Game thread: New York Knicks @ Los Angeles Lakers 3/12/2023 9:00pm [Game #70]

[rady]

(39-30) -- (33-34)



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Venue​	TV​	TIME​
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA​	MSG​	9:00 PM EST​

 

[Kiyaman]

Wsup Rady .. Thanks for the Game Thread, it's not looking good on this 4 game West coast road trip.
We are 0-2 and tonight game is the end of a back to back against a 33-34 Lakers team on a 3 game win streak, fighting to stay in the playins.
Without Brunson being our winning CLOSER late in games, we have no other CLOSER except D.Rose on our roster.
Especially vs .500 teams.

Yesterday, we played Quickley 42 minutes for no reason at all.
Quickley played 10 or more minutes straight in all 4 quarters of the game.
Brunson backup, McBride played 6 minutes yesterday in a game where his defense was needed badly.

 

[Kiyaman]

The Lakers winning bench trio is on the court the final 4 to 3 minutes of the first quarter.
The Knicks got the starters on the court for 10 minutes

 

[Kiyaman]

End of First Quarter .. Knicks 31 - Lakers 27

Randle showed up on offense the first qtr. 18 pts, 4 rb, 7-7 from FT

 

[jimkcchief88]

Wassup kiya! JR going crazy so far huge first quarter! Need to stop this losing streak with Brunson!

 

[Kiyaman]

Half Time .. Knicks 62 - Lakers 59

Randle 25 pts and 18 min .. Toppin 5 pts in 6 min
Russells 23 pts

 

[Kiyaman]

End of 3rd Quarter .. Knicks 85 - Lakers 86

Wsup Chief .. I'm lookib for Randle to dp his thing in the 4th quarter, cause there's No Brunson

 

[Kiyaman]

Sometime I forget we got a transition game .. 101-94 Knicks 8 min remain
We have to let our bench win this game

 

[Kiyaman]

5 min Remain 106-96 Knicks with a 10 pt lead
And Toppin & McBride go to the bench

 

[Kiyaman]

Having a 4 pt lead plus the ball with less than a minute

 

[Kiyaman]

Barrett did not want to play out the shot clock by passing the ball ..

 

[Kiyaman]

Hartenstein & Hart gets Game-Ball their tandem hustle won tonight game.

 

[Kiyaman]

Randle's 33 pts on 11-24 FG, 8 rbs, 5 ast
RJ Barrett's 30 pts on 12-27 FG, 6 rbs, 2 ast

 

[jimkcchief88]

Nice win!!!

 

[jimkcchief88]

RJ can’t shoot threes yet but he is relentless going to the basketball his three game will come!

 

[skisloper1]

or he can skip trying the 3's for now and just drive.

 

[jimkcchief88]

you are right skisloper but there has to be at least some threat of shooting a three or defenses will back up and cut off the driving lanes.

 

[Dark Raider]

First game I watched in sometime.
It’s just hard to get excited about this team. While other teams are faking it the Knicks are trying their best to be good, WHY.
No matter how hard you try this can’t win a championship or every come close.
This draft is loaded and other are positioning themselves for it.
Detroit and Indy are putting together a very good teams for the future. Wiseman was a great pickup for the Pistons.