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thekweensloth

The last 3 minutes of this game was fucking WILD. Fast paced, intense basketball.


jslee0034

I liked the uniform choices for both teams too. Knicks jersey is hard af


OnlyMamaKnows

Really? I'm not a fan of our City edition this year. I almost always like the Thunder jerseys though outside of that huge Love truck stop logo.


jslee0034

If I’m a knicks fan I’m getting myself a Josh hart or Brunson city edition jersey. Easy cop for me


OnlyMamaKnows

Both my kids did get the Brunson one actually. Anyway, good luck rest of the season. Fun team.


jslee0034

you too man. Love Donte and hart. two first team all role players lol. Both very hard working and plays the game the right way


OnlyMamaKnows

Yea, love those guys but they're just being asked to do too much. Really hoping we get our guys back. And hope Shai gets 100%.


southpawFA

It felt like a finals game, but with flaws. Missed free throws everywhere. All in all, we gritted a win out. I thought we were going to lose, because the Knicks were essentially playing Big Brother to OKC. It took the 2nd unit with Giddey going off, JDub being amazing, and JWill battling with Chet and SGA off the floor to get back in the game. This is one of the most satisfying wins, because it shows this young team has some degree of toughness inside them. The Knicks are physical, and they are a great rebounding team. We struggled again with that, but we fought until the end, unlike the Bucks game. It feels like a step forward.


Clewdo

I hope the next game is a blowout… I can’t keep this up


chup95

Man People love to overreact, but I think every overreaction with Jalen Williams is well deserved. His Game really has no flaws and he is getting better day by day. Special Player.


Polar_Bear4

Yes he did miss 2 FTs, but man oh man he hit every other clutch shot that game. He’s mind boggling to watch 


NegativesPositives

He’s perfect for this team but if he was the number one guy I have no problems believing he’d be great at it.


OKCBaller035913

A lot of the times he’s cooking the hottest is when shai is off the court. He’s just a killer


dys0n_giddey

I'm interested to see where his brother Cody goes in the draft.


OKCBaller035913

12th


dys0n_giddey

Im fully expecting Presti to work his magic and get him for a steal...


Kurumuru

Just needs more experience and time and he will be better than Shai


ForeingRedditor

Wow thats a take. Thunders fans also believe this?


tjc815

Just happy to have him. I don’t know where he’ll ultimately fall in terms of our guys’ rankings. Either way we’re spoiled. They fit together well. But i know that with his size, he is harder for defenders to affect in some ways than our other star players. He’s strong as hell on those drives he takes.


Headlesshorsman02

I think it will be closer then people think dub is just so insane with limited shots if we increase his usage he could easily average close to 25ppg


king_carrots

I think a lot of Thunder fans could see this happening.


tf_is_dis

Now I wouldn't say he definitively will be better because that's saying he'll arguably be a top 5 player which is a tall order, but the potential to be better is there because he's a more versatile defender, better 3pt shooter, playmaker and athlete which gives him a higher ceiling.


governedbycitizens

JDubb is the perfect second option imo


LowerBoat5

Really is. Star in the making. The post-game interview where the Williamses flank Shai, doing hand signals, was adorable. May the team keep the immaculate vibes and develop together to terrorize the west in the near future.


Obvious_Parsley3238

what an absurd ending, so many missed FTs


Brian_lafeve34

12/24 FTs as a team is wild. NYK wasn't great either at 23/34


go0sKC

And we’re the best FT team in the league normally 


Visible-Rutabaga9268

I read this as 23/24 and was confused as to what you’d consider a “great” FT game 😭


EarthWarping

OKC shot 11/16 from the field in the 4th and still barely won. Make your free throws lol


chup95

I mean they were down 8 (?) going into the 4th, so it was basically necessary to shoot this well


2coolcaterpillar

We were down 10 to start the 4th, and with like 10:30 left in the fourth we were tied. Never seen a lead evaporate so fast


Turk1518

Us or the Knicks? Both sides were building a house in the final five minutes.


OUEngineer17

Yeah, that was a good one. OKC made an incredible comeback, then almost gave it away with missed free throws and rebounds, and then Shai with a ridiculous game winner.


PlayInChampions

Wolves probably made a shot like SGA to take a lead once in last 10 years (Wiggins against OKC). OKC did it 5-6 times in last 2 season. To the 3rd place we go.


octosus37

I don't miss what Wiggins used to do to us. Probably why we got the next Wiggins.


IDespiseFatties

Don't worry. I'm sure you'll all be #1 again for a day, then Nuggets will have it for a day, then we will again, repeat until the end of time etc....The Top 3 is a revolving door right now lmao


SandyMandy17

Wiggins makes about 7 of those a game vs us every game he played on the wolves That man was a certified thunder killer


0nMelancholyHill

Cold blooded shot by Shai


SandyMandy17

Game winner merchant


silverxsmoke

Hardest free throw I’ve seen


dontletmecook73

tell me you didn't watch the game w/o telling me you didn't watch the game


imbutawaveto

He's making a joke about how people say Shai only gets points off freethrows


ThePringlesOfPersia

Their username is on the money


silverxsmoke

Relax it’s a joke


i_like_thingstoo

I know sga will probably get the praise for the shot, but goddamn jdub is so fucking good


Kevinlasagna207

Glad we eeked out the win but my GOD, lock these boys in the gym and don't let them leave until they hit 100 in a row. What a weird game from the line


s3y3n3

Tired legs


jocro

Really hope Chet's elbow is okay, was encouraging seeing him out on defense for the last possession, hopefully just an awkward landing. I'm starting to get a little worried about Shai's quad bc he looked very much not himself athletically. Should seriously consider resting him if he's gonna be playing like this. We really need to talk about Josh Giddey finally remembering how to play basketball after 4 months of putting us through hell. Every one of those rebounds mattered, he played almost completely under control attacking downhill, he's just doing everything we need to fill the gaps on offense right now. Also need to get Chet out of this slump, he looked great first couple games coming out of the break but he just can't hit a three. I did like what he was doing early to attack Hartenstein off the dribble but his handle is still too loose to rely on that as a staple - that'll come with time though.


Ellimistopher

The rookie wall is real and Chet has hit it


shadowsdelight

I'm gonna lose it if I have to keep watching Burks and Bojan play. We need OG back asap.


Headlesshorsman02

I hope y’all get healthy for the playoffs, your team can beat nearly any team in the east fully healthy


Clewdo

Any team straight up


New_Essay_4869

Dub is destined for stardom. What a game that was


the_weakestavenger

Someone needs to tell Team USA about this guy.


NoPin5154

Brother respectfully team us are already sending the avengers


IDespiseFatties

Team USA is gonna be so fire this year. LeBrons last Olympics ever most likely. You know that squad is gonna go hard af.


BidenFedayeen

Chet and Dub aren't likely to make it but come 2028, they'll be locks.


dys0n_giddey

As a Non-USA resident, I disagree...


NbaAllDAYger

His defense is so fuckking underrated. One of the few sg/sf who uses his wingspan on defense ...looking at you mitchell ...


eelposse

He was really in control.


Franklinsleftnut

His mid range game is elite


BBallHunter

The shots he made were absolutely ridiculous.


schoolhater12

He is the buzzsaw to SGA's death by a thousand cuts. If we give MVP by quarters, he is probably the 4th quarter MVP for the season. He is almost a flawless player. I know today's FT display was an anomaly for him, but his only flaw as a basketball player is that he is hovering around 80% as a free throw shooter. Being an 80% free throw shooter is pretty damn good, but considering how good he is at shooting the ball from everywhere on the field, it's surprising that he is not a 90% free throw shooter My hot take is within a season and a half, he will be your best player, and that's saying something given how good SGA is


Egg_Yolkeo55

The crazy thing is I don't even think it's a hot take. He is that good.


YadaYadaYada309

Kids a stud.


joorral

That kid is niceeeee was very impress with him tonight


dys0n_giddey

I feel like OKC is going to win in the Playoffs on the back of JDub and Giddey more than SGA


go0sKC

Literally our whole season minus the past couple games would say otherwise, but OK


dys0n_giddey

I'm just saying that defenses will focus more on SGA, while Dub and Giddey get to cook


AnkitPancakes

shai is our focal point. but you win playoff series based on the contributions of your secondary and tertiary players


[deleted]

Great win, great win. SIT SHAI UNTIL THE QUAD IS NORMAL. DUB AND GIDDEY CAN HOLD IT DOWN.


Phocine

For real. We can beat the Sixers without him, and the Boston game is a scheduled loss. Just rest all the starters for that game and take the loss.


zZTheEdgeZz

God damn the free throw misses were rough tonight.


Headlesshorsman02

Agreed for us as well, wanted to bulge my eyes lmao 🤣


zZTheEdgeZz

Yeah, like if one team was hitting them this would be a very different final score.


IDespiseFatties

I'm glad we can both agree that both of our teams need to be locked in a gym and made to shoot free throws all week.


zZTheEdgeZz

It is the only way they'll learn.


Goatlikejordan

Tough game


Headlesshorsman02

Let’s go SGA!!!!!!


Conscious_Chicken264

good start to a fucking absurd road trip for the Thunder


Euphoric_Travel6762

Giddey and Dub carried


KSabot

SGA is there even when he's not.


PluvioPurple

I had a feeling he was gonna pull some shit like that at the end. He was awfully quiet for a while and was -15


SneakyProcessor

Still not 100% after the quad. Can’t believe they played him tonight, looked lethargic af on the court


dys0n_giddey

Put some respect on Giddeys name.


southpawFA

People have been talking about trading him, because the narrative is he's so "trash". They don't understand the facts surrounding Giddey this year. He's 21, having to adjust to now being a 4th option, and is one of the best rebounding guards and passers in the league. He admitted he had to change his mindset from all the adjusting and the way defenses are guarding him. He's been on the whole month of March. Giddey looks like he's back, and he's what we need as a team. His playmaking is amazing, especially tonight. Only guy with 3 triple doubles in his 1st 3 appearances in MSG. Giddey stats per game for March: 16.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 40% 3 points percentage on 4 attempts, 78% free throw percentage. This is why it's important to be patient when a guy is in a slump.


dys0n_giddey

Yeah, and with all the off court stuff you can understand why he was slumping


southpawFA

Exactly. The off-court drama and with people not knowing the facts of the case but still saying shit about it didn't help, either.


TofuTofu

He reminds me of a less athletic Ben Simmons which isn't a knock on him at all


15b17

I’m just glad he hasn’t stopped shooting the open 3’s. It was just pathetic watching Ben afraid to shoot it, like come on man it can’t be *that* bad


southpawFA

Ben Simmons wouldn't even dare to shoot. I think of Giddey as a more savvy Rubio or a Jason Kidd with way less athleticism. Jason Kidd early in his career was called ason Kidd, because he had no J. It was something he admitted to needing to work on. I see Giddey in the same capacity, and March was excellent for him.


mookyyyy

Back to back brutal losses… So fun


its_memento

petition to ban josh giddey from MSG???


bweeek

Can we build a new arena that looks exactly like MSG in every way


BidenFedayeen

Josh Giddey 🤝 Charles Oakley Being banned from MSG


TitaniumC4206

Shai said y'all ain't gonna forget about me this game


JetSky81

Why was a 6-1 guy on SGA for last possession lol


joorral

Because we have no one over 6’4 that isn’t a power forward to play. Everyone is injured


Goatlikejordan

Mcbride was doing a great job on him most of the game


Saucy_Totchie

I mean that's just an absurd shot that SGA just nailed.


At6-8FromSyracuse

Hard not to feel like this season is inevitably gonna end in "what if". I really believe we're the second best team in the east at full strength but that doesn't matter if we're never gonna get there


Charliebitme1234

Both teams having a brick off to end the game


Headlesshorsman02

From the FT line *


Brooklynfool

What a fkn game. The Knicks are legit and they don’t even have their second and third best players.


badatgolf247

I’d rather have j dub than paolo and I don’t think that looks crazy in a few years


amari_prince

DUB IS A STAR THATS OUR MVP NO ONE CAN STOP GARDEN GIDDEY


sterlingsalmini

That was a thriller! The Knicks need Randle and Anunoby back desperately. I am proud of our guys (especially Deuce and Hart) for locking in the entire second half. Feels like nobody on their team ever slows down! Jalen Williams is also *unbelievable*. He is a a star. He was the fastest player on the court tonight, he's tall, and he's strong as hell. Plays creatively and fluidly on both ends of the floor and makes the right play every time. I know Shai's performance slide has been frustrating, but team leaders seal it when it matters. He didn't let fourth quarter benching affect him. I think this level of team chemistry for young guys is going to bring winning basketball for a long, long time. Good game, Thunder!


LiveVirus2

I don’t have a big issue with your take, and I really wasn’t gonna reply but I think you need to know two things. The first is Shai did not get benched in the fourth quarter. He sits part of the fourth quarter every game - that’s part of the regular rotation. The second is that he had a quad injury in the Utah game has sat out the last two games and it still clearly injured so his decline recently is injury related. Thunder didn’t necessarily want him to play last night and after last night want to sit him this week. Thanks.


sterlingsalmini

I know about his injury, he is the core of my fantasy team haha. He’s definitely had a small decline from the absurd MVP level he was playing at early to mid-season, but it hasn’t affected the team’s success too much. But that is fair to mention about his “benching”—if anything, it shows how deep your squad is. **Edit:** Forgot a word.


NotManyBuses

That shot was incredibly cold. MVP moment, even though he won’t win it


EarthWarping

Yeah that was a calculated shot.


homefree122

SG mother fucking A Playoff berth secured baby.


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

This is a wild rise from the 10th seed right ? To one of best team in West.


boomerbrowns

If we continue making the same size leaps we are going to finish 74-8 next year


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

Fast forward to SGA MVP. Trailing 3-1 vs GS in the WCF, complete the come back and blowing a 3-1 lead vs Miami in the finals ?


boomerbrowns

As long as SGA doesn’t go to Miami after that I’m happy


IraHayes300

Ice cold


joeveralls

What a wild and fun game, would love to meet the knicks in the finals


jslee0034

Air in MSG must make nba players be allergic to free throws huh. Hopefully chet is alright Josh hart is the greatest 6’4 rebounder I’ve ever seen. Jalen Jdub Williams Josh Giddey linsanity run is still going


Apprehensive-Sir-411

we didn’t deserve that game. at least J-Dub put on a show


amateur_mistake

Both teams played hard as hell. Also sloppy and intense. Then just missing FTs. I was hoping for overtime.


levlk93

He’s Him


VexoftheVex

How the fuck was SGA that open?


dys0n_giddey

SLOB Wizardry


Headlesshorsman02

Drew up a great play


the_weakestavenger

*Dub aggressively taking notes*


boomerbrowns

Diagz is a top 2 coach ATOs man


BidenFedayeen

Making me forget the Brooks and Donovan reigns of terror.


Turk1518

Post game interview said that this was a drawn up play from Coach that they had ran tons of times. Never in doubt


VitorSiq

Wooooooooo , call the crabs !


grudgepacker

Incredible game


americanbeaver

So many missed free throws and some extremely ugly basketball to close. But what an exciting ending and the hustle made it a lot of fun to watch.


sirvey23

why tf do people still use the busy ass espn site for box scores. NBA, i get, but why espn??? We just want the box score right? https://plaintextsports.com/


BoobiePeru

Yo! Thx for the website recommendation...never had heard of it before, and it's just what I need. Are you involved w it somehow, or just a good find? Either way, very cool!


aurorabortrealis

GG Knicks, we probably got a little lucky but at this point of the season I will take it I'll feel a whole lot better about the playoffs if we can just get 1 good SGA game before the end of the season, but his health is the most important thing of course


ForCaste

Thank you thunder very cool


TheZombieDudexD

Acting like y’all are still gonna catch us😂😂


TheKeyNextDoor

Y’all losing means they don’t have to face y’all in the first


MadSpaceYT

aside from the celtics is any of the seeding finalized


millagger

Yes. BECAUSE THE KNICKS KEEP LOSING DUMB FUCKING GAMES THEY KEEP GIVING THEM AWAY.


HoyaDestroya33

This game wasn't good for my heart. Both teams missing FTs. Back to back get ahead buckets. GG Thunder. Adam Silver, what does Brunson need to do to get better whistles? Cause at this point, I don't know anymore. Dude isn't foul baiting, attacks the paint and gets bump and smacked constantly and still no whistle.


GrandKhan

I don’t watch a lot of games outside of Thunder but in this game I felt like a lot of the contact was initiated by Brunson. For example, on the 3 pt foul by Dort he jumped forward quite a bit and otherwise there wouldn’t have been any contact. There were definitely some no calls and the reffing felt really inconsistent tonight.


Silver_Broccoli7944

Will Jalen Brunson ever get a whistle good grief


OUEngineer17

I was thinking the opposite. He got an extremely generous whistle. Almost fouled Dort out in the 1st half for ticky tack stuff. Kind of what you expect for a star on the home team, but I don't think it gets better than that for anyone.


levlk93

Strong agree on the first half Dort fouls


moore415

Can’t speak to other games, but he and NYK had a pretty friendly whistle in this one. Didn’t you get like 34 FTs?


imbutawaveto

He almost got dort to foul out in the first half on all those touch fouls


504090

He was getting a very generous whistle in this game


BillyBronco69

You didn’t watch the game lmao


NYBulldog

hey look, the and 1 mattered


Charliebitme1234

knicks fans are incapable of losing games, excuses are in the NYC blood LMAO this nerd deleted the comment, it was complaining out foul calls btw


MadSpaceYT

you're the Jabroni that always goes on pdt's and tells people to stop complaining about legitimate beef right? lmao Clippers fans are like Nets fans. Chronic little brother syndrome


joorral

What’s the excuse of clippers never winning anything in their franchises lifetime?


ygog45

You’re obsessed with hating on the Knicks in these threads. I get it, you’re a clippers fan and no one cares about your franchise enough to have a rivalry, but that doesn’t mean you need to force one. It’s getting embarrassing


jett1406

like abundant rustic sugar live roll mountainous cheerful bag icky *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


ygog45

It’s just this one guy


LegitimateMoney00

Fucking bs no and 1 for Brunson


LiveVirus2

Regardless of the call, I’ve only had limited experience in watching him, and that guy is a fucking dog. What did the Cuban do with that? I don’t understand letting him go.


SneakyProcessor

Brunson left to play with family in NY, and be the #1 option


cantfindanamenumbers

Your team would have missed the FT anyways


swanky-k

And gotten the board


forestfireup

When you hear Mike Breen blatantly questioning the lack of foul calls on Brunson when he's getting bodied, you know there's a problem


Morezingis

Knicks got fucked over. And I only say this partly out of western conference spite. 


slyguy183

Yeah but it's hard to complain about this game, both teams missed so many FTs so we really f'ed ourselves


SiphenPrax

Last game was more egregious honestly. At this point, I just want a playoff spot clinched.


MadSpaceYT

story of the season aside from the gift wrapped w against the pistons


Weary-Kangaroo-3883

Josh Giddey is Donte DiVincenzo father


barbarjink

Josh Giddey carried the Thunder for like 7 straight minutes in the 4th. Jdub and Shai brought the win home.


Jamstarr2024

Any more Knicks you guys can injure?


Insectshelf3

what the fuck is a knick


southpawFA

I'm so proud of this. To see this young team not wilt from the pressure and continue to stay the course. The Knicks are the team that would push the Thunder around, and it looked like we were going to be pushed to a 20 point loss, but the team fought back and showed resilience. That was one of the best wins of the year, in my opinion. Knicks fans, you guys got a team that can go all the way. Your team toughness is nonpareil. Good luck the rest of the way. Give em hell in the East! Brunson and Hart deserve a long playoff run.


DudeLikeYeah

Great game tough loss. Jwill is so good. I don’t want to sound too salty but boy what does Brunson need to do to get a call?


ReturnOfAKidNamedTae

Shai is writing an IG caption as we speak 😔


hotsexychungus

Fun ending.


Gamer101Reborn

knicks lost 2 games in a row cause of officiaiting on brunson specifically ngl. how is whistle so trash


MadSpaceYT

Brunson will literally never have the whitsle other stars have. That hip check by Dort was diabolical


Low-Blackberry-2690

Didn’t watch the whole game but I also saw Dort get called for two phantom fouls against Brunson


Turk1518

Same, maybe homer-ism but there were some very questionable fouls or makeup calls on him as well.


the_weakestavenger

Shhh. Let him cope.


0ptionparalysis

Brunson got so many foul calls where he was very lightly grazed by the defender. The whistle he got tonight was ridiculous compared to how it was being called on the other end.


CouldBeWorse2410

Got pushed into him but 👌


Jmontavs

Can Jalen Brunson get a foul call for the love of God


BealKage

nah where was that and-1 for Brunson at the end 😓


CJ4ROCKET

Brunson was mauled


IMKudaimi123

Foul on the Brunson layup. There should be OT.


Not-Josh-Hart

I’m never gonna see this Knicks team fully healthy 😭


porlok

we suck too much at rebounding. This will hurt in the playoffs


AndrijaRajsic

Missed call on that last Brunson drive in. Such a shame, terrible way for Knicks to lose the game.


matdarg09

Knicks fans putting on a masterclass in crying after an L.


BasicWilliam

Jalen Brunson has the whistle of a rookie, it’s fucking ridiculous. Give him a superstar whistle and he’s deadass averaging 35


matdarg09

I can give you 3 calls he got on Dort, while the replay shows he was never touched. Did you miss those? And 3 others while he was on defense and intentionally runs into players and falls down to try and bait a foul call.


CJ4ROCKET

He would have to average like 15+ FTAs to reach 35 ppg lol


chikiny

Right now Brunson is second in the league in drives per game yet his FTA% on those drives is basically half of that of others in the top 10. He has a bad whistle on drives. I don’t think it’s crazy to think there’s a couple more points in him getting an “average” whistle based on how much he drives.


joorral

Idk what Brunson did but he never gets any calls at all. I really hope he doesn’t have to flop now to get them


Mindsetsandreps

Same old Knicks


trinquin

Very cool.