Game thread: New York Knicks @ Denver Nuggets 2/8/2022 9:00pm [Game #55]

htr10 said:

Without MRob or Noel, Taj gets the start and presumably draws the assignment on Jokic.

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Noel might be the worst off season signing for the Knicks not Fournier or Kemba, can't score and is injury prone. He was good for the Knicks making 2M but he ain't worth 9M.

Things getting out of hand. Down 19.

Kemba can only laugh as refs miss an obvious push off that sends him to the ground and leads to a made 3 by Denver.

I mean, everyone on the floor stopped and couldn?t believe this offensive foul wasn?t called on Denver. Full arm extension push off sending Kemba to the ground.

This was inevitable. After 2 heartbreaking losses, including one last night, and missing our top 2 centers against the reigning MVP center, we are getting destroyed.

If nothing else, hopefully this game stops our front office from doing any stupid pretend ?win now? trades before Thursday?s trade deadline.

Taj has hit two 3 pointers. Crazy.

We give up 83 1st half points and trail by 23 at the half. Just got to try to chip away in the 3rd quarter. Make about a thousand defensive adjustments.

Half-Time .. Knicks 60 - Nuggets 83

Coach Thibs Defense gave up 83 pts in the first half of the game, and half of those pts were from inside the paint. Pay MitchRob !!!

We attempted 4 FTs in the 1st half. 3 of those attempts were Toppin. Hard to do. Denver attempted 19 FTs in the 1st half.

Well, Brooklyn fell behind 28 to 2 to start against Boston. So, they suck too.

Jokic 6-7 FG and Gordon 6-8 FG .. inside scoring.
Kemba with 6 Dimes

Kemba with 8 assists but 1 for 6 shooting. Add-in Quickley?s 0 for 3 and we?re 1 for 9 shooting from the PG position in a game where no defense is being played.

Randle gets the putback over Jokic and Fournier gets the steal and the dunk. Knicks on 12 to 0 run to cut deficit to 15 points. Still over 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Randle twice found wide open shooters, 1st RJ and then Fournier, and both missed wide open 3s.

Randle hits a 3 to cut lead to 16. Randle with 28 points.

Just to be clear to anyone who is not watching, the difference in this game is how badly our 2nd unit got killed in the 2nd quarter in about 6 minutes of play.

Our starters have held their own tonight. Our bench is in bad shape.

Hanging around. Deficit down to 14 with 9 minutes to go.

Kind of similar to Monk going berserk against us in the Lakers game. Bones Hyland has 20 points with 4 for 4 shooting from 3. Killing us tonight.

Quickley finds Toppin who hits the 3 and deficit is down to 13. We trailed by as many as 27 in the 2nd half. Over 6 minutes to go. Keep chipping away.

Mike Malone forced to re-insert Jokic against our 2nd unit.

Reigning MVP Jokic against our 4th string center Sims. Not good.