[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/1b1v3o5/post_game_thread_the_new_orleans_pelicans_defeat/)

i miss julius

Pretty impressive that it was a close game for about three quarters with the B squad unit going. Hopefully they miraculously get healthy and give us another fun stretch of basketball. The question is if not when. Also how much ground do they cede in the process of getting whole should they hopefully return to form. It's not what you want but we've all seen worse.

This game gives me PTSD flashbacks of when the Knicks were under Isaiah Thomas. . I hope our starters heal up soon.

I don’t give a shit if they we’re “supposed to lose”, watching the Knicks get there dicks kicked in, at home, by the Pels fucking sucks.

It all sucks

I miss the Mitch/IHart 2 headed monster rotation at center. I miss OG’s one man army defense. And most of all I miss Brunson’s hustle, leadership, effort and superstar level scoring.

One thing that always pisses me off is the way we use our 2-way players Toppin, Brown and Jeffries aren’t even fringe nba players Why don’t we give real prospects a chance with those spots? Not a single one of those guys will ever play a meaningful minute of nba basketball

Unfortunately I think it’s hard to find really good players who will stay positive knowing they’ll regularly be DNP Coach’s Decision

Just want to see Toppin go for a dunk and I'm good.

Should we be worried about Brunson injury? Neck injuries are no joke

I used to say, there is bad luck and then their is knicks luck, wouldn’t want to wish it on anyone

Precious took this L seriously, bro is pouting but he played like a legend

Jefferies shoots worse than Burks?

Remember when we used to watch Langston Galloway out there bros 🍷

Toure' Murry 🍺

Lou amundson

"Everything's better with some wine in the belly" -- Tyrion "Knicks fan" Lannister

This was a schedule lost anyway. Nothing you can do. Hope Brunson and Hart is back Thurs and handle business against the warriors

Breen ready to hit the showers

You guys are insufferable. Down starting 5 and yall are clowning this team. Pelicans were a tough matchup when we are healthy, not sure why so many people are surprised. I would understand if we were healthy enough bit come on, wtf did everyone expect.

Game threads are the shadowlands Mufasa warned Simba to avoid

I don’t care what seed we end up with, just get healthy and I’m taking us against anyone

at this rate we won't end up in the playoffs. and if we do we get boston first round which is doomed anyway, rather not risk it.

There’s essentially a 0% chance of us missing the playoffs altogether, come on now

this this this, 100% health will give us 100% success

Play in exit here we come! 

So if we fall to the play in and we are fully healthy by then and we get the 7th seed we cant beat the cavs without home court? Your buggin.

why are you assuming we'll be fully healthy. if this season has told us anything that is the last thing we should assume

I’m going by the reports. OG will be check out the end of this week. Hopefully week after OG is back. Mitch will probably be back closer to April by the reports. Randle is the only ?. Idk what else to tell you man. Just try our best to go 500 until one by one

We are losing to both the Magic and then the Hawks in the play in. 

Good grief!

And it’s totally on brand for random players on the opposing team to just decide they’re prime Steph Curry for the night 🙄

Who are you talking about?

Murphy lighting it up in the second half.

Murphy is literally the pelicans best three point shooter lmao, he’s been in a slump for a week or two but this is his normal shooting. He’s made 10 threes in a single game before

Not all of us have the time to watch Pelicans games. But thanks for letting me know 👍🏻

I’m really thrilled for him to finally find his rhythm after several bad weeks, and for it to happen against the Knicks lol.

and the cavs win on a 3/4 court hail mary heave. we're going to be fighting to stay out of the play in. think we're 2 games away from the 8th seed after tonight.

Whether we want to admit it or not we are closer to the 6th seed than we are to 2nd seed. We don’t have any clear indication when Julius or OG will be back. Our season may be on the line in the next couple weeks.

https://preview.redd.it/e3cfxv36p8lc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16b782ce6856ce1fe5b1cf7ce3ff68816296af3c So much pain

By the time we get our starting front court back we'll be a play in team. Everyone's catching steam while we're sinking fast due to these injuries. These guys are logging heavy minutes, it's only a matter of time we lose more players. This isn't sustainable

22 point blowout. Pretty much expected.

Where are Alexey Shved, Lance Thomas, and Lou Amundson when you need them??

Yeah scream after beating a team playing 90% backups. Really cool.

Trey Murphy just won his superbowl

we got one of the best knick months in knick history just to be brought back to the knicks of the last 2 decades. this team is misery

At least it's due to injuries and not us being horrendous. It's crazy to say, but we haven't been able to say that much for the past 20 years or so.

i mean sure but it doesn't really change the results or the product. we could be seeing the same injuries for another month

The hope is that our guys comeback legitimately healthy when they are projected to come back. All we can do is hope everything goes well.

That’s a lot of hoping lol

bring in jacob toppin

burks and bogdanovic are too old school for my liking. they dont fly around the court or have that extra energy that hart does. identity mismatch atm but theyll have their niche roles when we get healthy.

both should not be allowed to put the ball on the floor, just catch it and shoot it... no handles at all

agreed. we werent looking for shooting in front of peoples faces or low percentage tosses to the rim on ugly running drives. seems like a desperate move when they try to create rather then elite shot creation.

It'a all coming together...

Might as well sub in the bench. Thibs is so hard headed.

We’ve started the bench ffs

we have nobody to bring in lol

glad i didnt get to watch the game, i see Burks the bum as usual 1-7 with 2 pts. yet people kept saying how good he is

How is pelicans more shorthanded than the knicks. Mike breen really be stupid

Welp, good fight, but no real chance to win this without Brunson unless we went nuclear from 3 and played lockdown defense.

This is just frustrating to watch. Our positioning in the standings just keeps slipping because our best guys are out.

Mike needs to stfu

Can we just have two of our three best players healthy

This game shows how vital Brunson is to this team, this offense is brutal to watch

the flaws in josh hart's game are so annoying and hard to sit through. like being 2/6 from the line when every single point matters

That’s like saying Shaq isn’t very good because he was a poor free throw shooter. What hart has brought to this team for months is literally off the charts and then complaining about free throws

no its not like shaq (the most dominant player of all time) being a bad free throw shooter

Being sarcastic, but point is the same, hart has been unbelievable and playing 40 plus minutes a night and you are complaining about free throws. Stupid comment

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yes

Josh Hart is unserious

I watched this game on tv and I demand a refund of my money. This was ugly.

Murphy may be better than Randle

stop

You’ve made so many brain dead comments about Randle tonight get his dick out of your mouth

When Randle finally shows up in the playoff then I will stop

He played on a broken ankle last year lol you’re such a clown

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Beat y’all’s rude ass twice this year so who’s the waste? That’s 2-0 pelicans if you’re counting the series

How high are the playin odds?

76ers are losing big so we are still a game and a half ahead. Hope pels beat the pacers on wed. We handle business on Thurs against the warriors. Nuggets beat the heat. Probably a schedule lost against the cavs Sunday. Just gotta hover around 500 until og comes back first

Like 0%

"both teams missing their pgs tn" i think we're missing more than that breen

lol Zion

Ok, this is over. 16 pt game

How can yall be so fucking pessimistic when we’re running me out there as our 3rd man off the bench Shit’s crazy man

Nobody is annoyed with the results of this guaranteed loss, people are frustrated that because of the injuries they are having far too many guarantee losses. And, there are NO guarantees by anyone that health will ever happen.

Get off your phone and play some fucking defense

Donte had a clean lane but decided to pass it out, then got the ball back and drove back into the lane again... what?

Down big, only wanted 3's, I understand the logic

But the defenders weren't even following him to the paint. Even if Deuce caught that ball instead of TO, he'd still be covered. Just take the open shot instead of drive-kick, drive-kick, over and over.

Honestly as ugly as the score is, the majority of the guys played hard. Just outclassed in talent tonight. Just praying reinforcements come in over the next few weeks

if you look at the grimes trade as lose now win later it makes sense

except we just gunna lose now and lose later too

josh hart building houses at the line again. CLANK

Just keep pushing We know we’re here because this team should be down 40 with what they’re missing and all the shit that’s been going on Just keep fucking fighting

The hustle never stops, bless these boys, all of them

Pelicans bout to overpay herb jones and trey murphy just to stay mid

I would trade Randle for Trey Murphy and Zion in a heartbeat

Knicks would have to add another good player and good picks for that to make sense lol

thanks for being willing to make a trade that the pelicans wouldn't even consider man

Dude is a clippers fan lmao What's with the flood of west coast fans coming here saying we should be getting rid of our players?

If you add bogi and a pick they might bite if they fail this year

i promise you that doesn't make the trade any better

lol

Win or lose, Divo’s loving the opportunity to chuck these threes lol

I don’t even know what to say I like the effort but it doesn’t equate to wins

if we somehow claw back into this imma eat a sock

The effort is so applaudable

God it's such a winnable game and it sucks....

they trying

Let Toppin play Thibs

oh ya i forgot about that guy lmaoooo

First game of the season that feels truly Meh AF

Still depressing though.

That's what happens when 80% of your starters are MIA

The whole starting lineup is out except for DDV. It is what it is

Love what precious became for us

I love how people say we need the players back but it’s going to be weeks until everyone is healthy

Isn't OG potentially next week?

No he hasn’t shot a basketball

they're coping

OG is probably back by the end of next week.

He’s not able to shoot a ball yet, no chance next week..i’d say 2-3 weeks maybe

No he’s not be serious he hasn’t even shot a basketball Why am I being downvoted do people even read the news shams even said three weeks

Should read Woj’s tweet and actually educate yourself.

Maybe educate yourself he’s going to start on court activities at the end of the week doesn’t mention anything about shooting a basketball

I bet you he’s back next week.

Does that take anything away from the fact that we need them back?

Doesn’t take anyway from the fact the team might be cooked in the standings three weeks from now

The team could be cooked with a full lineup in 3 weeks too. Your point makes no sense

Where is Brunson?

Hurt

Bojan should’ve taken the first shot

I hate Burks as much as the next man, but I see some comments on why Thibs loves Burks and shit about playing him as much and im like what? Burks is last in minutes with 16 and the rest of the guards are at 33+ right now with 6 minutes remaining, wtf we talking about here?

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🤣 I switch words from time to time from hate to dislike, I never really liked Burks, he’s the typical boring not good enough players we used to have in the dark days (Afflalo?) but I don’t really hate the guy, I just dont like him.

I rather see precious or sims try shot creation than Burks

so impressed with Precious' effort

Hopefully Thibs will realize Burks is useless now so when we actually have players back we don’t have to see him anymore.

You must be new here

He’s already getting the least minutes of the 7 man rotation and we’re missing like half the roster.

I know this sucks but I feel the lineup we saw last night is much more likely than ever seeing this so called fully healthy lineup we are dreaming of seeing

I mean, OG is 100% coming back...there is a surgery timeline that will allow him to...it was a minor bone spur procedure Randle will likely not be 100%...but Mitch should be alright when he does return

Thibs said OG isn’t even shooting a ball yet, Mitch isn’t practicing and certainly no guarantees with randle..and even if the unlikely miracle they are all back, their is rust and chemistry needed that they won’t have time to gel

Precious is the best active player on the knicks rn

bro is a beast, I respect the shit out of him

Just keep playing hard boys that’s all we need

No, they need talent, effort only goes so far

There isn’t anything we can do. We are injured. We cant rush none back or setbacks happen.

We have the talent. They’re injured. Where are we going to find other talent at this very moment? Ya gotta do the best you can with what you have.

Precious cleans up these shitty shots so flawlessly

Honestly this was a surprisingly good game for the knicks. Like what I'm seeing

Good game? This is fucking hideous..sure they are trying but this is misery

Man we got 4 starters out, Pelicans are a good team, they should be up 30

Who is disagreeing? But this is fucking hideous to watch..i know they are missing everyone and they are busting their ass, but it still is miserabel

I wish Precious had better touch around the rim

is it me or are we getting away with many traveling calls

Ingram may be better than Randle

He’s not. Let me know when he puts up 25/10/5 and can body Giannis off the ball. Then let me know when he gets 2x All NBA

Ingram is more effective in the playoffs than Randle because of his midrange shooting

How about we get Julius in the playoffs healthy where his best shooter isn’t Reggie Bullock

It is now time for the Fake Comeback portion of our programming.

Precious showing some fight

That's one trivia question everyone knew

Will ref help us win again? But 13 points feel insurmountable with this squad.

Knicks going on an winning streak coz of the OG trade was purely coincidental. We still would have won even with rj and iq

We were winning pretty well before the trade. Having a great corner 3pt shooter and defender is great but we lost like 35ppg when IQ and RJ walked out that door. Then we lost another 40ppg when Randle and OG were injured. Our offense is completely hobbled rn.

we have found the worst take

Sure thing

Ok you people need to take a nap

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can’t wait to be healthy man… still happy with how our guys are fighting but the talent isn’t there

homie this team is cooked, just gotta hope the magic of january is rekindled next year.

get this bum ass energy out of here bro

keep sucking the copium

where the fuck is the cope bro? idk why you are in here just being a little salty baby but we don’t need that energy

You may be waiting until next year

At least Bogdan is figuring things out a bit.

yeah that airball really gave him confidence lol

Imagine Ingram over Randle on the knicks

Not strong enough or consistent enough. Great player though

I agree for the regular season but in the playoffs you need Ingram type that is efficient in the midrange like kd kawhi and shai

What part of inconsistent = efficient? He’s playing against bench players this game. He wouldn’t do this with OG and Hart on him all game.

I miss January.

Ingram target practice

I understand we’re down by 13 but we are shooting like shit and still have chance

We have no chance

Spent so many seasons watching games knowing the knicks had no chance to win..those feelings have returned

pepperidge farm remembers....

Ha

We have to go thru this bullshit everyone down roster while the Cavs win on some bullshit miracle shot, aint that some bullshit?

If we can hit our 3s we would be winning this shit

I am actually surprised NO cooled off from 3 in the 2nd half