#New York Knicks at New Orleans Pelicans
Smoothie King Center- New Orleans, LA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401469364)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/12f2rc8/game_thread_new_york_knicks_4733_at_new_orleans/jfdnnqp/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|NYK |30|30|23|22|105|
|NOP |27|33|23|30|113|
###Player Stats
**New York Knicks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|R. Barrett|35:43|28|11-25|0-9|6-9|1|6|7|6|0|1|0|1|-15
|O. Toppin|26:34|10|4-9|1-4|1-2|1|3|4|1|1|0|0|2|-6
|I. Hartenstein|19:01|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|3|3|5|0|1|1|5|-11
|Q. Grimes|32:57|14|5-11|4-9|0-0|1|1|2|2|1|0|3|1|-5
|I. Quickley|30:29|24|8-17|6-10|2-2|0|5|5|2|1|0|3|3|0
|J. Sims|28:59|6|3-3|0-0|0-0|4|4|8|1|0|0|1|2|3
|J. Hart|33:19|8|1-8|0-3|6-7|0|6|6|2|0|0|1|3|9
|M. McBride|17:30|7|3-7|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|-8
|E. Fournier|15:27|8|3-7|2-5|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|-7
**New Orleans Pelicans**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|T. Murphy III|39:03|31|10-21|3-10|8-8|2|1|3|2|1|1|0|2|26
|B. Ingram|39:34|18|6-15|0-3|6-6|1|6|7|7|1|0|5|4|-2
|J. Valanciunas|25:13|8|3-7|0-0|2-2|0|12|12|1|0|3|2|4|23
|H. Jones|34:01|15|7-7|1-1|0-0|0|4|4|4|0|3|1|2|4
|C. McCollum|38:38|23|8-15|4-9|3-4|0|5|5|4|0|0|0|2|29
|J. Richardson|17:33|3|1-4|1-4|0-0|0|2|2|1|2|0|0|0|-6
|D. Daniels|9:21|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|1|2|3|2|0|0|1|0|-21
|L. Nance Jr.|22:47|8|4-4|0-0|0-0|0|4|4|1|0|0|1|2|-15
|N. Marshall|13:48|7|3-5|1-1|0-0|0|3|3|5|0|0|2|1|2
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|NYK|38-88|14-43|15-20|19|17|5|9|2|7|30|45|
|NOP|42-79|10-28|19-20|27|17|4|12|7|4|39|48|
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11-16 from 2.
0-9 from 3.
RJ has been so bad from 3 this year.
He’s gonna have to limit himself to only 2 or 3 three’s each game during the playoffs.
RJ is ass
0 FOR 9
Picking no one at 3rd overall wouldve been better than getting RJ. At least a huge piece of the cap wouldnt be tied up in a liability
How do you miss 7 straight 3s and say āIām gonna take a couple moreā. I know this game doesnāt matter, but dude stop attempting 3s.
RJ should be banned from taking 3s, if he takes one heās benched
can we get a mavs game thread?
Why did RJ take 25 shots this game šŖšŖ
tbh I paid more attention to the Mavs game than our own sucks to lose but nbd tell RJ to stop shooting threes thanks
RJ can give you 28 on 16 shots but he can also launch 9 3s while bricking everyone of them. Someone needs to fix his shot selection and we’ll be fine as team
I know this game doesnāt matter but RJ is so frustrating sometimes. He looks lost on defense out there in crucial possessions way too often and is just absolutely horrendous shooting. I physically cringed when he took that last 3 because I knew it wasnāt going down.
RJ canNOT shoot DAMN. Bro gotta forget shooting 3s in the playoffs, he was actually making good decisions once he attacked the basket too just forget that 3 mane
This hurt to watch. Some bad plays by IQ there at the end to take us out of the game, but my god, RJ Barrett. What was that play before halftime? And every 3 is a flat brick, disgusting to watch. Grimes >> Barrett, I canāt watch him sink us in the playoffs.
Good showing considering we were not playing 3 starters and not playing for anything, while the Pels are still fighting for seeding.
Obviously the perimeter shooting was not good, but RJ didn’t play that bad. He went 11/16 from two and was finding teammates for buckets.
So many good vibes last game, ball was moving, efficient shots, great passes. Huh, what was different this game? Seems like something big changed.
Idk if its rjās trainer or something but bro 0/9 from 3 is just rediculous how can a 40% 3pt shooter regress his shot this bad this fast
At least RJ plays good D oh wait…
24 shots to get 28 points. Damn he’s good. Did anyone else know he’s only 22 and going to be a star in 3 maybe 4 years? /s
This three point situation by Barrett is going to rear its ugly head because he canāt attack the paint with Mobley and Allen guarding it
It sucks but it’s gotta be said man.
RJ isn’t very good at basketball.
Damn the Mavs choked, theyāre not even playing a center of forward. This is the most shameless tank job Iāve ever seen
Props to MSG for trying to spin this as a good game for RJ pumping up his trade value
If you’re the Cavs why don’t you just sag off and dare RJ to shoot?
Mavs are patheticā¦. No shame either. Threw the lead in the last 5 minutes
Ok and Mavs tank, miss the play-in, and keep their 1st rd pick. Let’s trade them RJ and we’ll be even.
Iāll excuse RJ for playing like ass because heās missed a few games
Great game in the paint for RJ, terrible game outside the arc though. When he penetrated he finished and created with tons of open looks for his teammates and zero turnovers. He needs to continue shooting the 3 if weāre going to be successful vs the Cavs, but should be limited to 3-4 attempts.
Nice showing by Sims – Hate that we didnāt try to get Obi going more.
Knicks with nothing to play for play their heart out to the bitter end, the Mavs who should have everything to play for are shamelessly tanking to an embarrassing level. A tale of two franchises indeed
– RJ – 25fga
– Grimes – 11fga
Fucking L O L
First game back for RJ after being out and I liked how he played tonight. Got anything he wanted at the rim and was converting time and again. And his passing was the best it has looked all season. It’s just a huge bummer his 3pt shot won’t fall anymore. Hopefully he can find his groove in the playoffs.
IQ and Grimes are just really feeling themselves now and it couldn’t be at a better time.
It’s about damn time Hartenstein’s passing skills are being utilized. He had some wicked sick dimes tonight. Jokic of the East indeed.
Obi attacked the rim off the bounce a few more times this game. And he had yet another step back 3 go down. He can really become an offensive menace for another team, and I really hope that happens. He’s so fun to watch and I want 30+ mins of him every game, but that can only happen somewhere else.
RJ just makes me cry when I see him play basketball
Team is legit worse with RJ vs without. Wish we weren’t in the lottery that season
If there are basketball gods, someone will jump the Mavs and theyāll lose their pick anyway
Donāt wanna hear yāall complain about RJ from range tonight. Did he shoot 0-9? Yes. Is that horrible? Beyond. Was it in a game that remotely mattered? It was not.
Heās been bad from 3PT this year Iām well aware, but Iād MUCH rather he just TRY to warm up his shot BEFORE the playoffs, when you canāt afford to go looking for your shot.
So yeah, by all means if you wanna acknowledge Barrettās shooting as terrible tonight, youāre not wrong, but would you rather he just erase the 3PT shot from his repertoire a la Ben Simmons? Or, at minimum, see if he get a rhythm going while they have time, no stakes, and NBA competition to test it on?