East Semis (2)Knicks vs (6)Pacers

[Tombou]

Godzinę temu, RonnieArtestics napisał(a):

Spokojnie, tbh ja się spodziewałem 2:0 w garden dla Knicks. Game3 bedzie decydujący czy bedzie seria czy nie bedzie serii.Jak Zrobią 2:2 to ja serio nie wiem czy Knicks wytrzymają cała serie zdrowi. Granie w szesciu prędzej czy później może się zemścić.

To jest jedno, A druga rzecz jest taka że granie z taką energetycznością też się musi zemścić

[karl]

To wyjdzie przy serii z Bostonem. Z Indiana dadzą jeszcze radę. 

[vero1897]

5 godzin temu, RonnieArtestics napisał(a):

Spokojnie, tbh ja się spodziewałem 2:0 w garden dla Knicks.

Ależ my tam jesteśmy spokojni, też zakładaliśmy 2-0.

[Reikai]

Wiadomo co z OG?

[LeweBiodroSmoka]

4 minuty temu, Reikai napisał(a):

Wiadomo co z OG?

żadnych wieści, ciężko o optymizm, choć Knicks też by się raczej dobrymi nowinami nie chwalili

[LeweBiodroSmoka]

ehh

[agresywnychomik]

Hamstring to 2 tygodnie+ (zależy od gradu)

Ja myśle ze w tym sezonie juz nie zagra (nie ma sensu ryzykowac long term)

Obczailem - to jest jego pierwszy hamstring wiec tu jest ważne żeby się dobrze zaleczył, ta kontuzja lubi "wracać".

Edytowane 9 Maja przez agresywnychomik

[Zimny]

OG to jakiś kumpel Davisa?

[LeweBiodroSmoka]

zdziwię sié jak Knicks wyjadą z Indy z 3-1, Mitcha jeszcze jak tako zastąpić można, ale to już grubszy feler

[agresywnychomik]

2 minuty temu, LeweBiodroSmoka napisał(a):

zdziwię sié jak Knicks wyjadą z Indy z 3-1, Mitcha jeszcze jak tako zastąpić można, ale to już grubszy feler

Brunson musiałby wejść na poziom top 10 (pozdro Joe ) ligii zeby w sześciu (mowie o zawodnikach nie o meczach) wygrać tą serie.

"2:0 to bardzo niebezpieczny wynik"

W tym wypadku, zgadzam się z tymi słowami.

Edytowane 9 Maja przez agresywnychomik

[mayor]

.                                                                                                                                                                              Nie wiem czy każdy oglądał konferencje prasową po G2,ale dla takiego pajaca jak "Cry baby" Rick Carlisle warto obejrzeć powtórkę bo to lepszy performance niż stand up comedy .,Widać że koleś ma nieźle poprzestawiane klepki w łysym łbie 

[Denis Bad Boy Załęcki]

Za prucie się do ludzi, a Rick niewątpliwie jest człowiekiem, wiadomo co czeka w kryminale. Więc albo ładnie przepraszasz albo jesteś chowany przy najbliższej okazji 

[mayor]

Już jeden taki był co służbami straszył , teraz reinkarnacja- nowa wersja straszaka

[the_secret]

4 godziny temu, mayor napisał(a):

.                                                                                                                                                                              Nie wiem czy każdy oglądał konferencje prasową po G2,ale dla takiego pajaca jak "Cry baby" Rick Carlisle warto obejrzeć powtórkę bo to lepszy performance niż stand up comedy .,Widać że koleś ma nieźle poprzestawiane klepki w łysym łbie 

Ty piszesz że ktoś ma poprzestawiane klepki w głowie? Weź spójrz w lustro lepiej

[agresywnychomik]

INDIANAPOLIS — If Tom Thibodeau’s words were not apparent enough, he underlined them just to get the message across.

Written for the New York Knicks players to see was an objective heading into Game 2 of their second-round face-off with the Indiana Pacers. It called for “The best communication game of the season.”

 

The Knicks were not thrilled with their cohesion during Game 1 when they allowed the Pacers’ egalitarian offense to thrive. They knew All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton, who scored only six points in the series opener, would come out more aggressive two nights later. All of a sudden, this group had something in common with Alexander Graham Bell: It could not be successful with poor communication.

The Pacers were second during the regular season in points per possession. They slice teams apart in transition, will chuck up open 3-pointers and own one of the league’s most creative motors. Few teams cut or pass like the Pacers. No other Eastern Conference squad screens with more innovation.

That last part has been Thibodeau’s focus from before the series began.

Defending screens is a point of emphasis for the Knicks right now. The Pacers toss a wide variety of picks at their opponents. Their comfort food is the Haliburton-Myles Turner pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop. The Knicks wanted to take that off the table, but the task isn’t so simple.

Haliburton and Turner operate at times like they’re two people with the same brain.

The Pacers will improvise off screens as well as anyone. If Turner notices a switch is coming, if he senses that a defense is going through the motions, he will “slip” the screen he’s setting for Haliburton, rolling to the rim or popping to the 3-point arc before making contact with an opponent. It throws off the defense’s timing and opens up himself in the process.

The Knicks were on a mission not to get caught off guard.

“That was big going in from last game, just communicating,” Isaiah Hartenstein said. “Those were Thibs’ big words … and I think we did a good job with that.”

The job in the first half wasn’t so pretty. Indiana scored 73 points, led by 10 at the half and stomped on the Knicks after Jalen Brunson exited with a foot injury nine minutes into the game. Once Brunson returned for the third, New York emanated a new energy.

After second-quarter mayhem with the team reeling from the uncertainty of Brunson’s status, the Knicks tightened themselves. Donte DiVincenzo fought hard through screens, sticking to Haliburton. Hartenstein got into passing lanes. On a couple of plays, the center switched onto Turner in pick-and-rolls and then stuck with Haliburton after the fact, a move he pulled off twice in the first quarter of Game 1, as well.

The Pacers scored only 48 points in the second half, and the Knicks closed out a 130-121 victory, taking a 2-0 series lead.

They did much of it without OG Anunoby, who exited the game with three and a half minutes to go in the third quarter, holding the back of his left leg and hobbling to the locker room. He never returned.

This is what a team thriving on adaptability looks like.

Toss a Julius Randle injury at the Knicks, and they implement new ways for Brunson to move off the ball. Send Mitchell Robinson to the sidelines, and they infuse Hartenstein into the first unit.

They are a team of chameleons. Once again, they must change their colors.

The Knicks have ruled out Anunoby for Game 3, which is Friday in Indiana, with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Thursday. Brunson is questionable, too, with right foot soreness.

At the time Anunoby departed, he was in the midst of his best performance since coming to New York more than four months ago, dropping 22 points in the first half, 28 in the game, taking over early and stabilizing the offense during the 15 minutes that Brunson was in the locker room. Of course, with the way this season is going, when the Knicks’ best scorer returns, their best defender departs.

Thibodeau’s motto leading into Game 2, whether he says it aloud or writes it in all caps, becomes even more important in Anunoby’s absence. The Knicks nailed their communication down the stretch of Wednesday’s win. It’s a requirement to do so again. Without him, the margin for error thins.

 

The Knicks are running out of guys.

Randle, Robinson and Bojan Bogdanović are all out for the season. Anunoby is now out. That’s four of their top five front-court players. They have six guaranteed rotation players for Game 3 if you include Brunson: DiVincenzo, Josh Hart, Hartenstein, Achiuwa and Miles “Deuce” McBride.

When they play on Friday, they will need to find a seventh, maybe an eighth.

They tried 44 seconds of Alec Burks in Game 2 but did not care for a 45th. Burks botched a closeout on Andrew Nembhard, giving up an open jumper as a result, then clanked short on a contested 18-footer to end the second quarter. If Thibodeau was hesitant to use Burks before that stint, there is no more reason to look at him now.

The coach could turn to Shake Milton, the guard whom the Knicks signed in March and who has yet to play one consequential minute since joining the team.

He could use Jericho Sims, another center, and treat Achiuwa as a full-time power forward, instead of the starting four and backup five. History says Sims could be the option.

The Knicks tried this earlier in the winter when they were somehow even more injured than they are today. Achiuwa went from struggling as a backup center to contributing as a starter alongside Hartenstein. He earned Thibodeau’s trust quickly.

It did not take long until he became a keystone. By Achiuwa’s fourth start with the team in a February game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Thibodeau was matching his minutes with LeBron James. If the four-time MVP was on the court, so was Achiuwa, whose job was to pester an all-time great.

Maybe Thibodeau tries a similar strategy with Achiuwa and Pacers forward Pascal Siakam, his former teammate with the Toronto Raptors who had been Anunoby’s defensive assignment for most of the series. The Knicks could hope Achiuwa’s length and activity drape Siakam enough to disrupt the Pacers offense.

 

The game against the Lakers was part of a stretch when Achiuwa played 40-plus minutes in seven out of eight games. Thibodeau could reach back to February to recapture some of that magic.

But the Knicks are testing the limits of their sorcery. Brunson is emerging from training rooms for heroic 24-point second halves. Hart is averaging more than 48 minutes over his past five games — and yes, that is mathematically possible. They have preached “next man up” all season, just like any other team would.

Somehow, for this one, it’s worked.

“We actually believe it,” Hart said. “I think that’s what it is. … When we say it, it’s not cliché. It’s not just we’re saying it just because it sounds good. We’re actually saying it because we believe it. I’ve got faith in every one of our guys. So with (injuries) like that — sometimes, it sucks. It’s like, damn, we can’t catch a break? But we truly believe it’s next man up.”

DiVincenzo points to another reason why this group seems to succeed no matter who it plugs into the lineup.

“There’s a blueprint here that Thibs has laid out,” he said. “No matter who is on the court, everybody follows that and doesn’t go outside of themselves.”

The standard is high.

The demand wasn’t to communicate well leading into Game 2. It was hyperbolic. They were the Ricky Bobby of talkers; the second-best communication game of the season would not cut it.

It’s why in a season of injuries and a Wednesday night of attrition, the Knicks still made their adjustments and locked down a powerful offense.

“We were in the locker room (at halftime) like, ‘We’re going to win this game still,’ ” DiVincenzo said. “We got to defend, got to rebound, limit their second chances and play our offense — not go outside ourselves. And that’s exactly what we did.”

[josephnba]

23 godziny temu, LeweBiodroSmoka napisał(a):

ehh

Na czwarty też jest wątpliwy 

Szkoda że taka piękna historia może się tak smutno skończyć 

Knicks nie zasłużyli żeby odpaść w takich okolicznościach 

[LukaszKopys]

Na to się nie da patrzeć - paznokci już brak !!!! 5 minut do końca.

[człowiek...morza]

Nie spodziewałem sie, ze Indiana jest tak słaba. 

Meczu szkoda, bo można było zamknąć serie, a tak kij wie. Brunson biega na jednej nodze. 

Sędziowie nie okradli w IV kwarcie?

[RonnieArtestics]

2 minuty temu, człowiek...morza napisał(a):

Nie spodziewałem sie, ze Indiana jest tak słaba. 

Po co prowokujesz takimi tekstami ? Trzy tight games jak do tej pory i game1 wygrany przez Knicks przy dużych kontrowersjach. 
 

To jaką robotę wykonał wczoraj Nesmith na Brunsonie zasługuje na uznanie. 

[człowiek...morza]

3 minuty temu, RonnieArtestics napisał(a):

Po co prowokujesz takimi tekstami ? Trzy tight games jak do tej pory i game1 wygrany przez Knicks przy dużych kontrowersjach. 
 

To jaką robotę wykonał wczoraj Nesmith na Brunsonie zasługuje na uznanie. 

bo jest c***owa. najgorsza druzyna drugiej rundy. nie ma psychy. inna półka druzyn.

drugi mecz bylby blowout bez kontuzji.

dzis brunson na jednej nodze

Edytowane 11 Maja przez człowiek...morza