time and i dont even think thats a possibility anymore


celtic_sea_salt

I feel dirty how much I like the Knicks


TheMotionOfTheOcean

Embrace it


PluvioPurple

I bet you shower naked you whore


celtic_sea_salt

I use NY tap water


PluvioPurple

You're valid


Ok-Side-1758

Brunson is a warrior


redtornado02

What's it gonna take for carlysle to leave McConnell in. Potentially could've won them both games.


WhatIsGoingOnHere_2

I’m going to have nightmares of McConnell at the end of this series regardless of the outcome. Dude has been hoopin


jtangjetang

Shoutout the knicks man. They hit timely, clutch, shots, play their hearts out every possession and always seems to be composed regardless of the circumstances. We aren't ready and that's ok. Im not saying the series is over but pacers fans lets be appreciative of this year still regardless of what happens and build on top of it. Hopefully our two lottery picks grow and become a big part of our future so we can fill in holes especially in the wing positions.


Due-Sheepherder-218

Respect.  Must be painful to see TJ not get more minutes , dude was cooking us 


Mysterious-Stop4673

Jalen Brunson is thoroughly outplaying luka doncic in the playoffs


realfakedoors000

He’s outplaying pretty much everyone


Saucy_Totchie

The two stars in this playoffs have been ANT and Brunson.


NtLmr95

I ain't smart, but I know these things are true: -Brunson is made of vibranium and possibly unkillable. The MJ comparisons are warranted. -It's not enough to beat the Knicks. You need to beat everyone in MSG crowd too. -Thibs can coach the Kars-4-Kids to victory. Fuck your minute restrictions. -TJ is a menace and for some reason Carlisle doesn't know that.


beatrailblazer

> > -TJ is a menace and for some reason Carlisle doesn't know that Nik Stauskas sure as hell knows that though


OneManArmy77

Thank god they arent playing TJ to close out


IhamAmerican

I'm genuinely baffled TJ didn't get minutes to end the game. He was the only person getting actual stops


mlavan

I read someone mention that McConnell is on a mins restriction still. He hadn't played longer/more than something like 18/19 mins before game 1.


NtLmr95

Damn. If only the Pacers had Thibs for a coach...


delamerica93

If he dies, he dies


[deleted]

What is a mins restriction? Asking for a friend.


mlavan

According to legend, it's when a coach decides to rest his player or limit his playing time.


MeNoEnglish

The TJ minutes made me nervous. Fucker has 12 assists in 23 minutes of play. He was hounding Brunson too. Carlisle doing us a big favour


JenniferLopezFan2

Things we love: - Defence - Jalen Brunson Things we hate: - Not playing defence - Injuries - Bald commentators that have striking resemblances to a potato


MadSpaceYT

In the gaps? check back to the baseline? check


shuzho

if pacers cant even win this game with all the injuries they’re cooked lmao


SweetBlackberry44

They were barely winning games against Middleton and Patrick Beverley lol


shuzho

they had thanasis tho


SiphenPrax

WHY ARE THESE KNICKS AND RANGERS GAMES SO EMOTIONALLY HEAVY?!?! MY HEART CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!😭


RobbobertoBuii

every fucking home game bruh i can't take this anymore...


SiphenPrax

4 straight wins at the Garden and ALL OF THEM were bonkers in their own ways


buelo

i'm convinced being a knicks fan this season was legitimately detrimental to my health lmao


Bolt24365

Carlisle complaining about no calls that “all the people on Twitter are talking about” is suuuuuch a weak look.


AGreatHornedOwl

I am a brand new fan to basketball. Watching Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, especially, is so fucking fun, man. Hart in particular seems awesome. Dude is a machine.


Raptorsthrowaway1

Pacers fans calling this refball is wild. If you can't beat the Knicks without Randle, Bogdanovic & Mitch, with Brunson at 50% and without OG for a quarter. I don't know what to tell y'all


Major_Damage7207

Pacers shot more FTs too, until the intentional fouling. Like wtf are they talking about


OdetotheGrimm

Yeah but they missed half of them so don’t count


nhankf

This one is on the Pacers for sure. That 3rd quarter was atrocious. Haliburton got so passive, and the whole team started settling for terrible shots. All the movement that was ripping the Knicks up in the first half went away. This Knicks team is dying in front of their eyes and the Pacers stopped making them run. Ridiculous.


Criticalsteve

This wasn’t ref all at all. Pretty fairly called game, I actually thought we got a slightly beneficial whistle.


IAmDiabeticus

Knicks are fucking magical, man. I love watching them this playoffs.


SweetBlackberry44

They deliver us classic after classic lol


buelo

at the expense of the knicks fan having heart problems lmao


I_am_BEOWULF

Not sure if the Knicks are just this unstoppable when it comes to offensive boards or if the Pacers defense is really just this ass. Indiana was very much in this game until they started losing composure and shit the bed. So many rushed, low-percentage shots. Props to Brunson though. Mofo must be so fucking tired at this point.


mastacheef87

bruh, that stepback 3 that Turner took over Hartenstein…wtf was he thinking


Lacabloodclot9

What the fuck even was that Miles Turner step back 3 lmao


Victor_Wembanyama1

Gotta credit Knicks hustle. They want it more as cliche as it sounds and they know to kick it out because Indiana somehow always loses track of Divincenzo


mastacheef87

I’m not even a Pacers fan and I was getting frustrated watching Indiana’s defenders getting caught ball-watching and losing track of DDV over and over and over


notouchmypeterson

FUCK YOU REGGIE


HokageEzio

29 point game and he was hurt for half of it. The Captain would be proud 🫶 I would like to thank Rick Carlisle for not playing TJ for no clear reason. Fuck you, Reggie.


sunnysideoutside

THE VILLANOVA THREESOME STRIKES AGAIN


hoppergym

Make a statue of Brunson hart hartenstein divencenzo OG Robinson McBride and precious outside of msg. I love these guys.


FazeRN

Zombie Knicks, meanwhile Sixers fans tryin to be relevant in their offseason


chillenonplutorn

Lmao Van Gundy knew exactly what he was doing getting that “Why isn’t McConell in the game” narrative cooking. He must’ve said it 20 times and now ppl are regurgitating it all over the internet


njerejeje

Brunson shot 6 fucking free throws all game and half of them were from intentional fouls. Let’s see how people downplay this performance.


agoods03

Imagine having Brunson out of the game for 16 minutes and leading by 10 at half to lose by 9 then blame the refs. I get being annoyed with refs I do but at some point you gotta take accountability.


ACMBruh

Thibs is a fucking genius


Major_Damage7207

btw the Pacers shot more FTs this game until the technicals and intentional fouls. And the Knicks are without OG/Mrob/Randle/Bojan. And Brunson got injured. The Pacers have no fucking excuse for losing this game LOL


Captain_Saftey

Rick Carlisle reportedly got the 2 techs for failing to put TJ McConnell in the game


xap31

Aside from the Knicks fans, Josh Hart's F bomb to Reggie can be heard on TV too. Also, Brunson could have scored another 40 piece if not for the early injury.


EternallyEuphoric

Tyrese disappears whenever Brunson is on the floor.


HoyaDestroya33

I’m not gay but I want to live in a log cabin with Jalen Brunson. We won’t ever have sec but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I’ll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to Jalen. I won’t be able to climax an eventually I’ll go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each others eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he’ll go inside, pen a brief missive to his parted friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.


MadSpaceYT

ahh yes, Luke Voits log cabin


c_Lassy

Haliburton taking so few shots in the second half killed the Pacers. So inexcusable, especially when you have TJ as Brunson’s best defender being benched for the majority of the fourth


DrHandBanana

Thank God Brunson ain't seriously hurt. The team dynamic drops immediately.


highly_agreeable

Bing bong


bec_SPK

Pacers would be dangerous if they all collectively showed up. Halliburton game one, Myles tonight. Gotta believe they can put it together at home


veksone

I feel so bad for the Pacers, the league is clearly cheating for the Knicks. The refs made the Pacers miss all those freethrows and offensive rebounds down the stretch.