The Knicks had an awesome 3rd but they just seem outmatched by Boston. And funny enough, in the first two games the C's didn't have guys playing (Porzingis, Jrue 1 game, etc.). NY is missing Robinson but idk how much of a difference that'll make. I actually thought the C's were missing a bunch of easy shots early in the game and yet they still went up 20+ pretty easily.
The Knicks traded 5 first round picks for Bridges and he's been mostly useless against the elite teams. Don't let the 14 points fool you, 8 of them today came in the final 2 minutes of garbage time. Not good enough at all. And that's not even factoring in that guys like Tatum, Mitchell, etc. are punking him defensively.
KAT played 39 minutes today including the final 4 while having a hobbled knee. That's Thibs' basketball, baby! This is also what dooms the Knicks come May, a bunch of their guys get fatigued and/or banged up. Same thing happened with OG, Hart, etc. last year late in the Pacers series that they went on to lose in Game 7.
I hope the standings stay the same with us at 2, and New York at 3. That should be a favorable 2nd round matchup for us assuming we advance past the first round. I would be stunned if NY could take more than a game from us in a series. Most of these H2H games haven't even been close outside of the 3rd quarter today. I'm surprised because I thought NY was loaded going into the season but their defense is still iffy and some of their other key guys besides Brunson are inconsistent. KAT put up 24/18 today but he was useless for most of the first half and defensively he's a terrible matchup for NY against us.
Topic: Knicks (37-19) at Celtics (40-16) Game #57 2/23/25 (Read 10240 times)