Around the NBA (and other Sports), 2023-24, Part 3

[Fierce1]

The Knicks are so small 1-4 compared to us. I just can’t see us losing 4 games against them. Our perimeter defense is on a completely different universe from this Philly defense.

Knicks small but they outrebounded the Cs bad in their last game.

Cs need to really put in the effort against this NY team.

Last game isn’t really much of a guide. We had sewn up NBA #1 seed and you could see we were in preservation mode.

Knicks would be a serious opponent, but our energy would be very different to that game.

Yeah, I agree.

Just cannot not put the effort in against this Knicks team.

[tfmiii]

You know it'd kill KP to miss any games against the Knicks

[Fierce1]

It's not over.

Sixers coming back.

[tfmiii]

Find it peculiar that 6ers are content to jog up the court on offense against the Knicks defense. I'd have the 4 non-Embiids run and if there's nothing available they can reset for when Embiid finally makes it, like showtime Lakers did with Kareem

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

I know we like to make fun of Embiid around here but IMO it's a serious effort he's putting in to be out there in this series.

Bells Palsy plus knee and conditioning issues. Not being able to blink and sometimes you watch his eyes going a bit all over the place on some shots. I still think he's dirty and prone to flopping, but I have to admit a fair bit of respect for the effort of being out there.

[zoyathedestroya]

So the Knicks are fraudulent tryhards? How can you not put the Sixers away? They don’t have anyone. They employ BOTH Tobias Harris and Buddy Hield.

[BRUNiNHO91]

Sixers getting rocked. So Knicks are our fiercest competition in the East?

The Knicks are so small 1-4 compared to us. I just can’t see us losing 4 games against them. Our perimeter defense is on a completely different universe from this Philly defense.

They were small with OG out/ before OG, not so much now.

Brunson, Hart and Divincenzo all start and are all small guards. McBride comes off the bench and he’s small also. OG plays the 4 for them and he is small for the position. You can get away with it against Oubre and Tobias Harris, but one of these little guys is going to have to guard Jaylen and Jayson basically every trip down. Not to mention they are extremely thin..Thibs is playing two guys off the bench.

[KillahGhostface]

We’d smoke the Knicks with KP, and also probably without him tbh.

[Homerclease]

Knicks are shook ones

[tfmiii]

The Knicks are so small 1-4 compared to us. I just can’t see us losing 4 games against them. Our perimeter defense is on a completely different universe from this Philly defense.

They were small with OG out/ before OG, not so much now.

Brunson, Hart and Divincenzo all start and are all small guards. McBride comes off the bench and he’s small also. OG plays the 4 for them and he is small for the position. You can get away with it against Oubre and Tobias Harris, but one of these little guys is going to have to guard Jaylen and Jayson basically every trip down. Not to mention they are extremely thin..Thibs is playing two guys off the bench.

Hart doesn't play small, he's the kind of pesty guy you hate - unless he's on your team lol

[JaMarco]

Just realized that Gallo got eliminated. So much for his Celtics Revenge tour.

[Fencer reregistered]

So the Knicks are fraudulent tryhards? How can you not put the Sixers away? They don’t have anyone. They employ BOTH Tobias Harris and Buddy Hield.

Buddy Hield was +17 in the first half.

Shooters can be useful, as we were reminded to our sorrow in last year's ECF.

[KillahGhostface]

These teams suck

[Sikk_Handlez]

not scared of NY or Philly. during this series we've seen both teams give away games in the last 30 seconds from poor decision making (blown 5-6 point leads), and many long scoring droughts.

[BRUNiNHO91]

These teams suck

It’s like a role player fest.

[KamikazeK]

Bruins doing Bruins things. Glad I never got into hockey.

[snowman]

Still hard to imagine that Lebron, Davis, Giannis, Lillard, Middleton, Durant, Booker, Beal, Butler, Bam are all out of the playoffs this year.

[BRUNiNHO91]

They gave Brunson free throws all day on that same play Maxey just got bodied on and ofc they let that one go.

[Fierce1]

Still hard to imagine that Lebron, Davis, Giannis, Lillard, Middleton, Durant, Booker, Beal, Butler, Bam are all out of the playoffs this year.

They all have one thing in common, they were all not coached by Joe Mazzulla.

[meatball sub]

i love how much these teams are beating each other up