Game thread: New York Knicks @ Indiana Pacers 2/1/2020

[rady]

Emergency game thread


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[mafra]

Let’s go Knicks... Your time to shine DSJ.

[Kiyaman]

The 14th seeded Knicks team vs the 5th seeded Pacers ....

[htr10]

Let’s be honest here, DSJ stinks and will either turn the ball over 10 times, shoot 0 for 12, or just keep picking up quick fouls so he barely plays.

[mafra]

16-3 run has NyK up 21-7 with 3:50 left in 1st Q.

[mafra]

Knicks 8-18 from the floor. Should be up 20 but we can’t make a shot.... stupid stuff too... like Indy misses a FT and 2 Knicks collide and knock rebound out of bounds...

Fortunately, Indy shooting like 20%...

DSJ looked OK. Made the right plays... missed a nice drive, would’ve had an assist but Randle missed shot. He did have 1 foolish turnover. You see the athleticism... body language looks better.

Randle with 7-9-1-1 after 1Q.

24-11 Knicks.

Like I said, tho, score should be 36-11. We all know we will kick ourselves come 4th Q.

[htr10]

We lead 24 to 11 after the 1st quarter. My take is more that Indy is playing atrocious rather than we are playing all that well.

[mafra]

Indy just got away with the worst charge/push-off you’ll ever see. Poor Kadeem... Wow. Naturally, Indy ends up shooting FTs.

[tiger0330]

Indy just got away with the worst charge/push-off you’ll ever see. Poor Kadeem... Wow. Naturally, Indy ends up shooting FTs.

I'm not usually for using your challenge so early but I would have used it there. McConnell sticks out his arm and knocks Kadeem to the floor, how did the refs miss ir?

[tiger0330]

Keep Dotson, trade DSJ. DD with unlimited range, DSJ can't hit 16 fters.

[Kiyaman]

Tied at 80 .. 6 min remaining in game

[tiger0330]

DSJ catches a lot of the rim for his first freebie and bricks his second. The guy just can't shoot, not even freebies.50-39 half-time lead by the boys. Pacers ice cold 0-8 on 3s 50% ,Fts.

[mafra]

35-17 is suddenly 37-28... In a blink of an eye.

Knox is 1-6... missing wide open looks badly. Rest of Bench is 5-7

[mafra]

Dotson swishes 2 big 3s.... to drive lead back up to double digits.... need to finish the half strong.

[mafra]

Keep Dotson, trade DSJ. DD with unlimited range, DSJ can't hit 16 fters.

Indy 0-8 from downtown in the first half... Oladipo is the cautionary tale.... Took the kid a long time to become an All Star. ORL to OKC to INDY... found his spot and became an viable Starting PG for Indy.

I guarantee if we send Frank, Knox and DSJ away... somebody will develop 1 of these cats. There are things they do well.... they just not developing here. Gee, I wonder why.

DSJ is still just 22.... Oladipo became a good player around 24 or 25, after a few NBA seasons....

Knicks should be playing all these kids and seeing what happens. Not like they have much talent.... so not like we have other guys to play.

We need to stop signing vets to short term deals and just using them to try and win 30 games.