The Knicks 7 game test schedule

Kiyaman

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Do your prediction (or outcome) on our 3-1 (now 3-2) Knicks seven game test over 7 of last season playoff teams? On Nov. 10th what will the Knicks record be?
10-2 or 7-5 or 6-6 or 3-9 ???
Here are the 7 teams the Knicks face ....

1) The 4-0 Milwaukie Bucks .. We loss 119-108
2) The 4-1 Cleveland Cavs ..
3) The 4-1 Atlanta Hawks ..
4) The 2-4 Philadelphia 76ers ..
5) The 3-2 Boston Celtics ..
6) The 4-2 Minnesota Timberwolves ..
7) The 1-4 Brooklyn Nets

The Milwaukie Bucks game we should have no shame in losing on the road in Milwaukee. They are undefeated and has a great chance of being in the Finals.
Super star Giannis is just an incredible player. There is just no match up or defensive strategy against him. It was his supporting cast that really hurt us. You really have no chance to beat the Bucks if you allow Ted Cruz lookalike and Carter to hit eight threes. And we also hurt ourselves with the (10 missed FT) and allowing 19 offensive rebounds, by not giving 2nd season center Sims any playing time when Hart & MitchRob got in early foul trouble.
But I liked the team effort. We came back like three times in this game. It was like 8-0 before we blinked and also got down plus 20 in the second half and manage to make a game of it, I thought.
Barrett continues to struggle. and Thibs keep giving him above 35 min a game.
Eventually Barrett 3-Ball will fall when he receive 24 minutes of playing time.
Randle also struggled offensively and I was confused as to why Thibs played him so much when Obi was hitting shots and playing well. I don't agree with Thibs allowing Randle (and RJ) to play their minutes regardless of performance. I have zero beef if Randle get's his 35 mpg and Obi his 13 mpg if Randle is feeling it that game but last night was not one of them.

Quickley was our best player on the court vs Bucks, Quickley came in and immediately made an impact with threes, defense and playmaking. I really like his performance.
Hartenstein tries and I love his relentless motor but he struggles on the glass against true Centers. Rose also gave us good production off the bench. Keep his minutes low and keep him as fresh as possible.
However, no reason to freak out for last night loss, beating Giannis at his house is super hard. We're not there yet.
 
Tonight is a big game for this early in the season?. No Darius Garland?. Would be a big win if they can get it, but more importantly they need to battle like they did against MEM.

We shall see?.
 
Wsup Mafra .... After the Knicks 3rd qtr. explosion outscoring the Cavs 34-22, and grabbing a 9 pt lead .. I knew the Knicks had this win over the Cavs. But, Keven Love prove me wrong by hitting consecutive 3's along with Mitchell & Mobley sneaking in the paint to score 2 .. four min into the 4th qtr. Cavs tied the score at 99 on Mitchell's FT. I was not expecting the Cavs to have twice the energy of the Knicks in the 4th qtr. to come back from being down 9 pts and stretch their lead to a 13 point win.
 
Knicks posted arguably their best Q of the season in that 3rd Q. Naturally, I was wrapping up baseball practice and missed it. I got to tune in for the 4th.

Looked like Thibbs went with starters most of third? Started 4th with the reserves? Obi got ran off the court by Love? they got hot?.

But Cavs & MIL 2 hottest teams in NBA? and they had 3 shooters en fuego!

Knicks dominated scoring in paint, despite presence of Mobley and Allen. But they missed 8 FTs and couldn?t close. It took Cavs 2 minutes into 4th before they scored. With a 9-point lead, Knicks needed bench to pump that lead up to 16 or so? a missed opportunity.

After 6 games, we?d all agree this is probably where they should be sitting at 3-3.

They played good first half in MIL; solid 4 Q in MEM; good 3 Q in CLE. On the road, against the best teams with legit star(s), Knicks need to play a complete game.

This team should play hard and be in it most nights. Randle and Rose looking like they?ll be more 2020 than 2021 versions?

This season hinges on RJ taking that next step ? if possible ? and Brunson playing like an all star (as Broadway said).
 
1) The 4-0 Milwaukie Bucks .. We loss 119 -108
2) The 4-1 Cleveland Cavs .. We loss 121 - 108
3) The 4-1 Atlanta Hawks .. We loss 112 - 99
4) The 2-4 Philadelphia 76ers ..
5) The 3-2 Boston Celtics ..
6) The 4-2 Minnesota Timberwolves ..
7) The 1-4 Brooklyn Nets

So far our Knicks are 0-3 in the 7 game test .. Tonight's Knicks loss to the Atlanta Hawks were an embarrassed loss to a team that gave the Knicks a 23 pt lead, and took back the 23 pt lead as easy as they gave it to beat the Knicks by 13 points.
 
The Knicks going into Philly on a Friday night having a 0-3 record in their last 3 games gets real lucky having both of the Philly 76ers star players (Harden & Embiid) out with injury.
It was a sloppy game but the Knicks pulled it off with a 106-104 win, having Obi Toppin score 14 points in the 4th quarter, along with Cam Reddish 2-Way hustle for 11 pts, on 4-4 FG shooting down the stretch.
The Knicks are 1-3 on the 7 game stretch, and have a 4-4 record !!!
 
1) The Milwaukie Bucks .. We loss 119 -108
2) The Cleveland Cavs .. We loss 121 - 108
3) The Atlanta Hawks .. We loss 112 - 99
4) The Philadelphia 76ers .. We won 106-104
5) The Boston Celtics .. We loss 133-118
6) The Minnesota Timberwolves .. We won 120-107
7) The Brooklyn Nets .. We loss Bad 112-85

Well the 7 game stretch (2-5) didn't go good, but it didn't go as bad as expected.
We did grab 2 wins out of the 7 games.
The Cam Reddish & Obi Toppin duo off the bench out-played the (Embiid/Hardenless) Philly 76ers for a close game Knicks win. And Randle had a season high 31 pts on the (Gobertless) Wolves for a win. The 5 Knicks losses go straight to the No-Team Chemistry coach Tom Thibs substitution, who has showed NO-TEAM offense/defense (nor team-ball-movement) in any Knicks lineup this season. We Knicks fans been watching "one on one" scorers Randle, Barrett, and Brunson control the ball trying to out score our opponents without any team-chemistry in the offense, and little team-effort from the trio on the defensive-end.
Did I expect a 0-7 stretch? YES! Why?
So far this season, head coach Tom Thibs has been refusing to give veteran star D.Rose a bench lineup to groom/guide throughout the first two month of the season.
Especially, after D.Rose leadership did such a well groom/guide job on the court to Quickley & Obi Toppin's raw performance by improving their strength on the court.
The same type of tutoring Cam Reddish would need to improve his consistency throughout the season being in D.Rose team-ball bench lineup to get a nice $$$ contract in the offseason.
Tom Thibs are gonna put Cam Reddish in the Knicks starter lineup alongside the No chemistry trio, where Cam will get the ball in a half-court setting to score one on one having a defender on him when he catch the ball, or shoot a jumper with a defender in his face.
When we all seen Cam Reddish score best on opponents when he's moving without the ball like Obi Toppin looking for the pass.
 
The Knicks are going on a 5 game West coast trip ..
How well will Thibs same-game strategy work in the West Coast?
The Utah Jazz players & Ainge has become a winning NBA team in their first 15 games in the season holding on to a 10-5 record, and will be meeting the Knicks tomorrow.
Will Leon Rose order a win over Utah Jazz Ainge ???
Five away games in 7 days .... Any prediction ???
Tuesday .. Utah Jazz
Wednesday .. Denver Nuggets
Friday .. GS Warriors
Sunday .. Phoenix Suns
Monday OKC Thunder
 
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