Game Thread | Game #78 | Knicks @ Cavs | March 31, 2023

[dice1717]

I have a bad feeling about JB in playoffs.

Yep

4-1 Knicks

It’s hard for JB to coach a single game, let alone multiple games where adjustments need to be made

 

[dirtywax]

Knicks are easily the better coached team

 

[Futuredome]

I didn’t say he guarded him. Too many times with a supposed top 5 -10 point guard in the league has a worse game than the other point guard on the opposing team. It seems a trend when we play good players at the point. When the game was in balance he didn’t do shit either

Your point is irrelevant. The rotation and frankly lack of playable players coupled with ref bailouts did the Cavs in. It became iso city because nobody was getting open and in the interior as Stevens was dead meat.

 

[-Akronite-]

Brunsen went nuclear and that does have me more concerned. Hart was such a good get for them, he brings winning energy while our role players tend to have up and down confidence.

 

[amil99]

Your point is irrelevant. The rotation and frankly lack of playable players coupled with ref bailouts did the Cavs in. It became iso city because nobody was getting open and in the interior as Stevens was dead meat.

That’s when you’re best players need to step up.

 

[Cement]

Their bench guys are much better than our bench guys.

 

[Futuredome]

That’s when you’re best players need to step up.

step up??? Nope. Not when you can't

 

[cabs]

That was a really compacement performance but the cavs really need to ask the nba why Garland never gets any calls. Imagine how good he’d be with half the calls Trae gets

 

[Tlyons]

I generally think JB isn't the coach for this team but tonight isn't a big deal for me. Brunson had the best game of his career. We got caught up in it and we went cold first. We ended up icing out Mobley as he had 8 shots going into the last minutes of the game.

Randle playing would probably have hurt Brunson's shooting.

We were missing Allen and Okoro. Thats huge.

 

[amil99]

step up??? Nope. Not when you can't

That’s his fault for not being good enough, not mine

 

[CavzAddict]

That's how the dice roll when u play 0 defense until mid 4th quarter. It doesn't help when u can't rebound and miss a bunch of bunnies too. Steven's should never be called on to bang down low ever again. He was miserable to watch. And again, Garland wasn't the Robin to Mitchell's Batman. Wtf was he doing down the stretch? Scared to shoot, like someone else said he was hunting for assist. Just all bad. I'm still not scared of the Knicks.

 

[Phil Mixtape]

I see Don ramping it up, is anyone else gonna be ready for this????

 

[benchplayer]

I generally think JB isn't the coach for this team but tonight isn't a big deal for me. Brunson had the best game of his career. We got caught up in it and we went cold first. We ended up icing out Mobley as he had 8 shots going into the last minutes of the game.

Randle playing would probably have hurt Brunson's shooting.

We were missing Allen and Okoro. Thats huge.

Yeah, we need an X's and O's coach if we want to continue to improve.

 

[Lil Z]

I don't understand Garlands issue with late game execution. All of his deficiencies will be on national TV every game in the playoffs, more scrutiny

 

[Futuredome]

Batman???? Mitchell was a disaster defensively and a to machine in the 4th.

That's how the dice roll when u play 0 defense until mid 4th quarter. It doesn't help when u can't rebound and miss a bunch of bunnies too. Steven's should never be called on to bang down low ever again. He was miserable to watch. And again, Garland wasn't the Robin to Mitchell's Batman. Wtf was he doing down the stretch? Scared to shoot, like someone else said he was hunting for assist. Just all bad. I'm still not scared of the Knicks