Stay away from wiry Banchero. Had to go hide on the weak side and watch Richie Saunders because KU put Bidunga on him. There’s a bus load of guys better qualified to make his life inefficient in the NBA.

“Not a ton of unique insights to add”

Stay off my side of the street, Brad.

Orlando already knocked Jock Landale out of the Hawks/Knicks series this year, too.

Thought Bournemouth were quite a good squad today, well organized, relentless energy, and capable of picking out some impressive passes. If they could refrain from desperate pleading for gifts from the referee, they’d really be on to something.

I like Farke treating today’s match seriously. Bournemouth are plenty good enough to run riot over a rotated, looking ahead Leeds side.

I suspect there’s planned in-match rotation to get bench players minutes before we face that human trafficking operation/shambles of a football club on Sunday.

I expect Chelsea to appoint Scott Parker next in their series of managers who have been demonstrably less successful than Daniel Farke.

Dan Quisenberry

That’s par for the course, sadly.

If I had still been awake last night to see it, I never would have gotten to sleep after Brunson got two free throws for trip-diving over Towns’ foot at 6:05 of the fourth quarter.

I guess at this point I’m watching to see whether the next Knicks miss results in an offensive rebound (likely) or a bail-out whistle and two free throws (possible).

Second half keys for the Hawks:

-Don’t let your key players set or defend ball-screens. Too risky foul-trouble wise.

-Pray the inevitable second stint for Kispert+Bradley doesn’t result in a 57-0 Knicks run.

The entire Knicks roster has a terrible case of Bruno Fernandes face every time the whistle blows.

Jalen Johnson has really let his Duke show through five-and-a-half quarters of this series.

Wearing my Topeka Sizzlers t-shirt as I read this post.

Jeff Withey never got extended run, so…

Would be better news if he was an inch-and-a-half taller.

Fake comeback -> Game 2 momentum

I think you’ve pinpointed our common ground in this series.

I would much rather watch Jalen Johnson get overwhelmed by the Knick’s’ defense than CJ McCollum and Kuminga try to cook off the dribble if the Hawks’ offense is going to be putrid.

Jordan Clarkson’s bumper car defense here in the fourth quarter is hideously unpleasant to watch.

This is the level of insight only a devoted parent can deliver during a 6pm tip on a Saturday.

Held him to 0% from the field in the second quarter. Much better.

Hawks have to hold Brunson below 90%from the field to keep this game, series competitive.

If the answer is anything other than “because it’s a season where only 80-ish points were needed to secure automatic promotion” I’m demanding a correction to the article.

It appears the Magic wanted to send a message tonight after LaMelo Ball stole their bit* in the first play-in game.

*Intentionally injuring an opponent

There’s speculation that PIF will use the war as a reason to cut their operating losses immediately and attempt to escape future commitments due to force majeure (or whatever language is in the player contracts).

This never happened on NBATV.

Sometimes you have to let Herro dribble for 20 seconds, get double-teamed, and leave Davion Mitchell 3 seconds to create a shot. And then you have to try it a couple more times.

Too much Herro ball from Miami down the stretch and in OT.

Now it’s a play-on game.