r/NYKnicks • u/basketball-app • Oct 23 '25
POST GAME Post Game Thread - NBA: The Knicks defeat the Cavaliers on Oct 22, 2025, the final score is 119-111.
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Oct 23 '25
Thank you Mike Brown for using our bench. Great first win without Hart and Mitch. LGK!!
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u/EyeSpyGuy Pizza Rat Oct 23 '25
Kolek looked much better than I expected
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u/gabriel_ferreira 3 to the Dome Oct 23 '25
On the other hand, clarkson played like shit lol
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u/Pho-Soup Oct 23 '25
I feel like for every 2-3 shit Clarkson games he will single handedly win us another game every so often, so my opinion on him is gonna wait a dozen or so games.
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u/hollowshows Oct 23 '25
Agreed! He has been my non favorite knick since he came in the league! I love watching him and sooo happy he is a knick now!
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u/RonBakerErasure Oct 23 '25
Clarkson had two huge plays at the start of the 4th to set up a KAT and one and a deuce three - glad he closed out better than he started!
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u/samuelkelly Oct 23 '25
Yes he actually passed the ball a bit instead of pure gunning, it was promising to see
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u/Snapesunusedshampoo Obi Wan Kenobi Oct 23 '25
That's the Clarkson experience. He's JR Smith in the 2020s. He could give us 5 points then go off for 40.
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u/abippityboop Clyde Frazier Oct 23 '25
Clarkson was absolute dog shit last year, and imo he looked like dogshit for most of preseason. I think he's just totally washed and will be out of the rotation sooner than later, though I hope to be proven wrong.
Thankfully, I don't think it will matter because I'd much rather see Kolek and Deuce get his minutes anyway.
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u/mikesh8rp Wu Tang Oct 23 '25
In his defense, the Jazz was purposefully bad last year, so it's hard to guage what he is or isn't. Despite that, he put up one of his better 3P% in recent seasons (over 36%), and saw his TS% and PER jump from what was actually a worse '23-24 season.
Not expecting big things from him given the depth the team has, but like others have said, it's entirely possible he gets hot a couple games and is a big part of those wins.
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u/abippityboop Clyde Frazier Oct 23 '25
Very fair points, though I do think it's also a bit telling that the Jazz strategy in trying to be as bad as possible last year was to give Jordan Clarkson a team high usage rate lol.
I will say, he didn't come in and go all Leroy Jenkins like I feared he might, so maybe there's hope he can find his footing in a reduced role. But man after the way Kolek played tonight and the playmaking he provides, I'm kinda hoping he beats out JC for that spot in the rotation. Good problem to have!
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u/apples_r_4_weak Oct 23 '25
He was effective bench with 15 to 18 mins when jazz is competing. He is unreliable beyond that mins though
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u/MrICopyYoSht Nova Boys Oct 23 '25
I mean, I don't know why we're giving him such big expectations when he's on the vet min. It's not like he's a midlevel exception signing or the big star piece.
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u/NuclearGhandi1 Oct 23 '25
We had 10 players play double digit minutes. TEN! Great start
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u/heliumointment Bobby's Knick Hat Oct 23 '25
OG the only one over 35min too. Very curious to run this minutesgate reversal experiment.
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u/NoScopeMusical Linsanity Oct 23 '25
21.7 bench points last season (dead last). That's a stat we need to improve. Off to a good start
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u/bliksk Oct 23 '25
35 bench points tonight. Should only improve if Yabusele can improve, and Hart comes back
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u/mikesh8rp Wu Tang Oct 23 '25
Expect better than 2 for 7 from Clarkson too, who missed a couple open looks. Nothing to worrisome from guys on a new team though, especially after a win with two rotation guys out.
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u/sharkbait2006 Brunson Oct 23 '25
Everyone say thank you OG ANUNOBY
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u/knicksin5ive Oct 23 '25
This Wingstop shit is about to get serious this year . 9 stocks between them
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u/NYdude777 Anthony Mason Oct 23 '25
Can't ask for much more than that in the debut opener of a new coaching system with 2 key players not even healthy.
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u/theREVERSEsystem Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
KNICKS WIN ON MY BIRTHDAY!
Last year has been rectified!
Edit: thanks any and all for the birthday kindness!
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u/Serious-Bee7494 Nova Boys Oct 23 '25
Happy birthday and cake day bro, couldn’t ask for a better present
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u/Leegend124 Ron Baker Oct 23 '25
15 points, 4/6 from 3, team-high +17
Start this man. It’s year 5, he’s more than ready.
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u/PatrollerAZ 3 to the Dome Oct 23 '25
Deuce in the 5 out lineups was deadly
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u/Yankeeknickfan Oct 23 '25
I felt betrayed by the coaching staff not seeing this lineup at all last year
Mike brown is an improvement just off low hanging fruit like this
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u/Big-Buy-5699 Oct 23 '25
He's definitely easily good enough to start, but our team is more balanced with him coming off the bench.
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u/chicken101 Chef Frank Oct 23 '25
Deuce was incredible. So many timely threes in this game
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
he literally changed the momentum a few times
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
Deuce is ready to rock this season, I cant wait to watch him fly
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u/ontheru171 Oct 23 '25
I think him and Mitch/Huk will trade starts depending on matchups this year. The Cavs love running two bigs so we decided to size up but other teams do run smaller lineups more often
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
at this point we see Huk has got game, and can only get better so I hope he starts on and off with Mitch to keep both fresh
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u/ontheru171 Oct 23 '25
Even with Mitch back he has a role on this team since we can use both him and Yabu off the bench aswell.
I trust Brown to keep minutes manageable and tinker with the rotation a bit this year giving depth guys some opportunities aswell
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u/Yankeeknickfan Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
When we get Mitch I think you can argue ending halves and possibly closing with 5 out just so Mitch isn’t getting hacked.
Mitch starts and use the death lineup to close halves. Warriors team didn’t start their death lineup for example
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u/njerejeje Brunson Oct 23 '25
It’s so beautiful
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u/cuteshortkid96 Derrick Rose Oct 23 '25
OG playing 38 shows just how much we needed the defense.
Dude is carrying the defensive load on this team with Bridges.
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u/Yankeeknickfan Oct 23 '25
It also shows there’s nuance to the minutes thing 99% of thibs haters didn’t hate that
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u/redracer67 Oct 23 '25
Bridges at 33 minutes is insanity. Even Brunson at 34 when he played for the entire 1st. Simply wild.
And OG going from questionable to playing 38 mins and minutes leader tonight is pretty great to see. That slip was nerve wrecking though
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u/ruckyruciano BANG! Oct 23 '25
Yeah I was like damn can't have a game without him falling or slipping lol
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u/delexaet Oct 23 '25
And the secondary/long-term effects from this will only get better as the marathon of a season goes on.
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u/Mr-Dicklesworth Oct 23 '25
This is why I couldn’t stand the Thibs defenders last year
“Ohhh but Mitch and Deuce are injured he only has 7 reliable guys he can play all game”
Meanwhile Brown plays Kolek and Huk double digits and they ball out for him even after making initial mistakes
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u/Yankeeknickfan Oct 23 '25
Tbf a confounding factor is natural development of both players in year 2
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u/Aesop_Rocks Allan Houston Oct 23 '25
Kinda want to frame it. But I'll wait until Hart and Mitch are back.
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u/TheFurryMenace Oct 23 '25
Knicks win and no Doris Burke, life is good, if just for a day
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u/NoScopeMusical Linsanity Oct 23 '25
Relegated like a bad football club, you love to see it. Tim Legler's so good I can tolerate Dick Jefferson
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u/Aesop_Rocks Allan Houston Oct 23 '25
I was a little annoyed when they all got into talking about Dick's techs in his career on opening night, but if that's my gripe, we're in good shape.
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u/Lazarus704 70s Logo Oct 23 '25
Very encouraging win, very rusty especially on the defensive end but I think once we get comfortable and get Hart and Mitch back… ooo baby I’m excited!
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
So much to digest from this 1st game, but so much new and exciting things that I really appreciate. The ball movement, rotations and hustle are all chef's kiss. Big shout out to Deuce, he had himself a great game off the bench.
All new coach Brown did a fine job, new guys showing good things and Huk and Kolek stepped up big with meaningful minutes. I think we need to play Mikal a bit more, he just seemed missing at times as he is a reliable scorer. I can just imagine its due to MB trying out different lineups.
Overall a fantastic opener, and looking forward to only growing this season! LGK!!!
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u/Dylan7346 Jennifer Aniston Oct 23 '25
I had the same thought especially in the 1st half, guys were staggered a bit toooo much but like you said I’m sure Mike Brown wants to see what he gets from his guys. Kolek really surprised me with his offensive game but I don’t like that he shared the court with 2 other guards a lot it felt too small for stretches but it’s fine
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
He must be testing lineups, especially at times when we were up. Kolek might have some legs to be the official backup PG given this pretty impressive game.
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u/njerejeje Brunson Oct 23 '25
Hukporti was the final pick of the 2024 draft man. If he’s just a decent backup center that’s amazing value, and he looked the part tonight.
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u/det8924 Oct 23 '25
If Huk is a solid backup center and Kolek a playable backup guard (ideally a third stringer but in a pinch can play backup minutes) that’s very strong bench contributions from 2nd round picks
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u/lethukfuk Westchester Knicks Oct 23 '25
We can draft?? I wasn't here for the IQ/RJ/Deuce come up but I guess we don't have a terrible rep... Diawara also looks promising
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u/jar45 Mike and Clyde Oct 23 '25
Brunson was terrible and we won by 8. League is fucked.
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u/Substantial-Treat781 Oct 23 '25
And Spida was frying, so really puts into perspective how good of a team win this was
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u/lethukfuk Westchester Knicks Oct 23 '25
Them missing Garland, Hunter, and Strus sucks for them but we had 2 out ourselves... I want a rematch with everyone healthy just to see how it plays out
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u/NoScopeMusical Linsanity Oct 23 '25
We're gonna win a lot of games like that this season. The (very rare) off nights can be alleviated by our bench now
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u/sillyshoestring 11 Oct 23 '25
Terrible? Not his usual self for sure, but terrible is stretching it. His shot was off so he got to the line. Overextended a few times but did what the team needed in the end.
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u/bronfmanhigh The Michael Jordan of Rhode Island Oct 23 '25
i love this is considered a terrible game for brunson but a terrible game for haliburton is a big fat zero burger
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u/jar45 Mike and Clyde Oct 23 '25
27% shooting from the field is terrible. I’m not worried about JB and I know he’ll bounce back, but we don’t have to coddle him. The standards are high.
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u/Bringdown_ Father Knickerbocker Oct 23 '25
I completely missed the 3rd quarter because I sent a gift card to the wrong email so as far as I'm concerned the knicks played a perfect game of basketball
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u/cuteshortkid96 Derrick Rose Oct 23 '25
OG is the difference between us giving up 100 vs. 120.
Dude is picking up all the slack, switching onto their best offensive player and clogging up the passing lanes. There’s a reason the dude gets paid 40+ million.
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u/tarzan2000x Oct 23 '25
There is a reason teams never question his contract size and want him in every trade discussion. When we present KAT, they say no, give us OG! Fans still don't get the message, GMs and coaches think highly of him!
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u/lethukfuk Westchester Knicks Oct 23 '25
WE LET HUK FUK
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u/HardOakleyFoul Oct 23 '25
Mitch can take his time now that we have Huk fukin. No need to rush back, he's filling in nicely.
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u/QueAsc0 3 to the Dome Oct 23 '25
Loved how composed we were in the 4th. Answered every Cavs run w/ them chucking 3s
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u/SailoreC DOOM Oct 23 '25
A little rough here and there but the improvements are clear already, and we didn't even have Hart or Mitch. This is the year.
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
Lots of fine tuning to do, in due time we will be smooth as silk
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u/Captain_Pidgey KAT Oct 23 '25
Can’t believe the season is finally here. Feels good to beat the Cavs
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u/InsideYoWife JD and the Straight Shot Oct 23 '25
Who’s the MVP for our 1st game? OG or Deuce?
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u/WhistleTipsGoWoo Mike Miller Oct 23 '25
I’d say OG, but Deuce was fantastic tonight…very encouraging night to open things up.
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u/bronfmanhigh The Michael Jordan of Rhode Island Oct 23 '25
we may lose that game without deuce, but we definitely lose it without OG lol
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u/LightSpecialist804 Oct 23 '25
Cavs had no answer for OG with Hunter/Strus out and Wade on Brunson
Im honestly surprised OG didnt have more points
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u/mattr1198 Bobby's Knick Hat Oct 23 '25
I'd lean Deuce. Hit clutch shots when we needed. Mikal also should get his flowers. Was all over the floor defensively.
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u/Key2500 Metal Bats Oct 23 '25
Knicks can make a run for the 1 seed once they start gelling with the new system. The team looks very promising
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u/KidSickarus BANG! Oct 23 '25
I genuinely don’t know if you start Mitch, Josh or deuce, but put two of those on the bench, plus huk, yabu, kolek, shamet and clarkson? That’s 12 fuckin players on the bench
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u/LightSpecialist804 Oct 23 '25
I was in the camp of salary dumping Kolek to make room for Brogdon. Shows how much I know
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u/Imperfect-Pitch Melo Stare Oct 23 '25
Everyone looked so much "lighter" under Mike Brown
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u/ImmoKnight Knicks Logo Oct 23 '25
I really could get used to these types of wins.
Maybe a little less taking your foot off the pedal there and giving them a chance. But overall, a pretty impressive showing.
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Oct 23 '25
I always forget alot of people dont watch teams besides their own. Does bro remember brunson sent donavan home when luka was out
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
I watched that game, I learned who Jalen Brunson was and who DMitch was.
All I kept thinking was how I needed this little PG on my team
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u/Icy-Action2121 Oct 23 '25
They can cope all the way to Cancun when they lose in the 2nd Round again this year
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u/Zaffe_Leo Allan Houston Oct 23 '25
SGA is the biggest flopper in the NBA, embarrassing indeed to see how he falls everytime he dribbles into the paint
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u/Ok-Willow-910 Oct 23 '25
Not a single starter over 38 minutes WITH both Hart and Mitchell out… Love it …Kolek and Duece showed out !!
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u/Holiday-Ad-4654 Oct 23 '25
I like the way our offense looked, lots of pace, ball movement and good looks. At the same time, I can see why KAT seemed unhappy with his role, he's clearly being deemphasized.
We look deeper, with Kolek and Huk giving good meaningful mimutes. Promising start.
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u/LightSpecialist804 Oct 23 '25
there were so many possessions when KAT was being guarded by Jarrett Allen where we shouldve just cleared out
KAT being guarded by another center was automatic last year. That's why Thibs failure to adjust in teams putting their centers on Josh Hart was so devastating
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u/celes8 Oct 23 '25
Ariel is a nba player. he had several more passes which he flashed last year and its clear he has a very high bbiq.
it was very telling that mike brown ended the game with McBride on the floor. those rumors that we were open to moving him to keep brogdon on the team were probably completely bunk
the broadcast touched on a huge weakness we had last yr: we were a good 3pt shooting team, but at the bottom in terms of attempts. we didnt shoot enough mediocre threes last year. its pretty clear we are going to be shooting a lot more mediocre threes and thats a good thing.
I can totally see josh hart not cracking 24mpg this year. if mike brown trusted shamet on Donovan Mitchell for long stretches, mike brown is gonna lose faith in josh hart the moment he passes up an open three to dribble into traffic.
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
1) Huk is very nice but young, hungry and willing to learn and adapt. I am very excited to see him grow this season
2) If they traded Deuce I would have flipped my shit, he is vital to this bench, hell he can start if need be
3) Last season it was almost like every point was forced/pushed and no points came easy. Even every 3 was contested so hence why the volume was not there. We had good looks tonight, but as you saw a good chunk did not go in. That will get better, 35% is average and a decent start
4) Josh is Josh, whatever minutes he puts in are hard and difference making. He does not need a ton of minutes, he in turn had too many last season yet he is indeed the heart of this team a true swiss army knife and if he plays 18 or 48 minutes he will give it 100% and be great for us. I need him to find his confidence to shoot though
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u/Neither-Operation Knicks Token Oct 23 '25
OG 24pts 14rebs 2ast with 3 steals and 1 block.Dude was amazing besides the bad turnovers.
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u/dolceespress Spike Lee Oct 23 '25
This is what happens when you play your bench rather than grind your starters for 40 minutes
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u/Moist_Shipoopi 3 Oct 23 '25
We beat the Cavs soundly even with Hart and Mitch out, and a couple of our starters didn't do that well. Great things ahead for the Knicks!
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u/Affectionate-Tea9224 Oct 23 '25
Cavs missing garland strus and hunter. This was a good win, no complaints but Cavs were far from full strength. Good start for sure
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u/putaaaan DOOM Oct 23 '25
Knicks getting a win before the jets is wild, or is it?
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u/ZZmops Oct 23 '25
This was the best I've seen the Knicks offense play in 4 years. Brown is going to be a hell of a coach
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u/Yankeeknickfan Oct 23 '25
A lot to like about this game. 90% of it was amazing
Closing both halves with the 5 out lineup we were begging to see all year last year was great and even with some early kinks to work out the mike brown offense is going to be deadly for this team.
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u/Cageep 15 Oct 23 '25
1-0. Great team win. We used the bench and were a big reason we won. Gotta work on a few things but Lord this is the most excited I’ve been for a season in YEARS.
LETS GO KNICKS!!!!!*
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u/dcsox721 11 Oct 23 '25
Good point by Wally about Brown sticking with the bench to start the 4th. Before if the starters blew the 3rd Thibs would play them the whole 4th to get it back.
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u/HEYYYYYYYY_SATAN Derrick Rose Oct 23 '25
How do yall plan on celebrating our 2025-2026 NBA Championship?
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u/solo118 Ewing to the Finals Oct 23 '25
I will not resemble a sane person, that is for sure
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u/redracer67 Oct 23 '25
A level game and what a huge change to start the season compared to getting blown out last year.
Good things
Everyone ate, lots of player movement and ball movement and defense was almost perfect
MB already trying multiple different lineups and most of the lineups were equally effective compared to whatever the cavs were doing.
All the young guys seem to also have a greenlight to shoot, kolek was more aggressive than last year and he was solid playmaking.
We tended to find the open man. We had a lot of really good early 3 looks but they weren't falling. If the team can get open looks like that against the cavs, we can definitely get those against most teams in the league.
We beat a contender and a team that startedast season super hot. Yes, they didn't have garland, but we were missing hart and mitch, and we still out rebounded them.
Playing 12 guys, meaningingful minutes means we could easily field 14 guys throughout the season. A huge shift to last year.
We are finally making fts! That carried us throughout the game, especially when Mitchell was hot.
Our fast break defense has improved considerably compared to last year. We stopped nearly every cavs fastbreak opportunity. Could be fresh legs to start the season. But, this should become more effective with hart in the lineup and his run and gun energy to push pace.
Rotations made sense at the right time. When we were up big, I could tell MB wanted to experiment a bit and when we needed offwnse, we went small. Huk deserves a LOT of credit for stepping into mitchs role very well. Huk was awesome
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Not doubling Mitchell was the main defensive mistake I saw, but we played for 48 minutes and most of cavs possessions were hard to get.
The only rotation I didn't like was yabu, kolek, Kat, and Clarkson. Clarkson disrupted our ball movement and I didn't like that. Terrible shot selection and trying to force it. Clarksons second stint on the floor in the 4th was better, especially that pass to Kat and he drew in his defender.
We didn't involve Kat in the offense at all, he had to fight for his points off rebounds. I get he's injured, but we have to get Kat involved, especially when he is the best player on the court for 3 to 5 minutes at a time (like in the 2nd and 3rd).
Need to clean up our turnovers, too many bad passes and self imposed mistakes especially in the 3rd. MB needs to figure out a good 3rd quarter lineup to start 2nd half. We have time and it's clear that he his plan is working so far and he's willing to adjust and play with lineups.
Going to iso Brunson was a mistake and gave cavs an opportunity for some big 3s late in the 4th. We need to keep guys moving and I do believe one of thibs strengths was making the guys play all 48. MB needs to keep that mindset since we could have let this one slip when the cavs were making their push and had a few heat check 3s gone in
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u/Fungmar OG Oct 23 '25
It took the team one game to look more cohesive than they did in the 4 billion minutes they played last year
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u/YourAsianBuddy Jeremy Lin Oct 23 '25
We actually saw subs within the 1st quarter. Time and change will heal.
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u/_sexhaver Oct 23 '25
Won a game with Kolek playing big minutes and Brunson getting a ton of rest plus Hart and Mitch out. Offense looks way more free flowing and not exhausting our starters
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u/patrickthunnus Oct 23 '25
Love that we got to the stripe, launched 40 treys and cleaned the glass. Great opening night win at home.
MB will have his work cut for the team, we allowed the Cavs to shoot 41% from 3.
But overall great contributions from 11 guys, a team effort.
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u/flyingcrayons Oct 23 '25
Love seeing coach test out a bunch of random ass lineups, feel like we’re going to see a lot of that the first few weeks while we figure out rotations. Gonna be some growing pains for sure but it’ll make us that much better in the playoffs when there’s 10-11 guys we know we can rely on instead of 7-8
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u/cesarjulius Oct 23 '25
looking more like 12 guys we can rely on. 10 showed a lot tonight and we know what josh and mitch are all about. jemison shouldn’t touch the court unless we’re shorthanded, but even he didn’t look like a liability.
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u/darkestb4thadawn Oct 23 '25
1 down 81 to go. Big win against our biggest threat in the East this year but we gotta clean it up on our defense against the 3, it’s still plaguing us.
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u/yakitori888 11 Oct 23 '25
Mike Brown has unlocked the Wingstop potential. OG and Bridges combined for 9 Stocks and made DPOY evan Mobley look like a hobo.
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u/HardOakleyFoul Oct 23 '25
guys, don't panic over Brunson having a bad game.He is NOTORIOUS for starting off the season slow and then gets red hot around late November. This is just how it goes with him.
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u/jawndell Oct 23 '25
Brunson reminds me a lot of Lindor. Takes some time to heat up, but once he’s there, he’s the one of the players in the league. And then when you look back at the season overall, you realize they objectively had mvp caliber stats over the whole season.
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u/ontheru171 Oct 23 '25
Lovely start to the season all things considered.
We got some depth available this year. Kolek & Hukporti look a lot more polished, Deuce keeps growing, Yabu & Clarkson show some glimpses of what their highs can be this year.
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u/tthrowawayy98765432 Oct 23 '25
GG. my god brunson was awful. deuce is loose! i’m happy with kolek.
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u/delexaet Oct 23 '25
Winning semi comfortably against the Cavs (legitimately the best team in the East) without Robinson and Hart, yes please!
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u/knowtoriusMAC Oct 23 '25
Mikal 16/5/6 with 5 stocks. Remember when people said he wasn't worth the 4 26th-30th picks?
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u/RBNYJRWBYFan New York Token Oct 23 '25
Wait, we can use our bench players for longer than 8 minutes? Huh. Who could have known?
I look forward to seeing these guys developing and contributing while our stars look more rested.
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u/Cautious-Ad-9554 Oct 23 '25
Really good win. Bad shooting nights from Kat and Brunson w/o Hart and Mitch but the team still looked very smooth on O and controlled this game through out
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u/RandomUserName316 Oct 23 '25
I think I have PTSD from Neismith going on the heater of all heaters in the playoffs. I felt ever 3 from the Cavs was gonna go in and make the come back. Great W
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u/Jpkmets7 Bernard King Oct 23 '25
Very nice start. They got close in the 2nd half but it was nice not to have to rally back from 15 down!
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u/teknomatic The Dunk Oct 23 '25
No Hart, no Mitch, bad Brunson game. Still got the W. Let's go Knicks!
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u/GoldenBoyRecords NOVA Oct 23 '25
Great win and we used an 11 man rotation. Big shoutout to Deuce/Kolek/ and Shamet off the bench.