Better performance: Kyrie vs. the Sixers on Xmas or Melo vs. the Bulls on Easter Sunday?
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Posted Dec 27, 2018, 8:07 PM UTC · edited
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Damn. Kyrie had 10 rebounds?
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dude was crashing the glass hard. think he had 3 offensive rebounds in the first quarter
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Played excellent defense too
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Carmelo
He basically had no help offensively. JR Smith had a terrible shooting performance. This game also sealed a playoff for the Knicks against the top seed in the East, so this performance means a lot more.
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E 7 M O
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Melo
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It was very similar to Melos
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The call on Melo’s first three was legendary.
Breen: “Knicks down three, should the Bulls foul?”
JVG: “No”
Breen: “Anthony for three, BANG!”
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Those new york teams give me nostalgia
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Really wish it would’ve worked out for a Melo in NY.
That Melo Easter game is one of my favourite NBA games ever.
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The camera work on that was so nice too.
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The shot of Deng’s hand in his face on the second three was incredible.
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Melo went off on the Bulls. I seen that game live and kept having to find my self yelling at the screen. The fact that Melo shot over Loul Deng and Gibson, both being great defenders at the time, made it that much more clutch. For OT and for the win. This is coming from a Bulls fan.
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Irving was being guarded by Jimmy Butler for both clutch threes in OT as well as the fallaway jumper to tie the game in regulation.
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The Bulls at the time were the betting favorites because of Rose in the East. Melo Clutched the 3s to head to OT AND to win the game
Irving made those clutch 3s, with one of them being a pull up, and was open for the shot. The downfall was on the 76ers. They lost that game as much as Kyrie won it, if that makes sense. The turnovers, and bad offensive plays.. Not giving Joel the ball when they should have. Not to take anything away from the Celtics but I felt like Melo's game had more volume
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yeah. I don't disagree. I was just pointing out Irving was also being guarded by a bigtime defender. The 2 threes were of lower difficulty.
However, Irving's fallaway to force OT was about as tough as it gets.
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Agreed! Every move Kyrie made, Butler was there but Uncle Drew still managed to make that shot. Kyrie is only what? 26? He's getting better constantly and will be hitting his Prime soon if he already hasn't.
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Rose and Deng could've iced the game with FTs too but didn't they both miss all those FTs?
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Wait wtf? He shot 80% from 3? Am I reading that right? 80!!!!
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Did you watch that Easter game? One of the best games I've ever watched. Melo was unreal and the Garden went crazy.
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Melo's was 1000% more hype
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Didn't watch Melo's game on Easter but it wouldn't matter if I had since Kyrie is on my team
Kyries game not close
edit: downvoted everyone who said Melo
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Hater like you need to stay me7o
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I guess people didn't like my joke lol
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Melo easily. I'm surprised that this is a thread.
I don’t know if it’s “easily” but I did prefer Melo’s performance. Might just be nostalgia though.