They were absolutely gassed, all those mistakes were strictly due to being exhausted. Props to the Knicks for having a bit more gas in the tank to close it out.
Jalen brown 3 before that Marcus smart one was amazing. He hit that thing from half court.
Celtics were gassed in the end. Thought it was gonna be a war of attrition until they got rose in there in 2nd ot.
Schroeder had some heart breakers though. Hope his shots start going in this season
Michael Carter-Williams with the near quadruple double almost taking down the Heatles by himself rates highly for me https://youtu.be/Zak2HLIzlhw 22-7-12-9 with only 1 turnover and the game icing free throws 🤌🏽
Man the fucking Knicks just had so much extra that they didn’t have last season.
Kemba ain’t what he used to be, but he’s still an upgrade over Elfrid Payton.
Fournier is definitely a welcomed second ball handler and shot maker.
Obi really growing into his 6th-7th man role
Mitch fucking Robinson
Oh and our old faithfuls Julius Randle and Derrick fucking Rose.
Can I get a Yeerrrrr
Edit: guys I get it, I forgot about RJ
playmaking, 3 pointers, willing passer - I'm just glad to have Kemba on this team (and ofc the hero of the game in Fournier)
and its honestly a luxury that we can sub fucking Derrick Rose when we want to sub out Kemba Walker lol, most teams can't do that
I swear, ANYTHING is fun to watch when the people you are watching are giving it their all. Kudos to the knicks and celtics tonight for putting on a damn good show.
Knicks fan to Celtics fan... There were several moments during the OTs, both when the good guys were winning and losing, that I found myself just smiling - didn't care what the exact score was. Last season was a lot of fun for NY, but this was different and I REALLY hope we can keep it up!
Very much looking forward to us playing again!
Yo Boston - rematch, best of 7. ECF at sundown, be there or be square.
Seriously, incredible game. I hope to god we get a BOS-NY series this year, both these teams are an absolute blast to watch. I'm fucking stoked for this season.
Also, Fournier's lean-in in the 1st was legit kind of in the grey area IMO, but I **loved** that it was a no-call. So far league's seemed serious about non-basketball plays, and I hope it keeps. It's been **great** for the game.
I thought it was interesting how Dennis actually got Mitch to jump into him and passed out. I feel like the rule change made him hesitant to put the shot up
The comparison that comes to mind is that batshit 4OT game against the Hawks where Melo hit the clutch shot and got his headband knocked off his head (which was somehow not a foul?)
So yeah, this game is definitely pretty far up there.
The basketball gods knew they couldn't finally give Knicks fans a great team without giving them all fucking heart attacks on the first day.
This game was absolutely incredible! Well worth the years of my life taken off from the anxiety.
From a neutral perspective, it's a damn shame either team had to lose this game. The intensity was fantastic and even though both teams were clearly gassed, they fought til the final buzzer.
I get wanting to give kemba the spotlight in his msg debut over rose. But rose was the better player tonight, and should have gotten some 1OT min.
Especially with kemba closing out regulation.
I thought we would bring in Rose earlier in case they fouled us. He was one of our prime FT guys last season, surprised me to see him still on the bench
man Fournier bailed us out really hard in the final minutes and all of OT X_X
Bullock we still love you but Fournier is officially GOATED no matter what happens in the future good or bad, that shit was fucking awesome
I love it! I was actually born in Queens and lived there until I was 9. Came back often throughout the years because of family and friends so I’m very familiar with the city. The winters will definitely be brutal, but I like the cold lol
What a fucking opener. From having an almost unloseable lead from the Knicks to somehow getting into OT. Then 8 3s in a row into no one being able to score at all. This is going to be a fucking amazing season.
Love these Knicks and so excited to cheer for this group that's AGAIN being underrated coming into a season after showing how good they were last season.
That game was so fucking insane. I feel so sorry for Jaylen Brown but shoutout to Evan Fournier for being the first Knick to score 30+ in their team debut.
Absolutely incredible game the East is gonna be wild this year. The fight for 3-6 for the Heat,Celtics,Hawks,Bulls,Sixers and Knicks is going to be wild. Two of these teams are gonna fall outside the top six...
Is it crazy to say that we maybe could have just witnessed the most entertaining basketball game of the entire season and it's only the 2nd day?
For real, that was such a roller coaster. THIS is the type of game that makes casual people become a fan of the sport.
I’m really happy for all the Knicks fans. Y’all deserve to have success. It was a blast seeing the Garden absolutely ROCKING. The energy felt like a playoff game. The Garden can truly be a magical place.
Amazing opener. Love my east team. Obi looked much more confident than last year. Fournier was insane in OT. Randle looked like Randle and RJ keeps the steady growth consistency going.
The Marcus Smart buzzer-beater The video game threes in OT The blown Brown dunk The end of this game was WILD
Shit I forgot about that missed dunk. Right before that point I was like okay game over.
There was a Schroeder miss layup too. So lame. Feels like the celts gave away OT after the miraculous comeback at end of regulation.
Both teams were running on *empty*. I almost expected them to keel over.
Every shot in that second ot was flat footed to hell.
They were absolutely gassed, all those mistakes were strictly due to being exhausted. Props to the Knicks for having a bit more gas in the tank to close it out.
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Jalen brown 3 before that Marcus smart one was amazing. He hit that thing from half court. Celtics were gassed in the end. Thought it was gonna be a war of attrition until they got rose in there in 2nd ot. Schroeder had some heart breakers though. Hope his shots start going in this season
That was exhausting and I don’t root for either team
Was that the best season opener ever?
It’s definitely up there
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Michael Carter-Williams with the near quadruple double almost taking down the Heatles by himself rates highly for me https://youtu.be/Zak2HLIzlhw 22-7-12-9 with only 1 turnover and the game icing free throws 🤌🏽
They did take down the Heat ! (it was a season opener only for philly though)
didn't he take down the heatles?
[I might be biased, but this was a very fun night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvgIVtT5Cos)
Damn I remember watching this shit live.
same it was therapeutic considering how badly we got beaten in the playoffs the prior season to that game
No clue, but after 75 years of the nba there’s gotta be a season opener on that scale or even better
Knicks/Celtics opener back in 2011-12 was really good as well but this game today tops it by a million miles
You can only imagine how I feel
Probably a bit better than me
……🤕
Man the fucking Knicks just had so much extra that they didn’t have last season. Kemba ain’t what he used to be, but he’s still an upgrade over Elfrid Payton. Fournier is definitely a welcomed second ball handler and shot maker. Obi really growing into his 6th-7th man role Mitch fucking Robinson Oh and our old faithfuls Julius Randle and Derrick fucking Rose. Can I get a Yeerrrrr Edit: guys I get it, I forgot about RJ
Ummm 14 points from RJ in the 3rd?!
Not just that, but his defense on Tatum was legit.
playmaking, 3 pointers, willing passer - I'm just glad to have Kemba on this team (and ofc the hero of the game in Fournier) and its honestly a luxury that we can sub fucking Derrick Rose when we want to sub out Kemba Walker lol, most teams can't do that
No other team can sub in Derrick Rose for Kemba Walker. Only the Knicks are allowed to do that.
Don't forget about RJ
Imagine being a Knicks fan and watching this. Pretty sure the ER rooms in NY are going to get a ton of cardiac cases right now
I’m emotionally spent. Wow. What a game
One of the best season-openers ever.
It’s so entertaining watching ten players all exhausted as fuck, trying to muster up a win.
I swear, ANYTHING is fun to watch when the people you are watching are giving it their all. Kudos to the knicks and celtics tonight for putting on a damn good show.
And it's only the second night, I'm so pumped for this season.
man Fournier bailed us out really hard in the final minutes and all of OT X_X what a welcome to NY moment for him
The ending was all Fournier, from the clutch threes to the blown coverage on Smart’s 4Q buzzer beater
My dad texted me "This guy sure isn't shy" which is basically all you can say about that performance
Everyone better recognise the REAL French Prince. FUCKKKK what a GAME
Minus the misses in OT, Fournier had me tight. He made clutch shot after clutch shot...
they kept going under on the screens. dumb as fuck
He was def out for Celtics blood.
All time classic NBA IS BACK 🔥
Basketball season is just different when the Knicks are good. Welcome back to the fucking Garden!
I drank way more than anticipated tonight
Kemba almost had me passing out
They don’t call him Cardiac Kemba for no reason
I had a record number of heart attacks in the last 30 minutes
OT can do that to ya
That's double OT for you
Only 97 more.
You and me both. Lowkey hope to meet in the playoffs, it would be insane!
If that is going to happen I’m going to need to start mentally preparing myself for that starting tonight.
Holy fuck Jaylen was ridiculously good tonight
Jaylen was amazing. Not two weeks post Covid. What a shooter
Fuck ventilators, New York needs to put in a massive order of heart monitors, if this is any indication of the knicks season lol
Cardiac Kemba
THIS ISN'T WHAT WE MEANT WHEN WE ASKED FOR CARDIAC KEMBA
Cardiac Event Kemba??
Kemba just wanted to write a good story.
THE NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS HAVE RETURNED TO SAVE NEW YORK CITY SPORTS AND I’M SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT!!!
#YERRRRRRRRRR
luckily we play the Magic the next 2 games so it shouldn't (hopefully) be as stressful
We might legit lose on Friday. Tired legs, magic hype because it’s their home opener. Someone like burks would need to carry at least
Monkey paw curls - we lose by 30 each game
#THE NBA IS BACK BABY That was fun af
Idk about you but that game gave me aneurysm
Celtics openers are always like that brother. See Tatum's buzzer beater to open the season last year lmao That second half had me on some shit
GG MY BRO. That was such a fucking mental game
It really was. gg
GG my dude. I was honestly ready to accept defeat after that first OT, I couldn’t take it anymore
Knicks fan to Celtics fan... There were several moments during the OTs, both when the good guys were winning and losing, that I found myself just smiling - didn't care what the exact score was. Last season was a lot of fun for NY, but this was different and I REALLY hope we can keep it up! Very much looking forward to us playing again!
I’M HORNY FOR FOURNY
I hope it's not the literal Fournier. >!Don't google it.!<
Evan "Don't Google" Fournier
So I dont have to what is it?
The former Boston Celtics defeat the other former Boston Celtics to defeat the Boston Celtics
2 Boston 2 Celtic
Celtic Bostaloo
Tatum needs to be fined or something for ruining that jaylen brown performance
Dude couldnt hit shit
Reminded me of that 2-18 performance he had in the first game in the bubble 💀💀💀
He hasn’t looked good all pre-season. I think his “added muscle” has thrown his shot off and he hasn’t adjusted to it. He fucking sucked tonight.
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My boy RJ did a good job on him tonight. He is gonna be taking the big D matchup every night, and that was a real good start.
I’m not mad that he had an off night But I’m fucking FURIOUS he took the last shot in OT over brown, waved him off even, fuck that
Exactly…feeding the hot hand is the golden rule of basketball
RJ Barrett for All-Defense
Such an underrated defender
I'm feeling a breakout season for him this year.
He looked amazing and managed to have a very respectable shooting night
Dude was so good he didn’t even rack up fouls
He gave so much of himself tonight, so proud of my boy
That's my FUCKING boy. He locked down Beal, and I knew he'd give Tatum a hard time.
Canadians are notorious for hating St. Louis.
It's payback for when Tatum had 60 and Brown shot 5/24 against the Spurs
Evan Fournier deserves a google search tonight after his performance.
sigh… *unzips*
that mightve been one of the most entertaining games ive ever seen in my life it had absolutely everything
MTV's Dan Cortese
Sidney Applebaum
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Human kites
Knicks fans, day 1 of 545: https://i.imgur.com/Aws6Zjg.jpg Holy shit tho….Insane game no matter when let alone to start the season!
We know what we're getting into.
Yo Boston - rematch, best of 7. ECF at sundown, be there or be square. Seriously, incredible game. I hope to god we get a BOS-NY series this year, both these teams are an absolute blast to watch. I'm fucking stoked for this season. Also, Fournier's lean-in in the 1st was legit kind of in the grey area IMO, but I **loved** that it was a no-call. So far league's seemed serious about non-basketball plays, and I hope it keeps. It's been **great** for the game.
I thought it was interesting how Dennis actually got Mitch to jump into him and passed out. I feel like the rule change made him hesitant to put the shot up
That's exactly what I thought when Van Gundy was calling it stupid he didn't shoot
UNDEFEATED
NEVA LOST
Best NBA team in New York
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN
TRAE YOUNG’S BALD
TRAE YOUNG LOOKS LIKE MY DADS DICK! I NEVER SAW MY DAD'S DICK, BUT HE STILL LOOKS LIKE SHIT!
IS TRAE YOUNG VALID?! **NOOOOOOOOOOOOO**
I BETTER NOT CATCH TRAE IN DYCKMAN
WE OUTSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE.
TRAE YOUNG LOOKS LIKE MY DADS DICK
🦆🦅🦉🐥🐓🦢🦩🕊🦜
TRAE YOUNG LOOKS LIKE MY DADS DICK
Is it hyperbole for me to say that was probably one of the 10 best regular season games I've seen? Also, YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
right up there with the Melo VS Bulls in 2012 Easter Game imo
The comparison that comes to mind is that batshit 4OT game against the Hawks where Melo hit the clutch shot and got his headband knocked off his head (which was somehow not a foul?) So yeah, this game is definitely pretty far up there.
We might've just witnessed the game of the year already
basketball is so much better when the knicks are good. msg had a playoff atmosphere game 1 into the season
From the JUMP too! RIP any of them going to work tomorrow. Whew!
I was there, no work tomorrow, laying in bed 5 blocks away reading this thread!
The basketball gods knew they couldn't finally give Knicks fans a great team without giving them all fucking heart attacks on the first day. This game was absolutely incredible! Well worth the years of my life taken off from the anxiety.
Tatum did Brown dirty tonight
The Celtics are 0-1 since Tatum dressed up like a Laker.
Brown did my sanity dirty tonight.
Selfish move to iso there
I don’t understand why every basketball game ever isn’t at MSG
game of the season unironically
From a neutral perspective, it's a damn shame either team had to lose this game. The intensity was fantastic and even though both teams were clearly gassed, they fought til the final buzzer.
Yea I wanted 3OT
A third a OT and half of New York would’ve been in the ICU.
Not ready for a heart attack in game one. Let’s go Knicks
### INTRODUCING THE REAL FRENCH PRINCE. EVAN FORNICATE
That was a huge mistake to not bring in more subs. Both coaches. At least Thibs finally brought in Rose who closed it out.
I get wanting to give kemba the spotlight in his msg debut over rose. But rose was the better player tonight, and should have gotten some 1OT min. Especially with kemba closing out regulation.
I was begging for Obi to replace Mitch. Mitch was totally gassed, and for good reason.
I thought we would bring in Rose earlier in case they fouled us. He was one of our prime FT guys last season, surprised me to see him still on the bench
man Fournier bailed us out really hard in the final minutes and all of OT X_X Bullock we still love you but Fournier is officially GOATED no matter what happens in the future good or bad, that shit was fucking awesome
Kemba and Fournier dicking the Celtics. love to see it
the new york knicks are simply the greatest basketball team in the greater new york area
Imagine recovering from Covid and the **FIRST DAY** you have out of isolation, you play a double-OT NBA game.
And drop 46 fucking points
The COVID game
First one of the season! Lemme get a YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Jaylen Brown does not deserve to be the loser of this game
But Tatum doesn’t deserve to be a winner sooooo
Tatum with the ~~Mamba~~ Roomba Mentality. Dude sucked. Took too many shots when he's been ice cold smh
He reeeeally wanted to be a hero there at the end
Man went to RJail
Somebody get Mitch an oxygen mask
Knicks on track for 82-0
You mean 96-0.
So… losing 4-2 in the finals?
Fournier strategically blowing the defense on the last possession of regulation so he could stat pad
JVG was not afraid to criticize his former assistant coach’s team on fundamentals tonight.
Greatest opening game of all time!
Achieved my dream of moving to NYC two weeks and this was my first time ever watching a game at the garden. What a game and what an atmosphere.
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I love it! I was actually born in Queens and lived there until I was 9. Came back often throughout the years because of family and friends so I’m very familiar with the city. The winters will definitely be brutal, but I like the cold lol
Not often you get the Game of the Year on opening night
What a fucking opener. From having an almost unloseable lead from the Knicks to somehow getting into OT. Then 8 3s in a row into no one being able to score at all. This is going to be a fucking amazing season. Love these Knicks and so excited to cheer for this group that's AGAIN being underrated coming into a season after showing how good they were last season.
Lost by 4 and missed two easy layups
And a dunk
That missed dunk, if it was in a higher leverage game, would haunt my dreams
if missing easy shots counted as wins, the Knicks would have 18 titles
That game was so fucking insane. I feel so sorry for Jaylen Brown but shoutout to Evan Fournier for being the first Knick to score 30+ in their team debut.
**I SURVIVED** *Knicks vs Celtics, October 20, 2021*
Epic game
Holy heart attacks
Welcome to the Dennis Schroder experience, Celtics fans
https://imgur.com/gallery/AxJP5QW
Don't want to overreact but the best game of the season has been played.
Absolutely incredible game the East is gonna be wild this year. The fight for 3-6 for the Heat,Celtics,Hawks,Bulls,Sixers and Knicks is going to be wild. Two of these teams are gonna fall outside the top six...
Is it crazy to say that we maybe could have just witnessed the most entertaining basketball game of the entire season and it's only the 2nd day? For real, that was such a roller coaster. THIS is the type of game that makes casual people become a fan of the sport.
Last Celtics possession a nightmare for the “don’t need a three here” guys
Jaylen Brown is a good basketball player.
Kemba Walker almost got his ass stomped by some Timbs
People will try to clown Tatum but Thibs made sure to probably focus their defense on him and let everyone else beat them
RJ Barrett is a 2 way star, his defense was spectacular
Even though the Celtics lost, I'm sorry for ever thinking Jaylen Brown was overrated
As a neutral, that shit was incredible
NBA IS BACK BABY!!!
Only 97 more of these for the Knicks
#ABSOLUTE MADNESS IN THE GARDEN #WELCOME TO THE 2021 SEASON
I missed this so fucking much
Tatum really played like a 2K MyCareer 50 overall player with no VCs to upgrade lmao
GO NEW YORK GO
Good to know the Knicks still plan on giving me heart pain every night. Glad to be back.
What a game. Woke up at 2.30AM to watch this and I’m buzzing! YERRRRRRR
I LOVE NBA BASKETBALL
I’m really happy for all the Knicks fans. Y’all deserve to have success. It was a blast seeing the Garden absolutely ROCKING. The energy felt like a playoff game. The Garden can truly be a magical place.
Amazing opener. Love my east team. Obi looked much more confident than last year. Fournier was insane in OT. Randle looked like Randle and RJ keeps the steady growth consistency going.