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If this man walked into my flat right now, holding a 2x4, and clocked me with the 2x4, I'd ask him to sign the 2x4, make sure he didn't get any splinters swinging the 2x4, do the awkward elbow touch plague handshake, and never wash that elbow again.
If this man walked into my flat right now, holding a 2x4, and clocked me with the 2x4, I'd ask him to sign the 2x4, make sure he didn't get any splinters swinging the 2x4, do the awkward elbow touch plague handshake, and never wash that elbow again.
That 3 started it, then a Knox triple, the Knicks lurched to life, an RJ pullup, Rivers offensive foul drawn, this beauty of a HIGH IQ dunk off pistol with RJ, and then another Knox triple at the buzzer and NY is sitting bolt upright heading into the 4th.
then we get to the crazy part of this IQ run - he plays suuuuper conservatively in the 4th, deferring too much, and passing up the best shots he gets. He doesn't shoot this, Knicks end up with contested Rivers missed 3.
Be selfish my King!
Be selfish my King!
another shot he DOESN'T take when the ball is practically off his fingers...
finally launches and nails the hardest 3 of the bunch with the shot clock winding down. Beautiful.
... back to conservative Quickley, turns this down - again it's basically in the air! - and ends up travelling. He's a rookie and hasn't played 100 minutes in the NBA yet, but Thibs needs to empower him to PULL when open.
ANOTHER ONE! He ends up driving into a contested missed floater here. Your light is green, my man! He won us the game and turned down shots like this...... the low hanging fruit is everywhere.
straight after that missed floater, our boy redeems himself with a righteous strip and steal on Trae "I'm made of papier mache I don't bleed when I'm cut I just slowly deflate with the sound of a dying whistle" Young.
Tied game.
Tied game.
Oh this is beautiful. This is karmic. This is satisfying. IQ draws the foul on the walking whistle on a broken play with 3.5 left on the clock. Huge play. Nails all 3 free throws. The legend grows. Elf is in the wilderness.
Knicks have separation in the guts of the 4th.
Knicks have separation in the guts of the 4th.
1 point game. 90 seconds left. The rook calmly gets his toes in the paint after the Mitch pick, grabs the attention of Hawk defenders, five quivering Hawk sphincters, and kicks it to Rivers and his gargantuan testicles for 3.
QUIVERS!!!!!
QUIVERS!!!!!
Thibs takes an immortal Quickley out for a mortal Bullock. The gods don't like this. Deliver us 10 seconds of pre-Thibs Julius as punishment.
... and just to drum home the point, they make Reggie Bollock shit his shorts on live television.
16 points on 17 shots. +17 in 18 minutes. A win and a winning record.
"I'm just a basketball player". A humble Point God.
"I'm having fun". Us too.
"I'm just a basketball player". A humble Point God.
"I'm having fun". Us too.
The legend grows and the legend passed up A BUNCH of wide open looks. I'm giddy. I apologise. Go about your day.
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