Knicks (47-32) at Celtics (62-17) Game #80 4/11/24

[liam]

Brunson in the circle. The refs keep it coming!

[SCeltic34]

This team plays soft.

[jpotter33]

They've got to get rid of those calls. If you pass and aren't going up, that should absolutely not be a foul call, especially with as inconsistent as they are calling it.

What's worse is that it clearly should've been a blocking call, too. Blind refs.

[celticinorlando]

I know these are meaningless but I don’t like some of the things we are seeing in their game.

[liam]

Just give Brunson a whistle....

[jpotter33]

What an embarrassing effort. Shame on all these guys. Just don't play if you're going to half-arse it.

[ozgod]

Wow the margins in this game so far:

Shot margin 26-50 NY, 17-33 Boston. They've taken 17 more shots than us and made 9 more

Rebound margin 26 NY, 14 Bos

Off rebounds 10 NY, 3 Bos

Turnovers 7 Bos 3 NY

Assists 15 NY 9 Bos

We need halftime to regroup

[SCeltic34]

Now struggling from 3.  This is what we're going to look like in the playoffs if the shots don't fall and we play like a bunch of pansies.

[celticinorlando]

Wowza. No effort at all. Two straight games.

What is the point of playing your regulars if they treat it like a preseason game?

[Indocelts]

Joe now has a chance to practice the "trailing by 19 game".

C'mon Joe, you can do it. (i hope).

[jpotter33]

And yet another game that brings into question this extreme three point philosophy, as we're just not the same team when we don't hit shots.

Not a good sign for the playoffs, especially given the history that says no team has won the title being as reliant on the three point shot as we are.

[ozgod]

On the plus side, they will get to practice coming back after going down by a big margin in the 2nd half, something they haven't had to do much this season. Nothing like the present to learn 

[blink]

we get in these runs, where we refuse to take the ball to the rack, when it is obvious that almost everyone on the team is off from 3.
just get SOMETHING to go down

[ozgod]

And yet another game that brings into question this extreme three point philosophy, as we're just not the same team when we don't hit shots.

Not a good sign for the playoffs, especially given the history that says no team has won the title being as reliant on the three point shot as we are.

We're actually shooting the same % the knicks are, 35%

This is just an effort thing by a team that clearly doesn't care about the result. That said, I hope they use the 2nd half as live practice for how to come back after going down big, which hasn't happened all that often this season

[tenn_smoothie]

Leave 'em out there Joe - they look like they are figuring out how to stop a run after two seasons of your brilliant strategy, don't they ?

17-0 run, 20 - 5.