Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 17, 2025, 02:07:14 PMHearing a lot of smoke that Yannis is determined to get to the Knicks, any truth to this? Some questioned if the mavs would trade Flagg for Yannis, but man if the knicks got Yannis..

Its the silly season( on this case, people are probably making stuff up

Massive choke job.  Just complete incompetence and chaos in the last two minutes and overtime. 

I think the knicks just started getting D'd up along with the physicality and smaller rotation got them a bit gassed, the pacers are like a chainsaw through warm butter when they get going. I would have loved to see haliburton do the choke sign then choke in overtime. Bummed it didnt end up happening

Since 1996 in the playoffs teams with a 14+ point lead with 2:50 to go were 994-0.  Of course the Knicks make that 994-1.

Catastrophic loss.

If they lose a close series this game will for sure go down as one of the great Knicks chokes of all time. Right up there with the Reggie Miller game.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on May 22, 2025, 12:04:25 AMCatastrophic loss.

If they lose a close series this game will for sure go down as one of the great Knicks chokes of all time. Right up there with the Reggie Miller game.

Yes. Just mind boggling stuff..the Knicks bumbling..lost in defense the final two minutes..the refs missing a goaltend..and the Pacers hitting unconscious shots...the ghost of Reggie Miller.

Never had it ever happened..blow that big a lead under three minutes like that. Throw the brick moment times ten
 
  

Quote from: spiderblue43 on May 22, 2025, 08:25:58 AMYes. Just mind boggling stuff..the Knicks bumbling..lost in defense the final two minutes..the refs missing a goaltend..and the Pacers hitting unconscious shots...the ghost of Reggie Miller.

Never had it ever happened..blow that big a lead under three minutes like that. Throw the brick moment times ten
 
  

The Knicks should have almost been willing to just go 1-on-1 in the paint in the last few minutes instead of trying to double, but there's also something to be said for the fact that if Nesmith goes just 5-6 from three in the final 5 minutes, the Knicks win the game. Not to mention the crazy bounce on the Halliburton step back at the buzzer.

Never play, "not to lose" at the end of a game, play to kill til the clock runs out. Seen it all my life. A team has a comfortable lead, then switches play style to, "not to lose", or in football, "prevent defense". Not a happy fan this morning

Fouling to prevent the three point shot with fourteen seconds left was a joke.  If it was four seconds,  that makes sense.  But fourteen?

This is why basketball is a joke.  Keep fouling if you are way down so your opposition can make two points at best,  and often one because legs are tired at the end and the free throws are so important... and keep hoisting threes.  At the end of the game,  if you foul enough,  you should at minimum get three free throws to make two,  like it used to be.  If not three and you could make all three.

I'm always nervous with games and even i was sure the Knicks would win.  That's how much this was a collapse.  But still,  a lot of this is due to the three point rules.  And that the line has to move back.  Basketball is very hard to watch right now with one person driving and everyone else behind the three point line.

New York KnuckleHeads is more apt. Incredibly stupid loss all on them..players  .coach..

Absolutely on a par with 2002 Niners..1997 Vikings..1978 Eagles

AWful..