He owned up to it in the post game. Said it was a terrible decision to be foul hunting in that situation. He is a stand up guy. It was just one of several possessions and situations the Knicks did not handle down the stretch. Missed FT's and giving the Pacers second chance opportunities were just as prominent in my mind. Opportunity lost for sure. Let's see if they have similar effort in the tank on Sunday.
I saw that and I respected it immediately. I'm a Sixers fan, so grew up being told not to like NY teams, but I find this version of the Knicks easy to root for. Must be all that Nova blood! JK, Nova isn't a Philly school.
He’s actually a very disgruntled Nets fan, which is even worse. Most of the Nets fans on this board have been classy, but it has to kill Rat that everyone couldn’t stand the Nets’ Little Three teams, yet people who aren’t Knicks fans respect this team. Enjoy the Ben Simmons golden era Rat!
That's why still confident, could see the back was bothering him and sprained ankle doesn't heal in a day
Refs don't call as many foul as they did earlier in the season, but there is clearly a difference in how Brunson is officiated compared to most others. Teams try to deny Brunson the inbound pass. When Brunson makes a move to get free, opponents seem to be glued to him, which is damn there impossible. When finally called, opponents b*tch about it like they weren't fouling him, yet the replay shows the attempted murder taking place.
It's never the amount of fouls called. It's when the fouls are called. The two minute report from game 3 pointed out the miss call on Siakam for holding IHart as another Pacer drives to the basketball for an easy layup. It gave the Pacers the lead. Had the call been made correctly, Siakam fouls out and the Knicks are shooting free throws. That play may have changed the outcome of the game.
Yeah, right. Rest him at this point. Wipe this one off the books. Brand new series now.
The Knicks are not a strong rebounding team in this series because Thibs lineups against a tall team are a disadvantage. You can't have a 6'4 guy trying to guard a 6'10 guy all game every game. It will catch to you like it has in this series. For some reason Thibs is against playing Achiuwa or Sims for more than 5 mins game. During the regular season, Achiuwa's rebounding numbers were among the best in the league when OG, Randle, and Robinson were out. This is where Thibs stubborness can hurt him. He is slow to adapt. Your shooters are struggling today. Maybe you could use another big man down low to rebound the missed shots.
Yeah at one point in the first half he had Sims out there with four smaller guys. The start was so poor but Achiuwa had scored like six points and gotten a couple of boards. Maybe he was messing up the rotation down the other end. But I did not think we would play many minutes with neither Hartenstein or Achiuwa in the game I actually checked to see if they were in foul trouble but not the case. The problem is all of these guys are rather limited offensively but this is the situation we find ourselves in. Sims is playing minutes because he has to not because he has proven himself ready for NBA playoff games. Hopefully the experience will allow him to settle down a bit.
Sims may be limited in offensive skills, but defensively he brings a lot. Not much different than Robinson. With such a limited rotation due to injuries, Sims should play just to give some guys a break. I think age/experience is the main factor. But Achiuwa has shown he is more than capable of contributing at both ends of the floor.
Do you want some cheese with your whine.
LOL........You complained (bitching) about the following in your post:
Talk about missing the point. No one is b*tching except you because it's not your team in the same position.
Common sense isn't all that common. My point was the officiating hads been terrible for both sides and that info came from the two minute report. Always a lurker out there to stir up sh*t and not have the whole story before commenting.
Tommy Beer also had a post that indicated that amongst the injuries Haliburton must have been dealing with last night was a sore throat! Too much celebrating during Game 5 I guess. Plenty of time to get better last night.
I suspect they will explain that right after they get done with why Jamal Murray was not suspended for Game 3.
