Game thread: New York Knicks vs Milwaukee Bucks 3:00pm 1/12/2025 [Game #40]

rady

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I got through a busy weekend and wasn't much around but it was a great feeling to watch the team highlights when i woke and witness the demolish of the Bucks.
44 pts Brunson and 38 pts from the bench. Payne had 18 of them.

We struggled this year against teams that shouldn't had pose any problems for us. Two losses against the crippled Magic and the Bulls with the bench producing under 20 pts. Starters can't always be relied on, Brunson was on and off this year. In 4 of the losses, only against the Magic he shot over .500. We need bigger support from the bench and Thibs needs to sort out his rotations better. If one guy is out, the team is struggling. They say our bench is not deep. But then again, guys like Hukporti, Ryan, Kolek only get playtime during blowouts. I believe they should be also used in actual game time especially if the rotation players are unable to support.
 
Tibbs stubborn refusal to create an all bench lineup for the game rotation, says we are not a championship TEAM.
Plus Tibbs fitting 1 or 2 bench players out of the 3 bench players use in the rotation into lineup having 4 or 3 starter players in it all season haven't been working to well.

Piston vs Knicks
KAT .. 43 min
Brunson .. 39 min
OG .. 39 min
Mikal .. 38 min
Hart .. 37 min
At the end of a backed day the 40 min Knicks loss to the Pistons 124 - 119

Do the Knicks have bench Talent? Yes!
We could always put Hart and Mikal as bench players in a lineup having two rim protectors Precious & Hukporti.
The Knicks Bench lineup .. Deuce/Payne/Kolec/and two rim-protectors Precious & Hokporti. Experiment for 10 games.
Untill, the Knicks start giving 5 bench players 14 minutes a game each, or 4 bench players 16 minutes each in a game, the Knicks will stay a half-roster winning team. Theirs no playing time confidence in the Knicks 16 man roster.

The politics Bucks players performance has a lot to do about the trade for Butler or the Bucks GM Head?
Don't sleep on the up and down Milwaukee Bucks!
The Bucks have 8 players that been on their roster since the 2020-21 championship season, that's why it was so easy for the Bucks to win the Tournament.
 
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