Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The ball did go in, and indeed, it did. Do you feel it? It’s anxiety. The Knicks will play the Celtics, aiming at winning their first second-round series since they last did in 2000 (yes, you read that right), starting Monday. For now, we wait. Here’s what Coach Thibs and a buncha people have said over the past … [Read more...] about Knicks Bulletin: ‘The ball did go in. That’s all I care about’
Knicks Bulletin: ‘You would’ve thought I hit the game-winner’
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Boston, you’re next. The New York Knicks punched their tickets to the second round of the NBA playoffs on Thursday, beating the Detroit Pistons on the road. The Knicks will get their matchup against the Celtics going on Monday after putting notching a 116-113 win in Motor City with Captain Clutch (who else?) playing … [Read more...] about Knicks Bulletin: ‘You would’ve thought I hit the game-winner’
Knicks 116, Pistons 113: “Brunson is not the Clutch Player of the Year lol”
Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images What a player. What a game. What a series. I grew up listening to music albums. Full albums. At some point that slipped into solo tracks, usually chosen by some randomizing algorithm. After many years of that subtle sickness, I’ve since returned to full-length albums, and feel like someone who switched from poison to medicine. NBA fans have … [Read more...] about Knicks 116, Pistons 113: “Brunson is not the Clutch Player of the Year lol”
The eerie similarities between the last two Game 6s
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images The Knicks closed out Detroit in an eerily similar way to how they closed out Philadelphia last season. Last night, thankfully, mercifully, the Knicks pulled out the series win against the Pistons, surviving a back-and-forth Game 6 in a series that neither team ever held a 20-point lead. For reference, the other seven … [Read more...] about The eerie similarities between the last two Game 6s
The Last Shot
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Frozen in Time There’s a reason Jalen Brunson walked away with the 2024–25 Clutch Player of the Year. The man has ice in his veins, and somehow, that ice gets even a degree or two colder in crunch time. When the Knicks need a bucket, need a bailout, need a hero? Brunson doesn’t blink. He delivers. Always. Game Six had … [Read more...] about The Last Shot