The Warm-Up: Overachieving Knicks — Mets, Yanks go extra — Nets advance

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - Mets at Diamondbacks, 3:40 p.m. ⚾ - Yankees vs. Rays, 7:05 p.m. ⚾ - Round 1, Game 5: Knicks vs. Hawks, 7:30 p.m. 🏀 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Shea Anything]( The Mets are returning and rolling - [The Putback with Ian Begley]( Looking at the Knicks' crucial Game 5 matchup Today's word count: 654 By any metric, this Knicks season is already a success Adam Hunger/USA TODAY Sports The Knicks are in trouble. They're down 3-1 to the Hawks. Clint Capela is [teeing off]( (Derrick Rose and Julius Randle [aren't biting](. Just to force a Game 7, they have to hold home court tonight and beat the Hawks in Atlanta. With that in mind ... - It would be easy to say they've been a playoff disappointment. - It would be much more logical to say this team has been a wild success story. Remember: The over/under win total allotted to them in the preseason was 22.5. - [NBA.com]( picked them to win 22. - [The Athletic]( guessed 18 and described Julius Randle as a "non-spacing non-defender" who "doesn't fit." - [ESPN]( projected 24.7 wins and gave them a two percent shot at the playoffs. - [FiveThirtyEight]( projected 23 wins and a five percent shot at the postseason. Since ... - The Knicks outperformed their over/under by 18 games in a 72-game season, earning the No. 4 seed with a 41-31 record. - Julius Randle blossomed into an All-NBA player. - RJ Barrett developed a jump shot. - Immanuel Quickley outplayed his No. 25 draft position. Most importantly, they have changed their perception league-wide -- something SNY's Ian Begley covered in-depth [here](. Zooming out: We all need to give Austin Rivers more credit. On Jan. 6, when New York was only 5-3, he said, "I've been on bad teams before, this isn't one." Even if they lose tonight, Rivers will be right. *The point isn't to Old Takes Exposed these outlets, but to illustrate how low the Knicks' preseason expectations were. On SNY.tv: - [Will the Knicks' home crowd reenergize Julius Randle & Co.?]( Trivia time Yesterday was the nine-year anniversary of Johan Santana's no-hitter. Who caught the game for the Mets? Answer at the bottom Game 47: The Mets blow the save -- twice Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports DIAMONDBACKS 6, METS 5 (10 inn.) -- The Mets had two chances last night to win their sixth straight game. - In the ninth inning up, 4-3, Edwin Diaz allowed three hits and blew his first save of the season. - In the 10th, up 5-4, Trevor May walked a batter and then allowed [a just-fair]( double to Josh Reddick, which drove in two and ended the game. *There was some controversy about whether or not it was fair FWIW, May was convinced it was foul: "It's foul, still is to this moment in my opinion," he said. "But they saw whatever they saw." Either way, the Mets led 4-0 through five innings. Marcus Stroman was cruising until the sixth, when he gave up a three-run home run to let Arizona back in the game. Tuesday's [takeaways]( | Today's probable starter: David Peterson On SNY.tv: - [Jacob deGrom is the runaway Cy Young favorite, but is he also on track for MVP?]( - [Johan Santana spoke with Gary and Keith about his no-hitter]( 🚨 Clint Frazier walk-off alert 🚨 @Yankees/Twitter YANKEES 5, RAYS 3 (11 inn.) -- The Yankees needed a win last night as badly as a team can need a win on June 1. Enter Clint Frazier, whose 11th-inning [walk-off home run]( snapped a four-game losing streak and improved New York's record against Tampa Bay this season to 4-10. Two more things: - The Yankees might have lost in nine innings if not for Frazier's [diving catch]( in the eighth inning to save a run. - Domingo German (5 IP, 3 ER) gave up all of the runs allowed by New York. Otherwise, six Yankees relievers teamed up to throw six scoreless innings. Also: The five runs New York scored are more than the team had scored in its previous three games. Tuesday's [takeaways]( | Tonight's probable starter: Jordan Montgomery On SNY.tv: - [The Yankees have fallen back into their April ways -- is there a way out?]( - [Aaron Boone: Gleyber Torres is just in 'a little bit of a rut' at shortstop]( Game 5: Nets finish the Celtics, setting up epic matchup against Milwaukee Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports [NETS 123, CELTICS 109]( -- It was merely a formality at this point, but the Nets eliminated the undermanned Celtics last night to clinch their first playoff series win since 2014. Next up: The Bucks, in a matchup of arguably the two best teams in the NBA. "I'm thinking about them right now," said James Harden, who put up 34-10-10 last night. "The matchups, things that they do on both ends of the ball. Obviously, we know how good they are." Brooklyn, which never played the Bucks this season with Harden, Durant, and Irving all healthy, went 1-2 against them. The series will begin on Saturday. On SNY.tv: - BEGLEY: [What to expect from this Nets team against the Bucks]( - [Three things we learned from Nets-Celtics]( - [Harden praises Jason Kidd after becoming first Net with playoff triple-double since 2007]( The New York Minute - [READ]( MARTINO: Did Gary Sanchez make an awful baserunning blunder, or was the play more complicated? - [READ]( The Jets signed DL Ronnie Blair. - [READ]( Two Giants CBs are in PFF's top 15 CBs ranking. - [READ]( Mets top 10 prospects J.T. Ginn and Alexander Ramirez have been added to the St. Lucie roster. TRIVIA ANSWER: Josh Thole That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Wednesday. (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](. Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](