This game really showed the duality of Randle
On offense totally solid game
On defense it looked like shades of playoff Randle, 6 turnovers and just letting the wizards at times back in the games
Does the in season tournament count as a playoff game cause we got both sides lol
Jalen Brunson continues to show out how much this team needs him, what a big time player
Knicks fan with the dagger chant lol
Another Jalen Brunson classic, dude has been nothing but amazing since joining the team
I love Iq crawling for that ball lmao
Fournier ends with +6
McBride +2
That is absolutely fine for your third string
McBride is just not it, some defense but not anything else to impact the game
Randles defense and turnovers are in playoff form
His shooting is regular season form
The tournament is getting the best of both worlds
Wiz actually benched him for long stretches in the 4th it was that bad
Still needs to improve the efficiency during the good stretch but it’s been a nice improvement from the ugly first 6 games
But he’s still not at his all star form right now
I guess people don’t know the difference between a migraine and headache. Both suck but one can be completely debilitating
Also excedrin is better
I know RJ is the statisticaly best player this season so far, and you miss him.
But this was such a ugly game that you gotta not be too happy. Like why the insistence on a 8 man rotation again ???
If every one else on the roster is unplayable then the Fo is a failure if not figure out some better rotations thibs guys get tired and that leads to bad defense and turnovers
Mitch is my mvp for the game, what a huge impact player
You gotta blame thibs rotations on the game.
We were up on the first half thanks to Julius hitting his threes but that’s largely unsustainable and Brunson being great.
But the second half the size issue, the over reliance on Hart, Randle regressing, plus defensive issues just killed us.
Like IQ is our 4th best player why is he playing less time than Grimes and Hart? He’s been fantastic this year playing with the 2nd unit playing in a flow, this game he could never get going because of the rotations we had.
Even if you bring back RJ in a 7 game series you would need sustained great games from your big , I do wonder if you need more size or just another defender to win.
Thibs for me getting more blame. We relied on unsustainable 3pt shooting from Julius early on to have a lead
Meanwhile our backup 4 is starting so we either run with too much hart or randle eventually giving them easy looks, and that’s the difference. A few 3s here and there. IQ getting 17 m when we know he can start effectively makes no sense
Thibs continuing sitting quickly for hart in crunch time is never not stupid
The lack of Knicks size is pretty apparent vs the Celtics especially with no RJ, Julius and Mitch are being asked to do a lot
Yea Tatum is leading the NBA in net rating
Number 3 or 4 is RJ Barrett
If the Knicks continue to play this way I hope Knicks can come out in force trying to get RJ and Brunson their first all stars and Mitch as all NBA defense
I just watched the game, and IQ was the spark but also not having Randle on the floor was huge.
Turnovers plus decision making completely changed.
This will be Spolestras playoff plan on him and he’s gotta figure something out against these elite teams. Like hoping IQ or Brunson going nuclear isn’t sustainable we need all hands