Game thread: New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics 2/24/2024 7:30pm [Game #57]

rady

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(44-12) -- (34-22)



Venue
TV
TIME
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
ABC
8:30 PM EST
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Wsup Rady .. Thanks for the Game Thread vs the top team in the East Boston Celtricks
Last time we played Boston back in Dec. HC Thibs blamed Grimes and took Grimes out of the starter lineup.
Tonight, we Knicks need this win (for confidence) after our 4 game losing streak before all-star weekend.
The win over Philly was aight, but a win over Boston would be super Aiiight !!!

Boston have NO injury players ....
What y'all think bout Precious Achuwa ???
Tonight, it's gonna be a 36+ minute Precious against Horford, KP, and Tatum .. Wish him a Good Luck !!!
 

Kiyaman

Legend
End of First Quarter .. Knicks 26 - Boston 30
Brunson played all 12 min of the first quarter .. not good
Tatum played 8 minutes ....
Still not a fan of Bog/Burks especially on the defensive end
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Half-Time .. Knicks 58 - Boston 62
We did great scoring off of loose balls and 2nd & 3rd chance shots to stay in the game.
Deuce McBride shooting 4-4 for 9 points in 9 minutes, gave Brunson rest for the 2nd half
 

mafra

Legend
Tatum played over 43 minutes. Up 16 with a minute to go and BOS still have starters in. Myth that Thibbs rides his players more than normal is evident tonight.

Brunson only played 37 minutes. And that’s with Randle, OG, Mitch all out.
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Well, now we know for sure .. In a series with Boston
We need a healthy OG for Tatum,
a healthy Randle for KP
And a healthy Mitch for 2nd chance shots plus stopping the Celtics inside scoring
 

Kiyaman

Legend
The Celtics shot 57% from FG for the game, Mitch & OG defense was missing.
The Celtics out-score us in all 4 quarters, Randle's iso-bully-ball scoring was missing.
The Celtics had 6 players score in double-digits, a offense/defense strategy HC was missing.
Our 2 big-men (IHart & Precious) combine to score 14 points, plus grab 9 offensive rebounds.
The NBA has been ruin by the majority of 3 ball shots taken by teams ....
We shot 13-38 from the 3-ball line last night, when half of those shots should've been plays for our (two) big-men to score inside.
And Tatum did not look to score last night, until we put Burks or Bogs to defend Tatum who took both to the rack to score a easy 19 points.
 

rady

Administrator
Staff member
Well, now we know for sure .. In a series with Boston
We need a healthy OG for Tatum,
a healthy Randle for KP
And a healthy Mitch for 2nd chance shots plus stopping the Celtics inside scoring
I agree, probably even with just OG and Randle alone, both at 100% we could cause serious harm to the Celtics no matter the round. But without them, we're just as thin as the Sixers without Embiid
 
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