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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[kidcarter8]

Rockets fun to watch - and will be moreso with Wall

Young guys Nwaba and Tate add grit.  I figured Gordon would be unleashed a little aftyer the changes. 

Oladipo wearing 7 - reminding of 2 guys - Dee Brown and Dean the Dream.

[kidcarter8]

Interesting conversation this morning re Nets and minutes

Sounds like Nash didn't realize the minutes were so high (just about 7 minutes for their 9th man)

Nash says the second unit was a mess but reality is they only went from down 5 to down 9.

Read: Rookie coach panicked

(Nash justifies it by saying Nets had game won had CLE missed a shot late first OT)

Bears watching as season progresses.

[kidcarter8]

My take?

You got the Big 3 - use it.

[kidcarter8]

Rough shooting start for the unflappable Cole Anthony.  Nice that he got to enjoy this moment

https://www.nba.com/news/horry-scale-cole-anthony-beats-buzzer-timberwolves-from-deep

[bodiddley]

Jar Allen and Prince Taureen wanted to let their old team know they were players.
Combined for 29.  Dot chipped in another bench 15 points.  All that starting probably helped Dotson sharpen his game.

Last 3 possessions for BKY in a tie game in Regulation:
- Harden dribblesdribblesdribblesdribbles then surprisingly passes to a cutting JoeHarris, who gets it up near the rim, but Kyrie sneaks baseline and gets the rebound and putback layup.  Odd play, good Kyrie hustle.
[Nance misses a 3]
- Harden gets the ball and dribblesdribblesdribblesdribbles and clanks a step-back 3 off the side of the rim v the lengthy Nance Jr.
[Sexton drives and just coughs up the ball for no reason]
-Kyrie with 5 secs left drives right and elbows Sexton in the chops, loses the ball gets called for an O-foul.  Call surprisingly reversed on review.  Jump ball with 1.5 secs left.

Takeaways:
Lotta Harden dribbling.  The hot KD didn't touch the ball.
Kyrie finally played a game in CLE.

[kidcarter8]

Nets offense described as the other 2 guys just running around trying not to get in the way

Joe Harris 2-10 and with what was described as "poor looks".

Shamet a DNP.  NBA Radio guys incredulous.  May not realize Bruce Brown has outplayed him.

Will Perry and Claxton get run or is KD at "backup 5" the plan moving forward?

[chipstern]

Jar Allen and Prince Taureen wanted to let their old team know they were players.
Combined for 29.  Dot chipped in another bench 15 points.  All that starting probably helped Dotson sharpen his game.

Last 3 possessions for BKY in a tie game in Regulation:
- Harden dribblesdribblesdribblesdribbles then surprisingly passes to a cutting JoeHarris, who gets it up near the rim, but Kyrie sneaks baseline and gets the rebound and putback layup.  Odd play, good Kyrie hustle.
[Nance misses a 3]
- Harden gets the ball and dribblesdribblesdribblesdribbles and clanks a step-back 3 off the side of the rim v the lengthy Nance Jr.
[Sexton drives and just coughs up the ball for no reason]
-Kyrie with 5 secs left drives right and elbows Sexton in the chops, loses the ball gets called for an O-foul.  Call surprisingly reversed on review.  Jump ball with 1.5 secs left.

Takeaways:
Lotta Harden dribbling.  The hot KD didn't touch the ball.
Kyrie finally played a game in CLE.

Sexton was a man on a mission. 

Happy for Dot.  Played great. 

Okoro a better shooter than you would allow.

Ossman is fucking lights out.  What a stroke. 

PS: Watching highlights of GS/Lakers, and it would appear that Paschal is what the Knicks were hoping his college team mate Spellman would be. 

[bodiddley]

My take?
You got the Big 3 - use it.

Well, Harden isn't in good condition yet.
And it was Kyrie's 1st game back.

But Nash was hoping to get a W pushing those guys to around 40 mins each.
Couldn't anticipate OT and then 2OT.
Nets announcers were talking about how the Big 3 looked tired starting 2nd OT.
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Sexton went nuts late.  The funny thing is I think he hit two 3's, missed a pair of FT"s and then hit two more 3's.
And I'll give Kyrie some credit, his D was fine on most of those. 
And in the 1OT, Kyrie stripped Osman and blocked a short Sexton paint shot (but Sexton caught the block and kicked out for a Nance 3).

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Okoro a better shooter than you would allow.

Only saw the 4Q and both OT's.  So didn't see Okoro's 3's.
But in the 4Q Okoro got a pass, Karden closed out and Okoro traveled trying to drive.
In OT, Okoro got a pass in the corner, attacked the closeout and didn't have any floater or midrange so kicked out to
th 3 point line for no advantage.  Both times a shooter would have likely taken the 3.   It's good to see him attack, but both of those didn't work out.
Fouled out in 2OT.

Okoro is a tough defender.  He seemed to enjoy covering Harden.  One play in either very late 4Q or more likely OT,
Nets set a screen for Harden, Okoro shoved the rolling Harris out of the way and went back to Harden.  He just wasn't willing to switch off Harden.
I don't think he's as good a shooter as you do: 40 / 33 / 62%

[kidcarter8]

Onyeke Okongwu is back for Hawks

Combines with Capela for 29-32-8

(ok, so Clint had 27-26-5 of that)

Solid OT win for Hawks as they stay a smidge ahead of NY at 7-7

[bodiddley]

Well, I missed 1Q.
And my connection has been decidedly choppy 2Q & 3Q.

Knix catch a break with Dray getting ejected.  GS announcers claim Dray was cursing Wiseman for a blown
assignment and the ref thought it was directed at him.  Uber needs to step up with Dray out.  Paschall having a nice game.

Funny how the GSW announcers have no clue about the Knix.  Mid-2Q: "Randle as a distributor.  Wow, he's really looking to pass
the ball."  (who knew?) and "Mitch Robinson is really becoming a terrific defender"
I guess last year was an odd one.  But still they seem clueless about NYK.

RJB playing confidently.
Knix D keeping GS off-kilter.
Refs calling a ton of small fouls.
Knix with 34 FT's entering the 4Q.

[elephant]

That first quarter you missed was a beaut.

[Kam]

A bit of a boring game after the 1st.   
Free throw fest.
But a win is a win.
Especially on the road.
Especially against that showboat Curry.
Curry and Green were throwing stupid lazy passes.
Curry lost a finals because of a lazy behind the back pass.
Green lost a finals because of technical fouls.
They didn’t learn from that.

[bodiddley]

Knix have managed to disrupt a lot of teams offenses.
Keep them off balance and out of rhythm.
I think Knix have most trouble when guys drive hard to the rim.
That has exposed them some and disrupted the defense.
But most teams are content to jack threes and avoid the paint.

Mannion is gritty.
Blanketed Elf and made some drives/passes.  Unafraid.

Knix made their 3's. 
6 guys in double figures.

55 fouls.  80 FT's.
But Knix seem to do well uglying things up.

I probably shouldn't have hunted around more for the MSG feed. 
Homer announcers get a bit tiresome.  But it is interesting to hear their takes on NYK.
They thought Thibs has Knix playing hard, moving their feet, defending.

I thought it was a real mature game from Uncle Julius.  He didn't try to take over or assert himself,
but kept the flow and scored when it was there or favorable matchups.  Had a "quiet" big game of 16 / 17 / 9.
I didn't realize he had so many boards.

Uber and Wiggy were disappointing.  Needed to do more.  Knix have had trouble with athletic guys driving.
Paschal and Bazemore got in deep and scored easily a few times.  Uber and Wiggy needed to attack. 
Uber tried in spurts, but he was missing finishes and good looks.  Either Uber has some nagging injury or isn't focused enough.

A nothing game from Quix and Knocks, but everyone else played well.

[bodiddley]

That first quarter you missed was a beaut.

I'll try to catch a replay.

[facilitatorn]

Randle got about four boards cleaning up missed dunks and bunnies off his feeds. 

Quick had a sequence setting up Obi then splashing a three (his one make) that opened things up to an 18 point lead. That said it was far from his best game. We’ll probably need more from him on this trip.

It is really really really nice to have Burks back. Shaking the rust off he had 11 points on 7 shots.

Injury rest was a factor in the decision, but I don’t mind Rivers minutes all going to Burks whenever Burks is available. I hope he stays available.

RJ found his beast mode.