Game Thread: New York Knicks @ New Orleans Pelicans 12/21/2024 8:00pm [Game #28]

[rady]

(17-10) -- (5-23)



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Venue​	TV​	TIME​
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA​	MSG, NBA TV​	8:00 PM EST​

 

[Kiyaman]

Thanks for the Game Thread Rady .. Tonight we may have a nice easy win in away Game vs the small-ball (5-23) Pelicans team to put us on to a 3 game win streak.
Josh Hart's back.

 

[Kiyaman]

6 min we take Hart out for Precious

 

[Kiyaman]

The small-ball Pelicans pushing hard for a transition offense to score easy buckets on the Knicks
10-0 run by Pels for 25-19 Pelican lead .. 2 min remain.

Mikal Bridges dynamics are keeping Knicks in game .. KAT at FT to Tie game at 28.

 

[Kiyaman]

End of First Quarter .. TIED score at 28

Brunson & Mikal played the entire 12 minutes in first quarter for no reason at all

 

[Kiyaman]

3 min into 2nd qtr. Pelicans grab 12 point lead 30-42

 

[Kiyaman]

6 min of Hart in the lineup with McBride & Payne the Pelicans have a 45-35 lead in the Knicks Copy-Cat offense the league announcer's are talking about.

 

[Kiyaman]

Brunson back on the court for the one two Brunson & Hart offense to climb back into the game.
Kat 3 fouls and Precious 2 fouls

 

[Kiyaman]

Wow! Sims had to get two offensive rebounds for us to score, having KAT and Precious on the bench.

 

[Kiyaman]

Half-Time ... Knicks 45 - Pelicans 49

The Pelicans have a halftime lead over the Knicks !!!
Hart & Tibbs got to .......

 

[Kiyaman]

4 min into 3rd quarter the Pelicans have a 14 pt lead over the Knicks.
The Pelicans 6.11 rookie Missi are giving Knicks a big problem

 

[Kiyaman]

We had to go to Brunson, then Brunson, then Brunson to score consistently on every offensive possession 65-59 Pelican lead.

 

[Kiyaman]

Another 3 from Brunson then another 3 from Brunson for a 65-69 Pelican lead

 

[Kiyaman]

Another Brunson 3 takes a Knicks lead 74-72 having 2 min remaining in the quarter.

 

[Kiyaman]

End of 3rd Quarter .. Knicks 78 - Pelicans 75
Throughout the 3rd quarter the Pelicans took 89% perimeter jumpers from 3's all quarter.
Now we know why the Pelicans are a 5-23 record team. They are not a jump-shooting team.

 

[Kiyaman]

The Pelicans missed 13 straight shots to start the 4th qtr. they don't want to win.

 

[rady]

caught the re-run on NBA TV just before the halftime. It was one of those ugly games against a poor team with missing pieces and somehow we still managed to get the win despite KAT being off. It's these types of games that used to be our nemesis so many times. Luckily, we escaped the trap thanks to an amazing performance by Brunson especially during the third quarter. Bridges was also on fire, so was Hart, so was OG. With KAT picking up early fouls we got to see Sims get some solid minutes and while is hasn't scored he provided a spark on the defensive side. We are 8-2 in the last 10 with three straight wins on the road!