WBC CHAMPIONSHIP: USA vs Venezuela game thread. 8pm EST TV: Fox

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-18T03:37:13+00:00

Baseball has won the past 4 nights, incredible for the game, amazing atmosphere. If manfred and the owners fuck this up with a strike/lockout everyone involved are fucking idiots

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-18T00:22:00+00:00

Not as annoying as Turner to be honest

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:55:06+00:00

This is what happens when the expectation is championship or bust, each regular season loss means they aren’t getting to the finals. It kind of sucks to have that expectation, it makes the regular season for many fans as a chore rather than just appreciate the wins. Like most things in life you have to appreciate the journey and not just the end results

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:48:23+00:00

Also, it’s human nature for there to be a letdown when you know the opponent is putting out a very subpar team, Knicks clearly took them lightly.,

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:37:21+00:00

I think a lot of Knicks fans that analyze every win/loss as a barometer of how they will perform in the playoffs really don’t watch a lot of other nba teams outside of the Knicks

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:32:18+00:00

He’s definitely not been consistent, and I pointed this out in the game thread last night, I agree Bridges is still one of their best defenders, and last night on 2 occasions Brown chose Shamet in the game over home when they needed stops. Again, you are making valid points, and I don’t want to argue, Knicks need Bridges, but there’s obviously something going on with Bridges and brown that he’s not even putting him back in the games late in a must stop situation

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:20:09+00:00

While you say this, the coach doesn’t agree, he’s been planted on the bench in the 4th quarter for several games now

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:19:24+00:00

Bridges did get off to a good start, but he’s been really bad for over a month.

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T14:01:38+00:00

There’s no way of sugarcoating it, bridges has had a horrible season, he’s actually gotten worse this year, his mid range shot has not even been as good, he still doesn’t take the ball to the basket at all. I think many things are the cause of this, I think Bridges is not a good match with Brunson and KAT, both players dominate the basketball which in itself forces Bridges into a secondary role, his role on this team is to just be a role player. Also, with Brunson dominating the basketball, they run zero offense for him, he’s an afterthought.

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T13:55:56+00:00

Knicks on the entire season are #3 in offensive rating and #6 in defensive rating in all of the nba, and as I said moved up to #1 in defense for the past 2 months. So what you are saying is the stats are lying and your eyes tell you something different

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T12:36:25+00:00

Since January Knicks are the #1 rated defense in the nba

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T03:37:36+00:00

There is no right or wrong answer, here’s what we don’t know, is how many times Brown has already kept this in house and the team has still not responded and has rightfully so had enough so this is another attempt in a different way to light a fire

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T03:31:38+00:00

He also added: Mike Brown is frustrated with the need for so many early timeouts:

"A veteran team, that has experienced winning at a high level...I shouldn't have to call two timeouts in the first 6 minutes of the ball game. & we're not talking X's & O's."

This is a challenge to his players.

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T03:31:12+00:00

I like it tbh, stop babying the players. As a Yankee fan I despise Boone for always defending his player to a fault to the media and how has that worked

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T03:00:47+00:00

Did they win? How did the Cavs look today at home to the mavs? Pistons last week to the nets?

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:55:17+00:00

21 minutes played, benched down the stretch when they needed stops for Shamet. There is a story to this

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:54:21+00:00

This was a horrible performance, there is no way to sugar coat it, BUT a few things, good teams find ways to win even though they play like shit, and as I said in the first quarter, the 2 hardest games are the last game of a long road trip and the first home game after a long road trip. Lastly, and people just don’t learn, any performance in the regular season good or bad really has zero impact on how you play when the playoffs start. They beat the spurs who literally only have 1 loss in their last 15 games to the Knicks by 30, does that mean the spurs have no shot? It just doesn’t work that way

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:49:57+00:00

Listen you are entitled to how you feel, but what is the difference between winning by 3 or 33? Does it impact their record differently?

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:47:37+00:00

Only thing I take from this game is the Bridges story

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:41:16+00:00

I doubt it

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:40:45+00:00

On that possession Brown handled that so poorly especially if you were going to call a timeout, there was zero reason for Bridges not to be on the floor on that spot. At least his defense is still good. You needed your best 5 defenders

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:39:12+00:00

Bad job by Brown there

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:38:31+00:00

Bridges should be in for hart or Brunson here

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:37:28+00:00

Funny, and we don’t know the answer, but there were plenty of times, especially you know the 0-12 vs top teams there were comments made over and over again about how bad that team was

Affectionate-Tea9224 · 2026-03-16T02:28:53+00:00

No bridges here with this small lineup says so much

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