Game thread: New York Knicks vs Houston Rockets 3/27/2023 7:30pm [Game #76]

[rady]

(18-57) -- (42-33)



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Venue​	TV​	TIME​
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY​	MSG​	7:30 PM EST​

 

[rady]

with or without Jalen Brunson this is a must win

 

[Kiyaman]

Thanks for the Game Thread Rady .. This is a MUST WIN Knicks game or .....

HalfTime .. Knicks 66 - Rocks 61
I like the Rockets Jalen Green .. He's a future all-star .. I hope the Rockets go after a play making PG in the draft (Nowell)

 

[Kiyaman]

Quickley has his first chance to have a 30 pt game .. 11-14 FG, 4-6 3-ball having 27 pts in 3rd quarter
Quickley need to get other teammates into the offense beside Randle & Barrett .. 3 man scoring rotation tonight.

 

[Kiyaman]

End of 3rd Quarter .. Knicks 102 - Rocks 90
Quickley scored 37 pts, and 7 Dimes in 3 quarters .. I want Quickley to have 15 Dimes at end of game

 

[Kiyaman]

Less than 7 min remain in game, and the Knicks bench players has a 121-97 lead.
Let the Bench players finish the game

 

[Kiyaman]

Immanuel Quickley .. IQ
Quickley's shooting tonight got him the GreenLight to take 18 FGA to score 40 pts in 30 minutes ..
Shooting 14-18 FG, 5-7 from 3's, 2 rbd, 9 ast, 1 steal, 1 block, and 1 turnover in 30 minutes ..
Hell Yeah! Game-Ball goes to my Fan-Fav Quickley, for having a super-dynamic performance tonight.
We practically gave Randle, Barrett, and Brunson 17 or more FGA every game this season.

We have 5 Knicks players scoring in double-digits tonight .. Randle 26 pts, Barrett 19 pts, Toppin 15 pts, Grimes 14 pts .. The Knicks shot 58% from FG, 43% from 3's, and 71% FT.
The rotation minutes were almost good .. But Great Knicks WIN tonight !!!

I did get unhappy bout our dynamic Knicks bench unit (McBride, Grimes, Hart, and Toppin) the final 4 minutes for not setting up Sims and Keels for two or three FGA to donate some points on the board.
The Knicks have to many shoot-first players in the 9 man rotation, which is not good for a playoff series.

Oh Yeah ....
The Rockets, Spurs, and Pistons record will be getting one of the Top 3 NBA draft picks in June.