Knicks (37-19) at Celtics (40-16) Game #57 2/23/25

[jpotter33]

Put KAT in the PnR every single time. He has zero chance!

[jpotter33]

Good start! We clearly play with such a level of confidence against the Knicks. They just have zero chance to guard us given their weak spots of both Brunson and KAT.

[Silas]

Looking good with everyone involved.

[liam]

I love, love, love, when we play fast!

[jpotter33]

Man, the Knicks' offense is even struggling to generate good look. Like, if they can't even generate good looks for their offense, they have no shot of competing against us.

[liam]

We are missing a lot of open shots and still beating Knicks down...

[jpotter33]

The Howitzer!

[Silas]

Strong 1st quarter with excellent defense and overall effort.

[Silas]

Cs +10 on rebounds...18-8.

[liam]

Strong 1st quarter with excellent defense and overall effort.

Really hard to beat the Cs when they play full throttle...

[Donoghus]

Helluva start.

[Silas]

Damit Shamet.

[liam]

Tatum +19 every other starter is +4... WHAT???

[jpotter33]

It's crazy what Tatum can do with a full bench lineup and how valuable he is to the team. As soon as he goes out and we put the other four starters in, the Knicks make a run.

I think that gets lost in all of the top player discussions. Where players like Jokic and others play heavy proportions of their minutes with starters, Tatum gets a ton of minutes with full bench lineups, which somewhat skews some of the on/off numbers, despite Tatum serving more as a leveling force with our primary bench units.

[liam]

Damit Shamet.

Where's your neck???