Watching the first half of the Knicks last night was rough. They’d pull close and make some plays, then Atlanta would go on a mini run and go back up by 10, Reggie Bullock went full thug and tripped a Hawks player, it looked bleak. I, who at my main job worked till 7, began battling my eyelids and sinking into my chair, and after a diet soda and mini ice cream sandwich, my wife suggested going to bed, which Pearl totally agreed with, in fact I still have the memory of her jumping in my lap, licking my face like I was in fact, the aforementioned mini ice cream sandwich, and looking at me longingly like ‘Dad, it’s bedtime.’ So, off we went.

I mentioned earlier, the Reggie Bullock trip? I woke up this morning to this tweet that soneone retweeted FROM REGGIE BULLOCK:

‘Run in back in the A….we wit da shits’.

After shaking my head in a chuckle at the silliness of the tweet, I thought ‘ok, they lost, and probably got smoked, so he’s trying to mask it and save face, that, that’s his right’

I went downstairs and was met by Pearl, who was amped. I go to sit in my chair to blink and fire up the CBS Sports App. ‘Easy Babygirl, I know you were rooting for the Knicks’ (as she legit seemed annoyed and barked and whimpered when Trae Young would get the ball,) ‘lets see how they did’

Holy Shit. The Knicks won by 9!

Apparently, Julius Randle remembered to relax, Derrick Rose, was Derrick Rose in his current form, which was good enough. Reggie Bullock had some big 3s. There was even an Obi Toppin dunk that made the crowd go nuts, to the point his mother cried, out of the crowd’s appreciative reaction. The series is tied 1-1, with game 3 set for Friday evening.

This is exactly what the Knicks needed. But. They can’t let up. They are going to Atlanta, a city and building, that hasn’t seen much winning basketball, since the author of this blog led them to a NBA Title in NBA2k14 as a rookie. (I do recall being pretty good and a big piece of the championship run.)

My point is, they can’t let up, and circling back to Bullock’s tweet, they can’t get cocky. They won a game they needed to, guys stepped up, great. But they can’t get cocky and lose by 18 and have Trae go for 40.

Back tomorrow, I’ll devote some words to the Stanley Cup playoffs, which I have neglected, a Lakers game 2 recap and probably some Mets and Yankees.

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