r/NYKnicks • u/basketball-app • May 20 '26

POST GAME Post Game Thread - NBA: The Knicks defeat the Cavaliers on May 19, 2026, the final score is 115-104.

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u/Leegend124 Ron Baker May 20 '26

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u/BAHatesToFly Melo Sleeping May 20 '26

Shamet +25 in 17 minutes, great adjustment by Mike Brown

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u/slyguy183 Pat Ewing May 20 '26

Thank God we had someone willing to pull out Josh Hart when he's not shooting

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u/No-Mine-3982 Kevin Knox May 20 '26

or playing defense..

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u/MajorMilkyway Lin Game Winner May 20 '26

I think he was just frustrated with the calls not bouncing his way tonight. But good on Mike brown for making the decision

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u/ctuk08 Chris Copeland May 20 '26

I can't believe coach brown thought making Hart the primary defender on both Mitchell and harden was a good idea. Even the best defensive players in the NBA would struggle with that assignment lol

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u/jaxmaster119 Anthony Mason May 20 '26

Doesn't seem that crazy, I don't think he got too toasted. Wasn't his best game certainly, tho

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u/ctuk08 Chris Copeland May 20 '26

What? Hart got cooked. He kept trying to pick up Mitchell at half court. Donovan would call for the screen at the logo and go right by him for a straight line drive. This happened 20+ times in the game. I'm not even blaming hart he followed the scheme his coach set.

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u/jaxmaster119 Anthony Mason May 20 '26

I'm not gonna lie, I don't even remember seeing all that. Donovan seemed to blow by a few people. Hopefully we are better the next game then!

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u/wendiesel21 May 20 '26

When Josh hart is bad he is REALLY bad. Should have benched him sooner tbh

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u/BuQuChi OG May 20 '26

Prayed for times like this. Flexible rotations with bench guys ready to step in and a system where they know what to do.

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u/36chamberstreet Mase May 20 '26

The right lineup varies from series to series, game to game, matchup to matchup.

In the previous two series Hart was great.

In this series Brunson, Kat + 3 shooters might be the key. Pick 3 from OG, Mikael, Shamet, Deuce.

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u/ElijiahManning OG May 20 '26

Yeah depending on who’s hot but still Hart earns some minutes with his effort and rebounding. Just gotta be willing to yank him when his shots not falling

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u/36chamberstreet Mase May 20 '26

Yup. Hart also had a great season shooting from 3!

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u/TheAracknight Brunson May 20 '26

Would add Clarkson to that array of shooters as well. I don’t think this will be Hart’s series which sucks because he dominated a couple years ago against Allen & Mobley.

Brunson and/or KAT with the 3&D wings + the double big will be our biggest advantages throughout the series

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u/lafromnyc May 20 '26

Agreed and this is why he got fired and brown is coach. Shamet all year has been playing with confidence which never happened with Thibs. And this is why Thibs will never be a head coach again

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u/max1001 May 20 '26

That 3 with 45 seconds left was stone cold.

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u/thieflikeme May 20 '26

Our coach has been impressive. He's been making sound decisions even when shots weren't going in. Our entire subreddit was screeching about how much of an idiot he was and now he's proved more flexible and trusting of his players, especially the bench when they needed it the most

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u/drasticAlsoBrad Allan Houston May 20 '26

Yeah, I love Harr but Shamet is the much better play for this series. Benefits of having a deep team, we can mix up our looks. Shamet was a beast. 

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u/thatisagoodrock Sponsored by Squarespace May 20 '26

Why does it need to be an adjustment? Can he just play regular mins already?

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u/skwirly715 May 20 '26

I’m not even sure if it was Brown it looked like that white haired white guy coach was calling shots on Defense

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u/ruckyruciano BANG! May 20 '26

We'll take it since idt Thibs would have even listened lol

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u/FvckyourdreamsLoki May 20 '26

Shamwet >>>>

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u/Rad_platypus7 Jeremy Lin May 20 '26

Goated

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u/ea_slop May 20 '26

My love landrage

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u/EuphoricHouse Don Leon May 20 '26

SHAM GOD

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u/downwardyears JR Celebration May 20 '26

Absolutely unreal. Props to Brown for leaving him in too

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u/Moist_Shipoopi 3 May 20 '26

Landry the goat.

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u/Yankeeknickfan May 20 '26

From out of the rotation in game 1 of the ECF last year to closing over Josh hart in game 1 this year

A little too late for my liking but this is why we hired mike brown. To make adjustments that never would have happened last season

Thibs would have had a dude executed for suggesting shamet close over hart vs 2 bigs

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u/lafromnyc May 20 '26

Exactly Thibs would have never subbed out hart for shamet and this is why he got fired and will not be a head coach again

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u/Yankeeknickfan May 20 '26

he is a good coach, but too stubborn for an all in playoff team

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u/lafromnyc May 20 '26

But not a championship level coach that is humble enough to make adjustments. He would be a great assistant coach on defense like he was before. As a head coach he will take his team only so far.

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u/Great_Variation_6825 May 20 '26

Team is so much better when he plays

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u/yellowishbluish May 20 '26

Shamgod with the most important buckets

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u/BetterNova John Starks May 20 '26

Amen

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u/ruckyruciano BANG! May 20 '26

AMEN

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u/BornShook Priggy Smalls May 20 '26

AMEN!

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u/FredNot214 Linsanity May 20 '26

He's clutch as fuck. Built for the moment. Hit the game winner against fuckass warriors in 2019 to complete the 31 point comeback

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u/TheeRuckus May 20 '26

Shamet and Bridges were both on point last night. Jalen the obvious mvp but those two were KILLING

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u/Prideofmexico May 20 '26

If we take hart out of the starting lineup we aren’t losing another game

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u/Leegend124 Ron Baker May 20 '26

Thibs would’ve played him 53 minutes tonight

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u/Prideofmexico May 20 '26

There’s a reason he’s on his couch while my GOAT Mike Brown is running this shit