PG: Maxey travels for the win, Maxey doesn't miss.. tough tough loss.

[god shammgod]

We're not in the regular season my man, Maxey is cooking us

we have the 12th worst defense out of the 16 teams in the playoffs so far. we've gotten better because it was actually 16th at one point in the playoffs. might have been after game 4.

12th best defense?

i guess you're a glass half full kind of guy

[whocares1]

Come on bro, you can't keep saying he's not on the same level as Brunson based on the regular season scoring, they're both averaging over 30ppg in this series. And look at what you're saying, holding him to 25 pts? That is how well he's playing that being contained still means you're a above 20pts. He's not the leader Brunson and he isn't the player he is yet, but in the playoffs right now against us he is on the same level as a scorer. We can argue about who has what and how easy that translates later on, right now he's matching our best players production.

Does Brunson have an Embiid decoy bro?

This is completely irrelevant in the context of a series and production, all that matters is production. You're having a general board argument about who is better, this is simply that for us, Maxey is unguardable right now.

This has to be the most nonsensical argument ive seen. Maxey is literally getting wide open three point attempts because the gameplan has been to double Embiid the whole time. How could you possibly argue their production is the same when Brunson literally runs the offense and Philly's half court scheme is Embiid dependent?

[Fury]

we have the 12th worst defense out of the 16 teams in the playoffs so far. we've gotten better because it was actually 16th at one point in the playoffs. might have been after game 4.

12th best defense?

i guess you're a glass half full kind of guy

Just clarifying, cause 12th worst means they have the 4th best or what is it 5th best?

[whocares1]

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God forbid Thibs should try to call some plays or put forward some instructions to change that.

He was just genuinely bad in those first two games and he’s also been playing way more minutes. Playing entire quarters without resting and then continuing to play into the next quarter. For all that he does for the offense it’s only logical that it’s fatigue.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Does Brunson have an Embiid decoy bro?

This is completely irrelevant in the context of a series and production, all that matters is production. You're having a general board argument about who is better, this is simply that for us, Maxey is unguardable right now.

This has to be the most nonsensical argument ive seen. Maxey is literally getting wide open three point attempts because the gameplan has been to double Embiid the whole time. How could you possibly argue their production is the same when Brunson literally runs the offense and Philly's half court scheme is Embiid dependent?

You guys are so emotional you can't even think straight. It doesn't matter whether the production is the same difficulty, he's producing at the same level, jesus christ. Nobody was arguing that Jamal Murray was scoring because Jokic was drawing doubles and awarding Donovan Mitchell brownie points because he was doing it with no help, what mattered is that Murray played him even. You all are caught up on the idea that I'm arguing that Maxey is just as good as Brunson when I'm not, I'm saying that doesn't matter, all that matters is that their other guy is playing our main guy even in PRODUCTION. Are you all going to say he's not producing next? Or do the 32ppg average not count because he's with Embiid? Seems to count in the boxscore.

[KnicksGod]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

[HarthorneWingo]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

Technically you are correct.

[Fury]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

But now I’m confused

[Fury]

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Two-minute report says Maxey traveled. Doesn’t matter. But imagine they called it? I wouldn’t be slitting my wrists right now.

[KnicksGod]

Also bc Mitch committed the stupid foul, he's too far from Maxey on the 3. Domino effect. And he's not the guy to be chasing anybody anyway. Shouldn't have been in.

Bad luck, hot play by Maxey, all true, but Thibs messed it up as well. Kudos for him for calling for the foul but where's the play to make sure that happens, like fouling Maxey in the backcourt with an aggressive trap.

[KnicksGod]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

But now I’m confused

He just means they are ranked 12th out of 16. Meaning they're 12th best or 4th worst lol.

[KnicksGod]

Arguably then, if Maxey traveled, it gives Mitch slightly more excuse. He shouldn't be that close. But Maxey's step, his travel, could have drawn Mitch closer in a way that wasn't Mitch's fault.

Game should be overturned. lol.

[KnicksGod]

Embiid's shot over the backboard just slips out of his hand. No foul. OG doesn't ever argue, think it was on him. Crucial play.

Knicks just sitting there taking the abusive overreach, per usual.

Also - couldn't Thibs have challenged the Maxey shot and if so, would the refs have been able to rule it a travel? They rule all kinds of BS against us after they watch a replay. Game over. Series should be over.

[KnicksGod]

You know what the Knicks should do - refuse to play the next game. Let the 6ers advance. The cheating is so rampant and so absurd, that I would just say we're done.

[KnicksGod]

Knicks basically have to win this series three times. That's fair. Tell me there's no anti-Knicks bias and what is our team gonna do about the abusive overreach.

[god shammgod]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

But now I’m confused

He just means they are ranked 12th out of 16. Meaning they're 12th best or 4th worst lol.

they're the 4th worst ok. they're ranked 12th out of 16th. their defense has been bad. ok. the end.

[KnicksGod]

But now I’m confused

He just means they are ranked 12th out of 16. Meaning they're 12th best or 4th worst lol.

they're the 4th worst ok. they're ranked 12th out of 16th. their defense has been bad. ok. the end.

Agreed. But that's with your boy playing a lot of minutes ....

[god shammgod]

He just means they are ranked 12th out of 16. Meaning they're 12th best or 4th worst lol.

they're the 4th worst ok. they're ranked 12th out of 16th. their defense has been bad. ok. the end.

Agreed. But that's with your boy playing a lot of minutes ....

and it's with og playing almost full games. but the lineup with ihart/donte has been significantly worst statistically

O. Anunoby - I. Hartenstein - J. Hart - J. Brunson - D. DiVincenzo
5 games
98 mins
108.6 ORTG
127.1 DRTG
-18.6 NRTG


O. Anunoby - J. Hart - J. Brunson - M. Robinson - M. McBride
4 games
29 mins
106.8 ORTG
114.3 DRTG
-7.5 NRTG

the phoenix suns had the worst defense in the playoffs at 123.2. our starting lineup's defense is worse than that.

[Clyde_Style]

12th worst would mean 4th best. Ruling for Fury.

But now I’m confused

You’re the 12th least confused person on this board

[KnicksGod]

they're the 4th worst ok. they're ranked 12th out of 16th. their defense has been bad. ok. the end.

Agreed. But that's with your boy playing a lot of minutes ....

and it's with og playing almost full games. but the lineup with ihart/donte has been significantly worst statistically

O. Anunoby - I. Hartenstein - J. Hart - J. Brunson - D. DiVincenzo
5 games
98 mins
108.6 ORTG
127.1 DRTG
-18.6 NRTG


O. Anunoby - J. Hart - J. Brunson - M. Robinson - M. McBride
4 games
29 mins
106.8 ORTG
114.3 DRTG
-7.5 NRTG

the phoenix suns had the worst defense in the playoffs at 123.2. our starting lineup's defense is worse than that.

That's fair. You've done your homework so I defer to you.

What's right is right. Hartenstein made the great rebound in G2 and some nice floaters but has otherwise not been all that great.