Game Thread: New York Knicks @ Brooklyn Nets 4/5/2021 7:00 pm [Game #51]

Kiyaman

Legend
Yeah, some of these games are Pyrrhic victories. And, to be honest, if Ball can?t elevate Zion and Ingram, how much better does he really make us? Ball-RJ-Randle is a 44 win grinder team, but nothing special.

The Knicks coach Thibs, and the Pelicans coach SVG are letting their PF run the point as a PG on offense the majority of a game. And none are name Magic Johnson.
The (Thibs) Knicks 40 min PG are Julius Randle.
The (SVG) NO Pelicans 48 min PG are Zion & Ingram.

The above are the reason the Knicks & Pelicans are mediocre teams .. If either team makes it to the 8th seed playoff that's a giant accomplishment. Neither team mediocre offence/defense are gonna make it pass the first round of the playoff.

Payton and Rose combine performance does not control the Knicks offense as much as Randle does in a Knicks game. However the trio are ISO dribble-dribble shoot players that cant pass the ball when they are dribbling it without making it a turnover.

The Pelicans players Ball and Bledsoe and Hart and Reddick watch every defensive-rebound Zion grab, Zion's off to the races dribble-dribble down court to slash to the basket for a dunk. In the Pelicans half-court game SF-Ingram are always waiting at the top of the key to receive the ball to do his iso-dribble-dribble shoot act.
 

Kiyaman

Legend
We loss two games this season vs Brooklyn Nets at crunch-time on Randle's jump-shot.
Randle getting his shot block by Kyrie ended in a loss,
and Randle's 20 FT jumper for the last-shot was off ended in the 2nd loss to Nets.
 
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