1 game lead on ATL
1 1/2 on Celtics and Heat.
9 games left to play.
6 game road trip starts tonight, 5 against teams fighting for playoff position.
This is a big test before the playoffs.
Need to take care of business tonight and not look past Houston.
Should have everyone but Mitch available for the stretch run.
#LFGK.
Not seeing anything good. Seems like he's done for the year.
Never mind still out
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What? He was shooting around before last game?
When Burks comes back you could easily take Payton out of the rotation and keep Rose's mins at 28..
He has been playing over 30 lately
Damn I would rather see frank play the minutes at this point.
1 of my biggest pet peeves
Go Knicks!!!
Nope, rest Randle for tomorrow night. This is the first of a back to back
Hopefully they are saving Rose's knees for now. Mitch should be a welcomed body back.
Nice to get Barrett and Randle some rest.
I wish they would have pulled Rose earlier
Sprained ankle.
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what happened to Noel? Going to be tough without him if he misses time
Sprained ankle.
Hope Noel is OK.
Hope Noel is OK.
Fuck that long-haired Canadian hippie-looking bitch
Blazers and Mavs tied with nine games left; Portland has tiebreaker.
The dream of Mavs being knocked into the play-in and then into the lottery still alive.
And, oh yeah, KP misses his 23rd game of the season with right knee soreness that caused him to leave a game early a couple of nights ago.
Also-- I credit Randle for having that vision of what NYC and MSG can be like when the Knicks are winning and instilling that in these young players, getting them onboard and inspiring them to want to bring it out of the city. Given that Randle is from Dallas and only 26 years old I'm often impressed w/ how knowledgeable he is of NYC culture in general. He has a very 90s NYC vibe about him which is partly why I love the guy so much lol
Blazers and Mavs tied with nine games left; Portland has tiebreaker.
The dream of Mavs being knocked into the play-in and then into the lottery still alive.
And, oh yeah, KP misses his 23rd game of the season with right knee soreness that caused him to leave a game early a couple of nights ago.
Need one more from the Blazers tomorrow night take out the Hawks
It honestly shouldn't be legal for us to have to play the Nuggets, Suns, Clippers, and Lakers in 4 straight road games. I'm just hoping we can come out of this road trip still the 4th or 5th seed. We have some cushion at the moment but that could be 4 straight losses right there.
8 Games to play-- I think finishing 3-5 will keep us 4th or 5th. Anything worse than that and it might be dicey. I do NOT want to have to play the Bucks in the 1st round. 3-5 doesn't seem to difficult but if we lose to the Grizzlies it could easily be the 1st of a 5-game losing streak, so we need to be on point tomorrow.
For those clamoring for Rose to start over Payton, we have won 12/13...why would the coach mess with ANYTHING regarding the lineup? Except of course giving Burks back his minutes, I would be hesitant to do anything drastic at this point including bencing the worst player in the rotation. Plus, he player 14 mins and was more than solid deeing up their best player a bunch. He also eats up fouls that Rose or IQ would likely take and limit them. 14 mins of aolid D and 7 points is fine for him.
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Mavs lose to SAC at home.
Blazers and Mavs tied with nine games left; Portland has tiebreaker.
The dream of Mavs being knocked into the play-in and then into the lottery still alive.
And, oh yeah, KP misses his 23rd game of the season with right knee soreness that caused him to leave a game early a couple of nights ago.
Need one more from the Blazers tomorrow night take out the Hawks
That's a tough back to back to steal. But yea, a win over ATL and one more win for us before we get curbed by the big boys would be tremendous.
Hope Noel is OK.
It looked like he just banged his ankle really good. You hit that bone right on the nub and its like electric shock level "ow" and then your whole leg kinda goes numb. I hope thats all it is.
Playing soccer for 2 decades, Im surprised how it didnt happen to me more often from sliding tackles and just getting kicked there (I didnt wear guards with ankle padding). But every once and a while.... BZZZZZZ.
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Hope Noel is OK.
It looked like he just banged his ankle really good. You hit that bone right on the nub and its like electric shock level "ow" and then your whole leg kinda goes numb. I hope thats all it is.
Playing soccer for 2 decades, Im surprised how it didnt happen to me more often from sliding tackles and just getting kicked there (I didnt wear guards with ankle padding). But every once and a while.... BZZZZZZ.
I think Larry said sprained ankle? Not sure where he saw that though. I guess "sprained ankle" could mean any possible amount of time out depending on location and severity of the sprain. Really hope he's back soon-- this road trip could honestly get ugly without him. His rim protection was other-worldly during our win streak. Not surprisingly he led the league in blocks per game in April-- I think by a somewhat substantial margin too.
It honestly shouldn't be legal for us to have to play the Nuggets, Suns, Clippers, and Lakers in 4 straight road games. I'm just hoping we can come out of this road trip still the 4th or 5th seed. We have some cushion at the moment but that could be 4 straight losses right there.
8 Games to play-- I think finishing 3-5 will keep us 4th or 5th. Anything worse than that and it might be dicey. I do NOT want to have to play the Bucks in the 1st round. 3-5 doesn't seem to difficult but if we lose to the Grizzlies it could easily be the 1st of a 5-game losing streak, so we need to be on point tomorrow.
I think 40 wins gets the 4th seed
39 it is going to get tough.
3-5 gets us to 39.
4 wins is tough especially if we don't beat Memphis.
Atlanta 4-3 gets to 39 we have the tie breaker. They have the easiest schedule and could go 5-2 the rest of the way.
Miami same 4-3 gets to 39 and they win the tie breaker. They have bucks , 76ers and the Mavs and 2 against the Celtics.
Boston has to go 5-2 to get to 39 wins but they tough games are Miami and us. That last game is going to be a big game.
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And it's gonna suck to have to try to do that w/o Noel.
It honestly shouldn't be legal for us to have to play the Nuggets, Suns, Clippers, and Lakers in 4 straight road games. I'm just hoping we can come out of this road trip still the 4th or 5th seed. We have some cushion at the moment but that could be 4 straight losses right there.
8 Games to play-- I think finishing 3-5 will keep us 4th or 5th. Anything worse than that and it might be dicey. I do NOT want to have to play the Bucks in the 1st round. 3-5 doesn't seem to difficult but if we lose to the Grizzlies it could easily be the 1st of a 5-game losing streak, so we need to be on point tomorrow.
I think 40 wins gets the 4th seed
39 it is going to get tough.
3-5 gets us to 39.
4 wins is tough especially if we don't beat Memphis.
Atlanta 4-3 gets to 39 we have the tie breaker. They have the easiest schedule and could go 5-2 the rest of the way.
Miami same 4-3 gets to 39 and they win the tie breaker. They have bucks , 76ers and the Mavs and 2 against the Celtics.
Boston has to go 5-2 to get to 39 wins but they tough games are Miami and us. That last game is going to be a big game.
I agree 40 is the real magic number likely. I think that 39 if it includes a win in that final game against the Celtics should still keep us in the 5. 39 without winning that game probably not.
Part of the reason I say that is because:
HAWKS: I personally think the Hawks won't go 5-2... Blazers, Suns, Pacers, Wizards 2x. They lost to the Pacers earlier this season, and the Wizards are playing great right now-- I see them losing at least 1 of the Wizards games, no way the beat Westbrook/Beal twice in a row. I say they finish 4-3 and us going 3-5 puts us a ahead of them w/ the tiebreaker
HEAT: The Heat I could DEFINITELY see finishing 4-3, so they may end up ahead of us.
So it comes down to...
CELTICS: If you pencil in a win against the Celtics right now, it puts us 3.5 games up on them PLUS the tiebreaker. No way they overcome that even if we go 2-5 in our other games. If you pencil in a loss, it's a 1.5 game lead and THEY have the tiebreaker. With their easy schedule the def finish ahead of us.
So yeah, I think 40 is the magic number for sure, but 39 could be the magic number ASSUMING we beat the Celtics, basically.
In the end of we take care of business and win 4 games I think we take the 4th seed.
It makes the Memphis game big.
I think we can beat Denver since they play the Lakers in LA right before they play us and it might help. No Noel against denver hurts
Spurs are always tough but should be a Win
Beat Charlotte and Celtics at home.
Clippers, Suns and Lakers is a tough 3 game stretch.
Damn we will be battle tested by playoff time.
Rj's next thing he needs to develop is ashot offf the dribble, he is good at the rim, has a little floater and the catch and shoot 3, next will be dribble shot..
Rose has just been awesome and it has been consistent, he is going to be huge come playoff time..
I almost wonder if Thibs feels it is to close to the end of the regular season to bench Payton, he is afraid it is going to have a bad ripple effect, so instead he just cuts the minutes less and less
I don't understand starting him anymore, we get off to a slow start every night and he only gets 6 minutes and a handful in the 3rd.
Especially going into the playoffs.
Funny because last year he aaid he was a great idea
Noel, Randle, Burks, Reggie, Rose.
Noel, Randle, Burks, Reggie, Rose.
I think it depends on who has it going that night..
I think Rose and Randle are locks..
Noel 9 times oit of 10 eill finish..
Burks, Bullock, Rj, will br interchangeable..
I love what Rj has been doing but i like Burks and Bullock off of Randle and Rose
I think the Mavs are the team we're right on par w/ right now. They beat us solidly, then we turned around and beat them solidly. I like our team better though because we're a more complete and less soft team. The main difference w/ them though is they have Luka. I think it makes complete sense we have the same record as them-- it's a good indicator of where we are and exactly how far away we are from competing for a championship.
I can't believe the Knicks have a good shot at home court advantage. What a fun year...
Huh? RJ had some super clutch plays during our win streak. There was a streak of like 3 straight games or something where he had at least 1 or 2 baskets in the final minute to decide the game. RJ is clearly the better player and it's not like he randomly goes cold in crunch time. Also it's not like they can't both be out there they play different positions.
-Knicks completely done with Knox. He won't be back next season. Thibs more than once pulled him aside this season (as did other coaches and players) regarding his low energy/effort and he just "get it". Wasn't termed a bad kid, just very low effort and "sleepy".
-Legitimate buzz around the league about the Knicks and Julius Randle in particular. The writer said prior to this season the only players you ever heard interested in coming to the Knicks were aging guys who wanted to play in the NY market/live in the area (Morris for example) or players who hoped to use more minutes in NY as springboards toward better deals/chances. This is different. "I'm not a GM so..." he doesn't think they land a big fish this off-season but will add "more than one" good player this off-season.
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Huh? RJ had some super clutch plays during our win streak. There was a streak of like 3 straight games or something where he had at least 1 or 2 baskets in the final minute to decide the game. RJ is clearly the better player and it's not like he randomly goes cold in crunch time. Also it's not like they can't both be out there they play different positions.
RJ has had clutch moments but he also still makes quite a few bone-headed turnovers/decisions.
Also, you may think RJ is "clearly the better player", but the stats give the comparison a little more nuance. RJ's counting stats look better because he's playing 15 more mins per game, but Quick has the better TS%, PER, WS/48, BPM, VORP.
I give RJ a ton of credit for playing huge minutes as a 20 year old on what turned out to be a good team, but I'd rather the better ball handler/shooter be out there with the game on the line.
-Knicks completely done with Knox. He won't be back next season. Thibs more than once pulled him aside this season (as did other coaches and players) regarding his low energy/effort and he just "get it". Wasn't termed a bad kid, just very low effort and "sleepy".
-Legitimate buzz around the league about the Knicks and Julius Randle in particular. The writer said prior to this season the only players you ever heard interested in coming to the Knicks were aging guys who wanted to play in the NY market/live in the area (Morris for example) or players who hoped to use more minutes in NY as springboards toward better deals/chances. This is different. "I'm not a GM so..." he doesn't think they land a big fish this off-season but will add "more than one" good player this off-season.
That Knox pick was brutal- especially when you look at the 3 players picked behind him- Bridges, SGA, Bridges.
I thought Porter Jr had a chance coming into the draft to be a great nba player but I can't blame the Knicks for passing on him. They simply couldn't afford to take that risk. But missing out on those 3 and getting a player that provides zero production in that draft spot is rough.
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-Knicks completely done with Knox. He won't be back next season. Thibs more than once pulled him aside this season (as did other coaches and players) regarding his low energy/effort and he just "get it". Wasn't termed a bad kid, just very low effort and "sleepy".
-Legitimate buzz around the league about the Knicks and Julius Randle in particular. The writer said prior to this season the only players you ever heard interested in coming to the Knicks were aging guys who wanted to play in the NY market/live in the area (Morris for example) or players who hoped to use more minutes in NY as springboards toward better deals/chances. This is different. "I'm not a GM so..." he doesn't think they land a big fish this off-season but will add "more than one" good player this off-season.
That Knox pick was brutal- especially when you look at the 3 players picked behind him- Bridges, SGA, Bridges.
I thought Porter Jr had a chance coming into the draft to be a great nba player but I can't blame the Knicks for passing on him. They simply couldn't afford to take that risk. But missing out on those 3 and getting a player that provides zero production in that draft spot is rough.
Well nothing new with the Knicks honestly. You don't suck for 20 years without completely missing on quite a few relatively high 1st round picks. And RJ was the presumptive #3 overall so it's great he's turned out to be good but honestly not a super impressive "choice" by the Knicks. I'm hoping finding Quickley wasn't one of those blind squirrels / broken clock type things. Because honestly when have they ever had a choice between several guys in the 1st round and made the right choice? Still worries me going forward but hopefully things have turned around.
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-Knicks completely done with Knox. He won't be back next season. Thibs more than once pulled him aside this season (as did other coaches and players) regarding his low energy/effort and he just "get it". Wasn't termed a bad kid, just very low effort and "sleepy".
-Legitimate buzz around the league about the Knicks and Julius Randle in particular. The writer said prior to this season the only players you ever heard interested in coming to the Knicks were aging guys who wanted to play in the NY market/live in the area (Morris for example) or players who hoped to use more minutes in NY as springboards toward better deals/chances. This is different. "I'm not a GM so..." he doesn't think they land a big fish this off-season but will add "more than one" good player this off-season.
That Knox pick was brutal- especially when you look at the 3 players picked behind him- Bridges, SGA, Bridges.
I thought Porter Jr had a chance coming into the draft to be a great nba player but I can't blame the Knicks for passing on him. They simply couldn't afford to take that risk. But missing out on those 3 and getting a player that provides zero production in that draft spot is rough.
Why couldn't they take the risk? This was a team that needed to take some risks. Now maybe not. But then?
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and the LA Lakers (36-28)
I think the Mavs are the team we're right on par w/ right now. They beat us solidly, then we turned around and beat them solidly. I like our team better though because we're a more complete and less soft team. The main difference w/ them though is they have Luka. I think it makes complete sense we have the same record as them-- it's a good indicator of where we are and exactly how far away we are from competing for a championship.
One thing I'll add to this: Even though I think we're on the same level as the Mavs, I actually think we're technically closer to competing for a title than they are as far as attainability of the missing pieces goes. What I mean by that: The Mavs have a top 5 superstar in Luka, which is what you need to win a title, but on the whole their team is just soft and I see a lot of holes all over the place w/ them. With the Knicks, the piece we're missing is that top 5 talent, but honestly the rest of the team is super solid. Of course we have holes, but they're holes that can be filled especially w/ the amount of cap space and draft picks we have. We're bound to get a "big fish" at some point especially w/ the Knicks being a franchise FAs suddenly want to come to now (credit Thibs and Randle for instilling such a solid and attractive culture literally seemingly OVERNIGHT-- wow).
Luka is going to need a lot more help before he's gonna be able to win a title (not saying he can't take a team deep in the playoffs, but winning a title is another story). If the Knicks are just a superstar + a couple other pieces away, that's super attainable IMO.
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to a writer...
-Knicks completely done with Knox. He won't be back next season. Thibs more than once pulled him aside this season (as did other coaches and players) regarding his low energy/effort and he just "get it". Wasn't termed a bad kid, just very low effort and "sleepy".
-Legitimate buzz around the league about the Knicks and Julius Randle in particular. The writer said prior to this season the only players you ever heard interested in coming to the Knicks were aging guys who wanted to play in the NY market/live in the area (Morris for example) or players who hoped to use more minutes in NY as springboards toward better deals/chances. This is different. "I'm not a GM so..." he doesn't think they land a big fish this off-season but will add "more than one" good player this off-season.
That Knox pick was brutal- especially when you look at the 3 players picked behind him- Bridges, SGA, Bridges.
I thought Porter Jr had a chance coming into the draft to be a great nba player but I can't blame the Knicks for passing on him. They simply couldn't afford to take that risk. But missing out on those 3 and getting a player that provides zero production in that draft spot is rough.
Why couldn't they take the risk? This was a team that needed to take some risks. Now maybe not. But then?
Because as he was a massive injury risk and the Knicks didn't have the luxury to take that risk. 13 teams passed on him for a reason... and without that injury risk- he easily could have gone number 1.
But hey turns out the Knicks got zero out of that pick and should have rolled the dice on Porter.
"Large-Scale Indoor Venue Capacity Increases to 30% and Large-Scale Outdoor Venue Capacity Increases to 33% on May 19, Proof of Vaccination or Recent Negative Test Still Required in New York"
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being lifted in NY on May 19th, wonder how this will effect the Garden..
"Large-Scale Indoor Venue Capacity Increases to 30% and Large-Scale Outdoor Venue Capacity Increases to 33% on May 19, Proof of Vaccination or Recent Negative Test Still Required in New York"
alright didnt see that part, thank you..
I jist saw no restrictions for indoor other than have to social distance 6 feet and have to wear masks