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Game Thread | Knicks playoff series Game #1 | Knicks @ Cavs | April 15, 2023

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Rich said:
This loss is on Mobley and Allen. Not NEARLY tough enough. Not even in the ballpark of whats required in the post-season.
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Listen at some point they can’t box out Robinson and Randle and then outrebound charging guards and forwards.

Osman 1 rebound
LeVert 1 rebound
Garland 0 rebounds
Wade 1 rebound
Rubio 2 rebounds
Okoro 3 rebounds

8 total

Their bench had 8 OREBS, our entire non Mitchell perimeter rotation had 8 rebounds total.

Josh Hart 10
Hartenstein 5
Grimes 5
Barrett 4
Quickley 3
Toppin 4

Just not gonna solely be putting it on Mobley and Allen who our rounded their counterparts convincingly and are responsible for protecting the guards defensively on every possession. They need help. If we landed a guy like Royce o neale we would have won this game by 10.
 
Cavs lose. Give up an offensive rebound in the last 10 seconds.
We won the 4th, but not by enough.

Mitchell with 38-5-8, 3 steals and a block, in 44 minutes, a great playoff game.

We outshot them, but they outrebounded us, by a lot.

New York KnicksCleveland Cavaliers
PTS101 97
REB60 47
AST18 20
STL11 9
BLK1 2
TO13 14
FG%42.0 43.4
3P%27.6 32.3
FT%86.4 71.4

LINESCORES​

TEAMQ1Q2Q3Q4FINAL
NYK30202823101
CLE2421252797
TEAMPITPFB PTSBIG LDBPTSTREBTOVTTOVPOT
NYK44171237913326
CLE4015214914010

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS​

PLAYERMINFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%OREBDREBREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS+/-
undefined HeadshotDonovan MitchellSG43:38143046.761637.54666.714583121382
undefined HeadshotDarius GarlandPG43:1371353.82450.01333.30001415317-3
undefined HeadshotJarrett AllenC42:526875.0000.0221003111440013142
undefined HeadshotEvan MobleyPF37:4241330.8000.0000.056112102189
undefined HeadshotIsaac OkoroSF22:411616.7040.0441002132000366
undefined HeadshotCedi Osman18:453475.02366.71250.00112001391
undefined HeadshotCaris LeVert18:111714.3030.01250.0011100113-14
undefined HeadshotRicky Rubio05:31010.0000.0000.0022010220-9
undefined HeadshotDean Wade07:27010.0010.022100011000002-14
undefined HeadshotDanny GreenDNP - Coach's Decision
undefined HeadshotRobin LopezDNP - Coach's Decision
undefined HeadshotSam MerrillDNP - Coach's Decision
undefined HeadshotRaul NetoDNP - Coach's Decision
undefined HeadshotLamar StevensDNP - Coach's Decision
TOTALS 368343.4103132.3152171.41127472092141797-
 
Futuredome said:
Trapping Garland issue is a big problem for JB. It takes him away from creating and the bigs become out of touch so to speak. It rubs off on the lack of rebounding.
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Mobley just had to shoot the 10 foot floater/middy.

He kept going to the rim then going up soft like a bitch so he couldn’t even pray for a foul.

Mobley has got to be better
 
Just do a better job boxing out, make your free throws, and shoot better on open threes. Easily fixable things lost us this game. I'm not concerned for the series.
 
redscoon said:
Darius Garland played 43 minutes, dished one assist and did not grab a single rebound. If he isn't at minimum the 4th best player in this series, we have no shot.
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They completely shut off his water with regards to playmaking. I have faith in him, but that was a horrible playoff debut for a point guard as good as him.

Mobley didn't look ready for the big lights either.
 
Dr No said:
It’s not on Allen. He got 14 boards - 4 more than anyone else on either team. Our guards and wings are soft. The Knicks guards and wings battle.
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And had five of them taken away from him underneath!!!
 
Randolphkeys said:
Fucking bummer, but it's just game one.

My main concern is Cedi playing such a large role. Clearly the rebounding suffers when he is the small forward. Those Knick offensive rebounds proved to be the most critical tipping point. Cedi had some good moments, but Hart is going to kill him on the boards time and time again.

And my goodness did the missed free throws cost us.
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How is Cedi going to rebound when we’ve assigned him to guard Brunson? That makes no sense
 
Dr. Claw said:
I see nothing unsurmountable in this Knicks team. Cavs need to execute offensively.
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It’s not insurmountable. With a good coach and a bench that can score more than 10 points. Unfortunately we have neither.
 
PIP said:
My thing is this with DG tonight— he either has to score, look for his offense or facilitate…

The fact he didn’t look to score in the 2nd half and only had 1 assist ?

Not great !
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He sucked. He’s soft and he’d better learn to compete or he is destined for less talented Trey Young territory
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Osman guarding Brunson has been awful. Brunson has 19 of his 27 with Osman guarding him on 63% from the floor from my charting. Including two backbreaking easy right to his spot jumpers.

If you’re not gonna go offense Defense at this point you’re not a serious tactician.
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There are a lot of smart people here who know a lot more about basketball than I ever will.

If you are one of them, please explain to me the choice of Osman on Brunson.

And speak to me as you might to a young child. Or a golden retriever.
 
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