Game Thread - Atlanta Hawks at New York Knicks - Tuesday, 12/17/19

mafra

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Where to begin?

143 points!

Mitchell with 22&13!

17 assists from Frank, EP, DSJ

Well, KNicks are 3-3 under Miller (1 blowout loss and 1 blowout win; 2 games our defense shut down opponent for long stretch late in 4th Q).

RJ stud with 27! 10-13 shooting (2-3 from downtown and 5-8 from FT). 0 turnovers!

Knox with 17-2-2-3 line.
 

Kiyaman

Legend
Knicks 143 - Hawks 120 .. Game-Ball goes to Coach Miller for all the big improvement in so many Knick players performance the past few games .. Lets GO Knicks !!!

The last time the Knicks scored above 140 pts .. Mark Jackson were leading the point!
The Knicks FO should be looking to sign Mark Jackson in the offseason as the Knicks top assistant head coach.
 

mafra

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I?m cool with Miller getting a season, retaining Perry, re-assigning Mills. Just wait until next summer when Massai is a free agent.

Then Massai will have RJ, Knox, MRob, Frank, lottery pick this season.... to go with 2 first rounders next summer and tons of cap space when Giannis is free.

No sense giving up picks for a guy we can grab next season.

Give kids some continuity this offseason.
 

tiger0330

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Lakers only beat them by 5, we crushed them like we're one of the best teams in the league. We're scoring in the paint like a team that has 4 PFs on the roster. We got 72 pts in the paint tonight. Set a lot of records tonight, I'd rather win than firing Mills and Perry, so far so good but a lot of games left to play.
 

tiger0330

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Should have had that game in Denver if we hadn't hit that cold spell shooting, beating a top team instead of the Hawks and Warrior's would have been sweet.
 

mafra

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Should have had that game in Denver if we hadn't hit that cold spell shooting, beating a top team instead of the Hawks and Warrior's would have been sweet.

If we took the games in Indy and DEN, we would be setting sights on 8th seed.

Pacers beat LAK tonight
 

Kiyaman

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Great WIN !!!
Has Knox been improving under coach Miller spacing .. Heck Yeah!
Knox been performing with a chip on his shoulder, his defensive effort has picked-up tremendously.
Tonight, Knox scored 17 pts, 2 rb, 2 ast, 3 stl, and one block.
He's mixing it up on the offensive end, his drives are getting better at getting to the FT, plus he's getting a block-shot each game under Miller.
Yes, I have to take my hat off to Head Coach Mike Miller, I seen the Knicks PLAY Same-Page B.ball tonight !!!
 

knicksin60

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This win means nothing.We all know that the Knicks would have blown the Hawks out under Fizdale! It was all Mills' and Perry's fault why the Knicks sucked under him LOL!
 

mafra

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NBA.com/Stats

@nbastats
R.J. Barrett (27 PTS) and Mitchell Robinson (22 PTS) both set career-highs for points in the NYK win on Tuesday. Barrett (19 years old) and Robinson (21 years old) are the first duo in @nyknicks history age 21 or younger to score 20 or more points in the same game.

??/

Toss in 17 points from Kevin Knox (20 years old)..., well, for one night... the dream of the future emerges... toss in a lottery pick this year and 2 first rounders the next year...

It may take time... but this group has about 130 games to gel as a team... then, when these kids are 21-22-23... with 2 years of experience under their belts...then this team should be ready to compete come 2021-2022.
 
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Let not get excited because we beat a Hawks team that was without one of there star player(Collin). If we had lost the game everybody in this forum would be talking about Young 40 some points. Two things should be look at about coach Miller. 1. Why no adjustment in defending Young after he roll around the pick(Picking off Frank)? I saw Robinson contesting one of his shots and that all. Team know that by running Frank into a pick that cut off the Knicks best defender. So something need to be done about that fault. 2. Why wasn't there any experimenting with different lineup and playing Allen, etc? This would have been the perfect time for the Frank/Payton combo that most in this forum wants to see.

* Another tidpit -- Why was RJ on the floor in the 4th quarter ?? There isn't a good reason!!! He playing more minutes than anybody on the team. So would this have been a good time to rest the 'So-call Prize Rookie'? The only reason is that Miller is getting the same order from management to play there MISTAKE!!! He doesn't fit, He is a square peg for a round hole. They are forging a lie with inflated stat's like last night.
** As a coach you don't get very many opportunities to run live game scrimmage during an actual game. Well last night was one of those times. BUT IT WASN"T DONE.... WHY?? It is puzzling to me because this would give you a totally different look at players and offensive plays. When will he get another chance to do that in a real game? He may not this season.
 

Kiyaman

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Let not get excited because we beat a Hawks team that was without one of there star player(Collin). If we had lost the game everybody in this forum would be talking about Young 40 some points. Two things should be look at about coach Miller. 1. Why no adjustment in defending Young after he roll around the pick(Picking off Frank)? I saw Robinson contesting one of his shots and that all. Team know that by running Frank into a pick that cut off the Knicks best defender. So something need to be done about that fault. 2. Why wasn't there any experimenting with different lineup and playing Allen, etc? This would have been the perfect time for the Frank/Payton combo that most in this forum wants to see.

* Another tidpit -- Why was RJ on the floor in the 4th quarter ?? There isn't a good reason!!! He playing more minutes than anybody on the team. So would this have been a good time to rest the 'So-call Prize Rookie'? The only reason is that Miller is getting the same order from management to play there MISTAKE!!! He doesn't fit, He is a square peg for a round hole. They are forging a lie with inflated stat's like last night.
** As a coach you don't get very many opportunities to run live game scrimmage during an actual game. Well last night was one of those times. BUT IT WASN"T DONE.... WHY?? It is puzzling to me because this would give you a totally different look at players and offensive plays. When will he get another chance to do that in a real game? He may not this season.

The new Knicks would have beat a healthy Hawks team without any problems.
The new Knicks 2nd half defensive performance had the win over the Denver Nuggets, but way to much of the rookie RJ Barrett.
The Knick Front Office want Randle and RJ to receive above 30 minute games.

What our new KEEPER head-coach Mike Miller has done was improve the Knick players confidence each game well enough to keep the starter lineup he inherited by installing a 10 times better defensive-system than we been running the past 4 years.
 
The new Knicks would have beat a healthy Hawks team without any problems.
The new Knicks 2nd half defensive performance had the win over the Denver Nuggets, but way to much of the rookie RJ Barrett.
The Knick Front Office want Randle and RJ to receive above 30 minute games.

What our new KEEPER head-coach Mike Miller has done was improve the Knick players confidence each game well enough to keep the starter lineup he inherited by installing a 10 times better defensive-system than we been running the past 4 years.

When you go to the casino you playing to a stacked deck. You see as soon as the auto-door open.

You got to change the odd(some of it) into your favor. How does he do that? By not playing that game with them. Change your starting lineup like Fiz was going to do before being fired. You don't have a team with a #1 option so you got to take chances. You don't have a team built to make a playoff run. So you have to scare a lot team with how you play the game. You got to use every opportunity to get better and build chemistry. NO FAVORITISM!!

He has done one thing that I think is very good. Stop shooting all those 3's and taking the ball to the basket. Not a fan of the 3 ball.
 

tiger0330

Legend
When you go to the casino you playing to a stacked deck. You see as soon as the auto-door open.

You got to change the odd(some of it) into your favor. How does he do that? By not playing that game with them. Change your starting lineup like Fiz was going to do before being fired. You don't have a team with a #1 option so you got to take chances. You don't have a team built to make a playoff run. So you have to scare a lot team with how you play the game. You got to use every opportunity to get better and build chemistry. NO FAVORITISM!!

He has done one thing that I think is very good. Stop shooting all those 3's and taking the ball to the basket. Not a fan of the 3 ball.
I have to agree, so far Fizdale is being exposed for the teams underperformance and losing. I've been calling him a cheerleader and BS artist since last season, coaches always defend each other but guys like Pop that say he didn't deserve to be fired are dead wrong.
 
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