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Game Thread | Knicks playoff series Game #4 | Cavs @ Knicks | April 23, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. ABC

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Windy is full of shit! What 3 players on the Knicks that are sitting would get minutes here? Can’t stand that guy. He’s always talkin shit on the Cavs so that way espn keeps him employed…
Derrick rose, Isiah Roby, and Trevor keels. I have no idea i just picked 2 randos and d rose
 
Windy is full of shit! What 3 players on the Knicks that are sitting would get minutes here? Can’t stand that guy. He’s always talkin shit on the Cavs so that way espn keeps him employed…
Easy answer….Grime, Toppin and Hart!
 
One thing I don’t think is being talked ta out enough is this:

The Knicks; in reality, and this has basically been proven over a strong 8 game sample size now, are a bad matchup for the Cavs.

The Cavs offense relies heavily on attacking the rim. The Knicks protect the rim better than 90% of the league.

The Cavs have a distinct weakness on the defensive glass. The Knicks are an elite team on the offensive glass.


The Cavs have weak 5-8. The Knicks had one of the best 2nd units in the league.

The Cavs were an elite home team and a poor road team. The Knicks were average at home but were one of the better road teams in the entire league:

Hell, Brunson has been deeper and succeeded in bigger games than even Mitchell.

I do think the Cavs make a massive mistake getting rid of Love, mainly because Bickerstaff was unwilling to even given him a chance to earn any minutes back.

But man, we desperately could have used Kevin Loce this series. He would be our best defensive rebounder and our best spot up shooter.

I’d rather go down with a champion over Osman.

Let me put it this way: I’d Love were still on the team, JBB would have gone to him for at least 20 minutes a game by game 2.
This is very well said. Love has faced countless athletic and energy-driven bigs but managed to keep them grounded.

And I just want to echo this in saying Love really helped with drawing fouls and making free throws. Not only are we terrible at drawing fouls, but we're liable to go 12/20 from the line if we do draw fouls.
 
That is crap. The Knicks have been playing 9. All 9 of those would find minutes on the Cavs - although Toppin & Grimes are only marginally better that what we have. Beyond that there is no one on their roster who would play much for us. We aren't putting Miles McBride on the floor when we have Garland & Mitchell. Jericho Sims could get a few backup minutes, but he's hurt. Fournier has been beyond bad this year and Rose is washed. Its true that our bench isn't getting it done in this series, but its not like its been terrible all year.
 
We lost to the fucken sorry ass Knicks think about that folks...
 

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