Thanks for the Game Thread Rady .. Back to Back Cavs game.
Another Knicks win if Donovan Mitchell don't have 6 or more assists End of First Quarter .. Knicks 22 - Cavs 24
A Deuce McBride sighting in Thibs (foolish) 9 man rotation in the 5th game of the season
NYK 12-17 from FT mine. CLE 13-14. 79-74 Cavs with 4:30 to go. Knicks are 4-27 from downtown. Randle has been atrocious… 2nd game of a back2back… not sure why Thibbs couldn’t turn to Evan for a few minutes…. He still is their best 3-point shooter. I mean, Randle has done nothing all second half anyway.
Knicks cut it to 89-76, Di-vo with block but Randle bricks a 3…. Mitchell misses his 10th straight shot. Brunson foiled but passed ball. Robinson fouled and missed a FT. Donovan drains a 3… Di-vo misses a 3…. Mitchell gets offensive rebound off his miss and layup. Lead to 7….
Last 4 possessions, 3 missed 3s and 1/2 from FT line. 4-29 from downtown. Just a brutal loss… 2-3 and soon to be 2-4.
Pretty odd that Randle took 15 shots, playing on his home court, and yet doesn’t attempt a single FT. I wonder how many top 10 MVP candidates from the last 5 years can claim that?
WE Knicks are doing double bad in MSG .. 0-2
We loss to a Cavs team at our home without the Cavs 2 star players (Jarrett & Garland) on the court.
Not looking good.
We need a LEADER on the court, a team-leader !!!
Our PG Brunson played 39 minutes had 4 assist, 24 pts on 8-23 FG shooting.
No Barrett, I thought Randle would be our big shooter tonight taking 25 shots, but after 15 shots and 6 points he gave up.
After our Bum 13 pt 3rd quarter .. I thought Thibs would switch it up, and have Jericho Sims & Hartenstein & Deuce Mcbride start the 4th quarter having Quickley & Hart lead a 6 to 7 minute transition charge ..
It was the end of a back to back game.
Our weak-weak 9 man rotation does not work on back to back games !!!
Pretty odd that Randle took 15 shots, playing on his home court, and yet doesn’t attempt a single FT. I wonder how many top 10 MVP candidates from the last 5 years can claim that?
Not just Randle ....
The Knicks players performed in MSG like the Knicks super-star trade rumors are in effect this week and half the team will be traded.
A Knicks fan wrote ....
I guess I have to say it; Tom Thibodeau standing courtside while watching Julius Randle nuke his teams chances of winning and doing absolutely nothing is some 2021-2022 bullshit that I thought was left in the past. And ....
Julius Randle’s First 5 Games of the Season:
5/14 FG
4/15 FG
4/10 FG
5/22 FG
3/15 FG
Shooting 21/76 FG (27.6%)