Game Thread: New York Knicks @ Los Angeles Lakers 5/11/2021 10:00 pm [Game #69]

Randle bullies his way into the lane, after a TO. 89-84.

Feels like a 90s game says the announcer. Grind it out.

Really turned into an ugly game. Knicks need to not let this one slip away.

Knicks up 5... Rose goes for dagger 3... Noel gets rebound... RB turnover (he acted like he got fouled)... we stop the fast break...

Knicks challenge call. Overturned. Knicks ball! They faced turnover from AD.

Rose hits a huge shot to give us the 2 point lead.

Matthews drains a 3 and goes wild... LAK get stop, score, tie game. Rose goes to work on Matthew?s. NYK up 2. They force turnover....

1:25 left. Our ball. Up 2.

What the hell was that call? AD rams his face into Noel and then 3 seconds later gets the foul call. Terrible job by the refs. Awful.

Rose just misses shot, Randle just missed putback.

AD in post. Makes moves, slams into Noel. AD grabs face and ref calls a foul?

Huh?

No whistle, then after seeing AD reax, he makes a call.

Karma. AD bricks the jumper. Knicks ball with 31 seconds to go and 2 point lead. Let?s go!

AD with a brick. Randle with the rebound.

Ladies and gents... Randle has outplayed AD.

Now go win it Julius!

28-8-3 is nice... get to 30 and we get the win and head home 4-2 on the road trip!

Bad call. Shot clock violation. Can?t just keep going Randle on AD there. Knicks need a big stop now. Lead is 2. Final possession to Lakers.

They force a shot clock violation. I guess we need 1 more stop if we will win it. Win with defense!

Man. Got to box out there. Matthews gets the putback there.

They miss the shot but Matthews gets rebound and scores with 3 left.

Once again, we need to hit a shot to win or go to OT.

We are due for a buzzer beater.

Design a play somebody! No ISO

Overtime. Fumbled that 4th quarter away.

Randle missed a runner at the buzzer. A great look close to rim... oh well.

We go to OT.

That close... they get offensive rebound putback bucket, and we miss a close layup. Darn it!

Yeah, we needed more from Rose there. Got to box out!

18-15 LAK out score NYK in the 4th.

LAK get yet another off rebound and leads to a 3...

We respond, get a stop! Let?s go...

Rose misses a shot. We get a stop. RJ misses a 3... we get a stop... Randle misses a layup... RB with a stupid foul...

Can?t win if you can?t score.

AD doesn?t miss the layup. He finally reaches 20 points.

We can?t finish.

Our record in games decided by 3 points or less is 2-8.