Knicks (4-14) at Celtics (9-8) Game#18 11/21/2018

[Billz401]

Dumb decision by Brown. Had Tatum and Kyrie wide open to his left and takes it to the rim instead, even though he's a complete liability at the free throw line. Just no BBIQ or court awareness.

And of course he goes 1 for 2. Dude has no BBIQ or court awareness. Just a dumb basketball player.

The dumb guy who actually generated the steal that led to the foul in the first place.  I wish we could stop comments like this.

With that rationale no1 should ever be mad with a smart 3pt chuck after he made a defensive play the play before. I'm sorry but making a good play on defense doesnt make up for terrible decisions on offense. That's such a selfish way of playing basketball

[slamtheking]

biggest difference between last year's team and this year's team is the frequency with which open shots were made last year and missed this year.   if the team was shooting like it did last year, we'd be talking about knocking off GSW. 

Brad can't shoot the shots or make the FTs for these guys but he's got to change his offensive philosophy from bombing away from the get go to getting buckets close in to warm up the shooters.

[liam]

Lol let the boo birds rain down, fans. This team deserves it.

Brad needs to be on the hot seat. Complete failure this season thus far - bar none. Get a coach who won't waste the most talent we've had in at least a decade.

give me a list of top 5 coaches youd like to be hired if DA fires brad. just curious?

??

does anybody here really think DA will fire brad? i just do not see it.

Not any time soon...

[gouki88]

Tatum has def. hit the sophomore slump

Actually he's been one of the few bright spots in the last five games or so.

He shot 4-12 tonight, and sagged enough to give Burke a pretty comfortable jumper that sealed the game. He's a pretty bad defender

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

4 points down, but it's mostly because we're getting lucky and hitting the threes. Still just throwing crap up against the wall and hoping it sticks.

ha ha ha...blame them when they miss. dismiss it when they hit. ha ha. why not enjoy the come back?

Huh? 3/4 of the posters on this blog have been complaining about these shots we've been taking all season long. Just because they're making chucked threes now doesn't make them good shots.

Right on Target Potter

no difffrent tha myself last two years

brad drove me nuts relying on outside shots and no inside game most games

well it bit us in the ass in game 7 kast year

now? these last two games we have went to rim but cannot hit an open shot

i can see missing contested but open? not sure how you fix this

i think probklems run much deeper

[Big333223]

Hey relax, we have like 10 games coming up against bad teams. I feel a winning streak coming.

That mantra is dead. Always thought it was BS. We lost to Magic and Knicks at home. I don’t think it’s lack of effort. We’re just not good and we panic and do stupid things.

Stevens should do major shakeup. Start Yabu and Williams. At least you’ll get effort and interior presence.

It doesn't look like panic to me. It looks more like the opposite. Guys aren't engaged. Even when Tatum has shot well this season he doesn't seem like he's fully engaged in the game. It's like he's playing 1-on-1 with whoever's guarding him.

Too often it looks like everyone is playing their own individual games of 1-on-1 instead of playing together.

[Vox_Populi]

biggest difference between last year's team and this year's team is the frequency with which open shots were made last year and missed this year.   if the team was shooting like it did last year, we'd be talking about knocking off GSW. 

Brad can't shoot the shots or make the FTs for these guys but he's got to change his offensive philosophy from bombing away from the get go to getting buckets close in to warm up the shooters.

I agree. Stevens will trot out some odd lineups. But today, I thought he stuck with whomever was playing well - within reason. You can't play Kyrie 40+ minutes against the Knicks in November.

Brad is not the problem.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Lol let the boo birds rain down, fans. This team deserves it.

Brad needs to be on the hot seat. Complete failure this season thus far - bar none. Get a coach who won't waste the most talent we've had in at least a decade.

give me a list of top 5 coaches youd like to be hired if DA fires brad. just curious?

??

does anybody here really think DA will fire brad? i just do not see it.

Not any time soon...

i do not see it either anytime soon

its a waste of time even considering it

[trickybilly]

Just quickly, Knicks very nearly beat Raptors last night...

[gouki88]

Hey relax, we have like 10 games coming up against bad teams. I feel a winning streak coming.

That mantra is dead. Always thought it was BS. We lost to Magic and Knicks at home. I don’t think it’s lack of effort. We’re just not good and we panic and do stupid things.

Stevens should do major shakeup. Start Yabu and Williams. At least you’ll get effort and interior presence.

It doesn't look like panic to me. It looks more like the opposite. Guys aren't engaged. Even when Tatum has shot well this season he doesn't seem like he's fully engaged in the game. It's like he's playing 1-on-1 with whoever's guarding him.

Too often it looks like everyone is playing their own individual games of 1-on-1 instead of playing together.

Agree. Everything looks so casual. Like we're playing pickup

[celticinorlando]

Hey relax, we have like 10 games coming up against bad teams. I feel a winning streak coming.

That mantra is dead. Always thought it was BS. We lost to Magic and Knicks at home. I don’t think it’s lack of effort. We’re just not good and we panic and do stupid things.

Stevens should do major shakeup. Start Yabu and Williams. At least you’ll get effort and interior presence.

It doesn't look like panic to me. It looks more like the opposite. Guys aren't engaged. Even when Tatum has shot well this season he doesn't seem like he's fully engaged in the game. It's like he's playing 1-on-1 with whoever's guarding him.

Too often it looks like everyone is playing their own individual games of 1-on-1 instead of playing together.

It looks like a team full of their own agendas

[CF033]

LOL how many more teams will Brad need to say 'hats off to ...'

Not feeling good about New Orleans and the Mavs

[MJohnnyboy]

biggest difference between last year's team and this year's team is the frequency with which open shots were made last year and missed this year.   if the team was shooting like it did last year, we'd be talking about knocking off GSW. 

Brad can't shoot the shots or make the FTs for these guys but he's got to change his offensive philosophy from bombing away from the get go to getting buckets close in to warm up the shooters.

Biggest difference between this year and last year is we can't stop any quick guards.

Jamal Murray, Victor Oladipo, Kemba Walker, Devin Booker, and now Trey Burke have all had a field day against the Celtics.

For Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.s sake.

[gouki88]

Just quickly, Knicks very nearly beat Raptors last night...

Wasn't it Portland?

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Hey relax, we have like 10 games coming up against bad teams. I feel a winning streak coming.

That mantra is dead. Always thought it was BS. We lost to Magic and Knicks at home. I don’t think it’s lack of effort. We’re just not good and we panic and do stupid things.

Stevens should do major shakeup. Start Yabu and Williams. At least you’ll get effort and interior presence.

It doesn't look like panic to me. It looks more like the opposite. Guys aren't engaged. Even when Tatum has shot well this season he doesn't seem like he's fully engaged in the game. It's like he's playing 1-on-1 with whoever's guarding him.

Too often it looks like everyone is playing their own individual games of 1-on-1 instead of playing together.

It looks like a team full of their own agendas

looks like everybody doing theor own thing

nobody playing roles

looks like some guys will be traded if this continues