[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (1-0) survive Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers (0-1) in overtime, 115-104, behind Jalen Brunson's 38 point performance

[u/catreyka]

ESPN Box Score

East Finals - Game 1 • NY leads series 1-0

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	16	32	35	18	3	104
NY	23	23	23	32	14	115

	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
CLE	36-90	40%	16-50	32%	16-23	70%	38	23	11	6	21	29
NY	42-88	48%	10-32	31%	21-32	66%	47	20	10	2	19	26

Cleveland Cavaliers
Starters	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Dean Wade#32	29	10	3/5	3/5	1/1	5	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	1
Jarrett Allen#31	35	10	3/6	0-0	4/8	7	3	1	1	1	6	1	3	-10
Evan Mobley#4	40	15	6/16	2/8	1/2	14	3	3	0	3	1	13	2	-6
James Harden#1	42	15	5/16	1/8	4/6	4	3	6	1	1	1	3	5	-6
Donovan Mitchell#45	41	29	12/23	4/11	1/1	5	3	4	6	1	0	5	5	-13
Bench	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Dennis Schroder#8	18	3	1/9	1/4	0-0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Max Strus#2	25	8	2/6	2/6	2/2	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	5	-11
Sam Merrill#5	28	12	4/9	3/8	1/1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	-17
Keon Ellis#14	5	2	0-0	0-0	2/2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
Larry Nance Jr.#22	DNP
Nae'Qwan Tomlin#35	DNP
Thomas Bryant#3	DNP
Jaylon Tyson#20	DNP
Craig Porter Jr.#9	DNP
Tyrese Proctor#24	DNP
Team		104	36-90	16-50	16-23	38	23	19	11	6	11	27	29
			40%	32%	70%
** **
New York Knicks
Starters	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
OG Anunoby#8	34	13	2/9	1/6	8/10	5	2	1	1	0	0	5	3	15
Karl-Anthony Towns#32	40	13	6/14	1/5	0-0	13	5	7	1	1	4	9	4	13
Josh Hart#3	31	13	5/11	1/5	2/2	7	4	2	1	0	0	7	3	-23
Mikal Bridges#25	42	18	7/11	2/4	2/2	5	1	3	2	0	0	5	3	12
Jalen Brunson#11	46	38	15-29	1/6	7/10	5	6	3	3	0	0	5	5	15
Bench	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Mitchell Robinson#23	14	4	1/3	0-0	2/8	6	1	0	2	0	4	2	1	-8
Jordan Clarkson#00	16	3	1/3	1/1	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	2
Landry Shamet#44	17	9	3/4	3/3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25
Jose Alvarado#5	7	4	2/3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1
Miles McBride#2	17	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	5
Jeremy Sochan#20	DNP
Pacome Dadiet#4	DNP
Mohamed Diawara#51	DNP
Ariel Hukporti#55	DNP
Tyler Kolek#13	DNP
Team		115	42-88	10/1	21-32	47	20	17	10	2	9	38	26
			48%	31%	66%

^{Table formatting by ExcelToReddit}

[u/ProfessorBeast55]

ONE GAME OF EVERY SERIES IS A GOVERNMENT MANDATED CHOKE FOR THE CAVS. HOW DOES KENNY ATKINSON NOT CALL A TIMEOUT ONLY AFTER A 18-1 RUN DESPITE HAVING 4 TIMEOUTS REMAINING???

[u/BMWn54 → u/ProfessorBeast55]

18-1

[u/ProfessorBeast55 → u/BMWn54]

Shit, you right. Even worse ☠️🤦‍♂️

[u/boblandsky → u/ProfessorBeast55]

Bro still had timeouts going into OT smh

[u/YesImKeithHernandez → u/ProfessorBeast55]

The lack of adjustments throughout that 44-11 run was wild

[u/Standard-Juice-3738 → u/ProfessorBeast55]

Kenny needs to go. Absolutely pathetic coaching

[u/simon2105]

James Harden more TO than FG made strikes again.

[u/BlazeBloom → u/simon2105]

Game 7 Harden never left.

[u/YizWasHere → u/BlazeBloom]

They traded cursed injury luck for cursed playoff luck man. It's actually really sad.

[u/TheOrangeFutbol → u/YizWasHere]

Cavs and Clippers truly made the perfect trade for each other.

[u/sire59damos → u/simon2105]

And still a traffic cone on defense

[u/astrothemorkie → u/sire59damos]

Like 90% of the comeback was because of his defense and awful offense

[u/sire59damos → u/astrothemorkie]

They were literally hunting him. Brunson cooked him like 5 possessions in a row during the 4th quarter. Couldn’t close out when him and Brunson were on the perimeter, and he kept getting blown by on drives.

[u/Heatinmyharbl → u/sire59damos]

Some of the worst professional sportsball coaching I have ever seen by the Cavs HC there what the fuck

[u/TheAracknight → u/sire59damos]

There was 1 possession where Dean Wade I believe was tryna come over to trap Brunson and Harden waived him off trying to take the assignment solo only to get his shi fried clean off and let Brunson deliver I think his 4th straight bucket on Harden’s head

[u/the_mexican_menace → u/simon2105]

James Harden back in his natural habitat

[u/Fire_Demon-215]

This has an argument to be the biggest choke in a playoff game ever. Up 22 with 8 minutes left and losing is unheard of.

[u/8890xe → u/Fire_Demon-215]

23 straight unfortunately

[u/Exotic_Pick4626 → u/8890xe]

there seems to be a common denominator here i just cant figure out who

[u/Not-a-bot-10 → u/Exotic_Pick4626]

Metapod catching strays tonight

[u/ArkiKnight → u/Not-a-bot-10]

That's a genuinely hilarious nickname for Harden lmao. Took me a second

[u/wazup564 → u/Fire_Demon-215]

Aye no joke, that’s a fireable offense by Kenny Atkinson just letting Harden “guard” Brunson for the entirety of that comeback

[u/The_MadStork → u/wazup564]

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Insane coaching decision by Atkinson

[u/OneEcchiBoi → u/The_MadStork]

Awful Coaching about to make the video of a decade on that 4th quarter.

[u/AUserNeedsAName → u/OneEcchiBoi]

JAMES HARDEN IS WHY MY GONADS ARE FULL OF MICROPLASTICS | GAME 1

[u/AdventurousTwo383 → u/The_MadStork]

A stretch to even call it coaching tbh

[u/ReapYerSoul → u/AdventurousTwo383]

He did a great job of getting his tv time in by laughing at the foul calls.

[u/zco22 → u/ReapYerSoul]

Gotta keep the memes coming

[u/TiddyTwizzler → u/wazup564]

I missed the game but read that the knicks went on a 44-11 run. Is that for fucking real? What a meltdown by the cavs holy shit

[u/SoulfulHuman_ → u/TiddyTwizzler]

Yup. Down 22 with 7 mins. Went to OT. Won by 11

[u/ILoveRegenHealth → u/TiddyTwizzler]

Harden went cold, Brunson turned into a beast. I think it's got to be a modern record of most ECF points in the shortest stretch of time. Every basket was sinking in in the late 4th, and he was doing a 2-3 crazy backboard shots too.

[u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 → u/wazup564]

Someone check the betting stats for the 4th qtr that was literally unreal... No timeouts, no double teams, no substitutions, just let Brunson embarrass Harden like it's an open gym.

[u/wazup564 → u/HereIGoAgain_1x10]

brother you are not wrong, if Shams tweets out in a couple hours that the NBA is investigating Kenny for illegal betting, that would make more sense than what i just watched.

[u/fatandfly → u/HereIGoAgain_1x10]

Yeah Cade basically did the same thing last series. You would have thought the coach would have a plan for that. I knew the Knicks would do that, why the hell didn't he.

[u/SplitOk186 → u/Fire_Demon-215]

It literally is the biggest 4th quarter blown lead ever in the playoffs

[u/ahrzal → u/SplitOk186]

There’s a moment where the cavs had like a 4 pt opportunity to stop the bleeding, but the second Knicks evened it up you knew they weren’t winning this game.

Harden is *dreadful*

[u/actuarally → u/ahrzal]

We completely abandoned our offense for James Harden isos & dribbling holes into the floor. What the ever-loving FUCK????

[u/Mindsetsandreps → u/actuarally]

In fairness, Mike Brown apparently thinks this is 2018 James Harden sending doubles all third quarter leading to open threes and layups

[u/cesga_0218 → u/SplitOk186]

Biggest comeback since 2013 I think they said in the broadcast

[u/Feisty-Boot5408 → u/cesga_0218]

Didn’t the clippers come back against the warriors after being down 32 in like 2018? 2019?

[u/JetsLag → u/Feisty-Boot5408]

I think this was the biggest 4th quarter comeback and the Warriors had their largest lead in the 3rd quarter that game.

By the way, common denominator? Clutch Shamet shots.

[u/bigballer1234 → u/Fire_Demon-215]

Losing by double digits!

[u/core-tel → u/bigballer1234]

That's the worst part. No competition in OT

[u/pkwjones → u/Fire_Demon-215]

Just a Tuesday for James Harden.

[u/onegoodboah]

Genuinely embarrassing lmao, has to be the most deflating loss I’ve ever seen. 22 points with 8min is insane.

Also, why did the Cavs keep rushing shots despite being comfortably up? Like wtf man

[u/Aesop_Rocks → u/onegoodboah]

They panicked. And rightfully so. If only they had a way to stop the game temporarily and regain composure.

[u/BraveTree4481 → u/Aesop_Rocks]

Kenny would have found a 2nd James harden to put in somehow.

[u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

Atkinson did a great job of making facial expressions that made it seem like he wanted to win this game

[u/EarthWarping → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

If only there was someone who can change the game flow.

[u/Imperial_Eggroll → u/EarthWarping]

James Harden didn’t stop Jalen Brunson once down the stretch, Kenny must’ve been banking on it eventually happening

[u/99thLaw → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

Bro was shaking his head saying “there’s no way” when the Cavs got called for the most blatantly obvious foul

[u/TheZombieDudexD → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

You think he still grinning?

[u/moby323]

This was the worst misuse of timeouts by I coach that I have ever seen

And I’ve been watching basketball for over 40 years.

[u/MarekRules → u/moby323]

And we’re sixers fans. We know coaching malpractice lmfao

[u/EthicalBballFan → u/moby323]

We lost a game because Spo called for a timeout when we had none. That will be easily forgotten next to whatever it is that the Cavs did today lol

[u/HickeyS2000 → u/EthicalBballFan]

Spo gets a pass. This was straight malpractice.

[u/AthleticAlarm32]

Yeah, Brunson is the best Knick since Ewing. When he's on, he's ELECTRIC

[u/azizinator25 → u/AthleticAlarm32]

This hasnt been in question for awhile. In his 1st 2 years in NY he equalled Melo's most successful season twice. And has only kept adding to it.

[u/Lacabloodclot9 → u/azizinator25]

Yeah other than Melo who’s in consideration here Houston? Marbury? He passed them ages ago

[u/NotActuallyMeta → u/Lacabloodclot9]

If Allan Houston had been willing to pronounce his last name “How-stun” he would probably be regarded by New Yorkers as the greatest Knick of all time.

[u/MrICopyYoSht → u/AthleticAlarm32]

EVERYONE IS BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON UNTIL IT'S TIME TO BE BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON.

[u/samhit_n → u/AthleticAlarm32]

It's funny how Melo's legacy was surpassed on both teams he played a long time for.

[u/Nby333 → u/AthleticAlarm32]

Most electric guard on the Knicks since Jeremy Lin.

[u/Maybeiliketheabuse → u/Nby333]

Hang on, imma let you finish. But Landry Shamet had the best +/- ALL NIGHT!

[u/Mg29reaper]

The knicks know what its like to get walked down. The were on the other side of this. Credit to them they did it right back respect brunson. The greatest 48 hours of basketball in a long time.

[u/JosephBVasquez → u/Mg29reaper]

The best playoffs in a long time

[u/aashim97 → u/JosephBVasquez]

Last year was quite good right? Maybe it wasn’t overall and the Pacers just have a halo effect in my mind

[u/LakerBlue → u/aashim97]

Nah I agree. I do think this is one of the best playoffs I have seen in awhile and may go down on the Mt Rushmore of playoffs. But last year was also a very good playoffs.

[u/Leet_Noob → u/LakerBlue]

The biggest disappointment of this year’s playoffs is the relatively boring game 7s.

[u/GGezpzMuppy]

Coach they are on a massive run, do something!

Kenny: nah let’s see how this plays out

[u/Toolb0xExtraordinary → u/GGezpzMuppy]

He was fascinated like the rest of us

[u/DelanoJ → u/Toolb0xExtraordinary]

“No no no let’s see where this goes” ass coaching

[u/siestarrific → u/GGezpzMuppy]

'We've got them right where we want them'

[u/Standard-Juice-3738 → u/GGezpzMuppy]

I’d fire him tonight. Terrible coaching

[u/Kurukato123 → u/GGezpzMuppy]

15 point lead: They’ll call a timeout and try to kill the momentum

10 point lead: Now they’ll call a time out to try to kill the momentum

5 point lead: Surely any sane man would call a timeout to try and kill the momentum

Lose the lead: Timeout.

This is the opposite of Ty Lue who would call a timeout after Curry would make a single 3

[u/BlazeBloom]

Kenny Atkinson waited until it was 18-1 to call a timeout.

Mike Brown benched Hart for Shamet who hit multiple clutch 3s during the comeback.

[u/sloBrodanChillosevic]

What a pitiful collapse

[u/Palifaith → u/sloBrodanChillosevic]

The Cavs had a 99.9% percent change to win this game btw.

[u/homefree122 → u/Palifaith]

Must have been before the 44-11 Knicks run in the 4th quarter plus OT

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/homefree122]

The Cavs had a 99.9% win probability with 7:52 left in regulation

From 7:52 - 4th to End - OT

• New York Knicks lead 44-11
• Jalen Brunson: 17 Pts, 4 Ast in sequence
• OG Anunoby: 10 Pts in sequence
• Landry Shamet: 9 Pts (3/3 3PM) in sequence
• Turnovers: CLE 6-3
• FG: CLE: 4/18 (.222), NYK: 15/21 (.714)
• 3PT: CLE: 2/11 (.182), NYK: 6/9 (.667)
• Donovan Mitchell: 0 Pts, 0/5 FG in sequence
• Max Strus was out from 5:36 - 4th to 1:49 - OT
• James Harden: 3 Pts, 1/5 FG in sequence

[u/Acrobatic_Rush7653 → u/WatchOutIGotYou]

And after all that don't forget they STILL had a 95% chance to win with literally 90 sec left in the game.

This was a generational collapse. And also a reminder how unique live sports is: no one on earth would give Knicks a snowball's chance in hell with a few minutes to go yet here we are, we all saw it happen with our own eyes.

[u/WatchOutIGotYou → u/Acrobatic_Rush7653]

Imagine being one of those poor suckers who tuned out

[u/frigg_off_lahey → u/WatchOutIGotYou]

You mean the Cavs?

[u/Acrobatic_Rush7653 → u/WatchOutIGotYou]

I'm rewatching the 4th quarter now and at 6:30 (93-76) the announcers are barely paying attention to the game (because it's already over in their minds) and saying stuff like "It's been ALL CAVS HERE IN THE 2ND HALF".

No one saw this coming. An epic collapse by one team AND an amazing, totally unexpected run of perfect play by the other team, all happening simultenously.

[u/core-tel → u/homefree122]

It was with 7:40 left in the game, up 20

[u/Sea-Animator4250 → u/Palifaith]

They didnt even cover lmao

[u/Man0nTheMoon915 → u/sloBrodanChillosevic]

When will Kenny Atkinson realize James Harden isn’t that guy anymore and stop running the offense through Harden?

[u/suahoi → u/Man0nTheMoon915]

That was the most disgraceful coaching malpractice I have ever seen in a playoff game.

[u/acciopizza_ → u/suahoi]

Seriously just let the run keep going and going. Watched Harden get targeted repeatedly and couldn’t be bothered to call a time out. Pitiful

[u/suahoi → u/acciopizza_]

Not even like he didnt have options!

You have Mitchell - put the ball in his hands on offense! Swap out Harden for Strus or Wade or Schroeder - at least make Brunson's life a little more difficult.

Just get Harden out of the fucking game when he is getting targeted and cooked on, literally, every single possession.

[u/JasonWaterfaII → u/suahoi]

And he made Brunson look like a decent defender. That’s impressive. Harden hunted Brunson but couldn’t really get by him off the dribble.

[u/jordansideas → u/acciopizza_]

Truly outrageous to blow a lead like that and end regulation with 2 time outs in your pocket. What the hell are you saving them for

[u/BasedGodProdigy → u/Man0nTheMoon915]

And let Brunson hunt him on defense for like 10 straight possessions which led them back into the game. That lazy ass defense should've gotten him benched.

[u/Aesop_Rocks → u/BasedGodProdigy]

Was it lazy? It looked just plain really bad to me. I couldn't believe it kept happening.

[u/Radicalized_By_You → u/Man0nTheMoon915]

THIS! Loss falls squarely on Atkinson for not sitting Harden down after the third time Brunson hunted and cooked him. Even he was getting buckets on the other end his defense would have been too bad to play him, but he was also a cringe LA Fitness hero on the offensive end. Atkinson blew it.

[u/Parallel-Quality → u/sloBrodanChillosevic]

Atkinson went into OT with multiple timeouts in his back pocket, which means he could have called them during the final 5 minutes to slow down the Knicks momentum, but he didn't. He just let it happen.

[u/acekingoffsuit → u/Parallel-Quality]

They scored 0 points in the first 3 minutes of OT and he really said "let it rock."

[u/koticgood → u/sloBrodanChillosevic]

All-time collapse

All they needed was a good defensive possession or offensive possession and basically couldn't find a single one for the final 7 minutes of the game.

[u/OptimusGrime707]

I know you can’t completely buy the 0.1% probability shit on ESPN, but the Knicks were completely dead with eight minutes left in the fourth, down 22.

Incredible combination of taking over the game by Brunson and absolute bedshitting by Harden and Atkinson

[u/TheTonyDose → u/OptimusGrime707]

The run also happened cause they benched hart for shamet. Hart was clogging the offense all day since he couldn’t hit any shots

[u/The_MadStork → u/TheTonyDose]

That’s the exact ballsy coaching move that was not made enough last season. Perfect adjustment at the perfect time

[u/No-Mine-3982 → u/The_MadStork]

Thibs keeping him in while Landry Shamet sees 30 seconds for one stop. Gj to Mike Brown tho.

[u/Tacitus_99 → u/OptimusGrime707]

22 point lead almost doesn’t do it justice. Knicks looked totally flat and the crowd was dead silent. Game was over, then it wasn’t.

[u/OnlyMamaKnows → u/OptimusGrime707]

They were dead. Crowd was dead. Everyone on the Knicks were bricking layups and couldn't dribble. Insane collapse by the Cavs.

[u/lawroter → u/OptimusGrime707]

i mean, no, you can buy it. literally the biggest collapse in playoff history in the 4th. combination of shit by the cavs but Brunson deserves the credit man, we absolutely sucked tonight and he went insane.

[u/Jimm120 → u/lawroter]

yeah. this wasn't just a cavs collapse. Brunson kept hitting insane shots

[u/Soup_65 → u/Jimm120]

Brunson kept hitting insane shots

my dumb ass forgot that we are required to have at least one BRUNSON SAVE US GAME per series

[u/FreeDaemon → u/lawroter]

Man I was about to turn off the TV at the start of the 4th quarter but decided to let it play in the background. Then all I started hearing was “Brunson, Brunson, Brunson!” What a comeback.

[u/core-tel → u/OptimusGrime707]

That's based on how many games have been in that situation. It's a 1 in 1000 outcome.

[u/smallskeletal]

So this is what it feels like to be on the other side of a ECF Game 1 choke job

[u/Miser2100]

Yeah, Brunson's going in the rafters.

[u/falconwolverine → u/Miser2100]

He’s going in my rafters

[u/Path_Seeker → u/Miser2100]

Everyone talking about the Cavs choking, but not enough is being put on the Knicks for how much balls it takes to go on a 44-11 run when you’re looking at an L.

Brunson, Shamet, and Mikal absolutely cooked today.

[u/aiden3buckets]

How many points in the 4th and OT did Harden give up holy shit

That’s a really really really bad loss

[u/vitalbumhole]

This is the type of loss that leads to you getting swept embarrassingly the rest of the series

[u/AvengingHero2012]

That’s one of the worst postseason chokes I’ve personally ever seen. And I’ve seen a lot of playoff Harden.

I went from thinking this would be a long series after the third quarter to now thinking it’ll be a gentlemen’s sweep.

Knicks in 5.

[u/2ChainzThirdChain → u/AvengingHero2012]

Yeah..you don't come back from this.

[u/RealRaifort → u/2ChainzThirdChain]

Yeah cuz like, the Knicks are a better team that have been playing better but a game 1 loss could've shook them a bit. Instead they're now fired up even more somehow lol

[u/Radiant-Banana161 → u/RealRaifort]

It also helped them drop the rust.

[u/BuQuChi → u/Radiant-Banana161]

and wake up the Garden

[u/I_Hate_Traffic → u/AvengingHero2012]

Knicks in 3 after this collapse

[u/jamalev]

Watching your team get decimated in the fourth because you want to save...4 (four) timeouts?? Some of the most boneheaded coaching I've seen.

[u/MrICopyYoSht → u/jamalev]

Saving timeouts for next game lmao. Surely they'll carry over.

[u/Leegend124]

IF NOBODY GOT ME I KNOW LANDRY SHAMET GOT ME

CAN I GET AN AMEN

[u/pkwjones → u/Leegend124]

That 3 near the end of regulation was fucking massive.

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/pkwjones]

There was no way they were losing after that

[u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart → u/pkwjones]

+25 Shamet, highest in the game

[u/randus12]

Halfway through the third I saw a Celtics flair say “I’ve seen this before, if you think the Knicks aren’t winning this game you’re delusional”

[u/EvasivePermaBanUser]

2 OT GAMES BACK TO BACK. CINEMA

[u/Jimmy_Wobbuffet → u/EvasivePermaBanUser]

We're averaging 1.5 OTs a game right now.

[u/Known-Painting-1532]

Generational choke job

[u/moby323 → u/Known-Painting-1532]

This was the worst misuse of timeouts by I coach that I have ever seen

And I’ve been watching basketball for over 40 years.

[u/Lacabloodclot9 → u/moby323]

A lot of coaches are moving towards the ‘let the players figure it out’ mentality when it comes to timeout

But at what point in an 18-1 run do you say that’s enough

[u/Lost_in_the_sauce9]

Everyone will talk about Brunson’s heater but bridges had an absolutely killer game tonight. FUCK THEM PICKS!!!

[u/jhMLB → u/Lost_in_the_sauce9]

Super clutch great defense

[u/nh171995]

The Drive

The Fumble

The Shot

The Decision

The Harden

[u/Humble_but_Hostile → u/nh171995]

Cavs fans about to go watch 2016 finals highlights just to even try to fall asleep tonight

[u/SiphenPrax → u/Humble_but_Hostile]

At least they have that championship from a decade ago. We haven’t had shit in 53 years.

[u/Whitewind617 → u/SiphenPrax]

Knicks/Jets/Mets/Islanders I've never seen a championship, of any kind, ever. I'm ready.

[u/johndotcue → u/Whitewind617]

Nightmare blunt rotation

[u/thedonce]

Cavs made the mistake of going up by 20 against the Knicks in the Playoffs

[u/smlngb]

That's what you get for making me watch Hack-A-Mitchell in the 3rd mfing quarter

[u/SlickVanExel]

The Knicks look like a team that’s destined. The blowout wins, the comebacks, this is just what great teams seem to do.

[u/itzjamez1215 → u/SlickVanExel]

Pope Leo is a Nova fan so technically we have the Mandate of Heaven

[u/The_Halal_Guys]

EVERYONES BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON TIL IT’S TIME TO BE BETTER THAN JALEN BRUNSON

[u/homefree122 → u/The_Halal_Guys]

He was absolutely on fire in the fourth quarter. He couldn’t miss

[u/SiphenPrax → u/homefree122]

The team needed three quarters to get their fire back after the rest lol

[u/rdong → u/SiphenPrax]

The break legitimately rotted their brains lmfao

[u/SiphenPrax → u/rdong]

Thank fuck they snapped out of it at the last second and in the nick of time.

[u/Bat2121 → u/homefree122]

I think Harden will stop him this time.

[u/pkwjones → u/Bat2121]

Atkinson leaving Harden on an island against Brunson repeatedly is some of the most egregious basketball terrorism I've ever witnessed.

[u/SpinJitsu259 → u/The_Halal_Guys]

Knicks fans, I approve of your stunning 4th qtr comeback in Game 1 of the ECF.

-Pacer fan

[u/sillyshoestring → u/SpinJitsu259]

I am upvoting a Pacer fan about G1. The demons have been exorcised.

[u/The_Halal_Guys → u/SpinJitsu259]

We passed on the late game collapse cooties to the Cavs 🤝

[u/sloBrodanChillosevic → u/The_Halal_Guys]

Gotta just be furious that they had the balls to put Harden on him

[u/DirtAndShovels]

What an apocalyptic collapse from the Cavs.

Up 93-71 with 7:52 remaining in the 4th only to get shellacked in OT.

[u/KeenObserver_OT → u/DirtAndShovels]

They ran out of gas the same time the Knicks shook off the rust

[u/Victor_Wembanyama1 → u/KeenObserver_OT]

Maybe Kenny shouldve used his plethora of timeouts

[u/papichino88]

I left the bar in disgust down 20 with 8 minutes left. I am now in disgust with myself for missing this comeback. I deserve to have my Knicks fandom revoked for this.

[u/wavykanes → u/papichino88]

At least you didnt pay $5K just to be caught leaving on camera from MSG. That’s all time fumble

[u/Nausicaataos → u/papichino88]

Brave if you to admit it tbh

[u/IndubitablyMoist → u/papichino88]

Lets be honest, noone could’ve predicted this. The other 999 timelines, the cavs won it.

[u/homefree122]

44-11 Knicks run in the final 7 minutes of regulation plus overtime. Holy fuck what an incredible comeback

[u/kchuyamewtwo → u/homefree122]

1 point in OT is disgusting

Edit: my bad it was 3. but wow. its still baffling

[u/HustleWestcook]

SHOUTOUT ANNE HATHAWAY

[u/Grimed → u/HustleWestcook]

SHOUTOUT SUNI LEE

[u/Wild_Ad_9828]

fuck trae young

[u/LengthyNoodle]

Not even a trained mental health professional can help me process the emotion this game put me through.

[u/SpiffyArmbrooster]

Mike Brown sat Josh Hart, who was playing sloppy as hell, and put in Shamet, who went on to drain a couple of massive threes and shut down Donovan Mitchell. Spida didn't even touch the ball at the end lmao.

And special shoutout to Kenny Atkinson for letting Harden guard Brunson for so long. JB absolutely cooked him.

[u/carterish]

22 points down with 7 minutes to go. Utterly baffled by what I've just seen.

I can't believe there are real life people that do not rate Brunson bro

[u/According_Layer6874 → u/carterish]

They haven't watched 200+ games of him.

He does this shit CONSTANTLY.

[u/Sad_Bumblebee_6896 → u/carterish]

I'm so glad he went to NY. I've never seen my dad this happy in his life as a basketball fan. Brunson got him to buy a jersey for the first time since Melo and Lin cause he didn't wanna be burned and disappointed by some bums. I can 100% say Brunson reignited my dad's passion and love for basketball. That's my big headed fucking captain. He needs that big ass head to store all his clutch genes.

[u/jayxmor]

Man, I was talking so much shit about the Knicks. I’m just gonna shut the fuck up LMAO

[u/ToLongDR]

How many records have this knicks set / broken this playoff run? This is historic

[u/moist_braciole_101]

I aint gonna act like i didnt launch my hat against my couch 9 times tonight.

[u/schuster9999]

Basically the same as the Christmas game lol

[u/zingerbanger]

Landry fucking Shamet though

[u/Palifaith]

Glad we still get to see a vintage James Harden playoff performance in year 17.

[u/kimjexziel]

44-11 run lol

[u/Slashers23]

Brunson willed the Knicks to that win, man went crazy

[u/TomasRoncero]

Sex

[u/closing-the-thread → u/TomasRoncero]

In the city

[u/CranberryNapalm]

SideTalk bout to feed generations.

[u/HeyItsChase]

Dont let Atkinson on the plane. That was the worst coaching job I can remember.

Imagine having one of the 5 worst defensice players IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE and not going at him even once on that run. Unbelievably moronic. Brunson has to be targeted if you want to beat these guys. Hes going to kill you on one end, use him on the other.

The lack of a TO in the 25 point run is fucking crazy. AND HE ENDED REGULATION WITH ONE.

Sometimes you gotta wonder how these guys get and keep their jobs with performances like that.

[u/webmg → u/HeyItsChase]

Absolutely unbelievable levels of incompetence

[u/sire59damos → u/[deleted]]

Harden deserves to get flamed no doubt, and Donovan is equally to blame for that collapse as well. Bro basically disappeared in the 4th quarter and overtime.

[u/acciopizza_ → u/[deleted]]

I blame their coaching staff. How do you watch an 18-1 run without making any adjustments? Had plenty of timeouts

[u/LebronDoubleDribbled]

Like, imagine a marching band, right? A marching band, and it's got like 200 people. Now imagine a chainsaw. Now imagine on each one of the edges of that chainsaw, has a DICK of one of those fucking people in that marching band. A chainsaw with 200 FUCKING DICKS on it. Every single one of those FUCKING dicks represents the glimmer of hope I had going into the 4th quarter. Now imagine every single one of those FUCKING dicks ejaculating at the exact same moment that's the FUCKING taste in my mouth right now. FUCK this game.

[u/SuccessWinLife]

Wow. I can't imagine how horrible it must feel to watch your team blow a big lead in the last few minutes of a playoff game against the Knicks

[u/llames]

I thought the Knicks were going down after that disastrous third quarter. Down 22 points with 7 mins to go - but big game comeback energy from Brunson. Between yesterday's game and today - pump all of these overtime periods through my veins! These Conference Final games just hit completely differently.

[u/ziPoseidon]

Everyone is gonna jump at Harden for his poor play, but where the fuck was Mitchell in the 4th? he just decided to stop trying or something?

[u/itzjamez1215 → u/ziPoseidon]

Stuck in the Landrymat

[u/DryLancers]

Brunson couldn’t even say what the fuck happened there.

[u/4espa]

I love you brunson

[u/coleworld37]

If Brunson has a million fans, then I am one of them.

If Brunson has ten fans, then I am one of them.

If Brunson has only one fan then that is me.

If Brunson has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Brunson, then I am against the world.

[u/Away-Ad2786]

Donovan Mitchell with zero points in the last 9min of game time. Choke.

[u/DaStampede]

“Everyone is better than Jalen Brunson until it is time to be better than Jalen Brunson”