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It was a Great Sunday to Be a Hater
By Kyle Pagan
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What a beautiful Sunday to be a hater in Philly! The Knicks and Braves got smoked and Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets gave up the largest lead in Game 7 history. Combine that with the Phillies sweeping the Nationals and it was an awesome day for a Philly sports fan. Let the hate flow through you. Who cares what your therapist thinks. Some well-placed hate is good for the soul:
It started with the Nova Knicks and their historic season ending in the second round. The last two seasons they’ve been eliminated by a #8 and #6 seed.
You would’ve never known that after they won the title in the first round:
Phuck Philly pic.twitter.com/SV12GIZ2Au
— Sidetalk (@sidetalknyc) May 3, 2024
Just the most obnoxious, gutter trash fanbase hit by karma instantly. It’s beautiful. They went from “We Want Boston!” to “Knicks in 8!” lol:
Knicks fans are chanting “WE WANT BOSTON” outside MSG @BarstoolNYC pic.twitter.com/x1tvLJsmVH
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) May 15, 2024
New York never quits #KnicksIn8 @nyknicks pic.twitter.com/aoe4wirn7B
— Triumph® ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴsᴜʟᴛ ᴄᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴅᴏɢ™ Headquarters💩 (@TriumphICDHQ) May 19, 2024
There’s something beautiful about Knicks killer T.J. McConnell being the one that ripped the fanbase’s heart out:
McConnell steals the inbounds for a Nesmith and-1! 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/EApu3BsZdO
— NBA TV (@NBATV) May 19, 2024
Next came the Braves who got embarrassed on Sunday Night Baseball to a team below .500, which I’ve been told if you play a team under .500 and win you’re not a real ball club. So then what does that make the Braves in this case?
Another one, thank you 😊 pic.twitter.com/4SNuQspk3O
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 20, 2024
The Braves announcers have to be running out of excuses for known Gold Glover Ronald Acuna:
lol Ronald Acuña Jr.
Braves radio call while they’re in the middle of a rousing conversation
also, “not much Ronald can do about that”
???????????? what pic.twitter.com/sg9Po9DjMd
— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) May 20, 2024
If Alec Bohm struck out in each of his next 57 plate appearances he would still have a higher OPS than Ronald Acuña Jr
— Jonny (@JonnyHeller) May 19, 2024
The cherry on top was the Nuggets giving up the largest lead in Game 7 history to the Timberwolves. Nikola Jokic has still never beat a team with 50 or more wins in a postseason. You think people would talk about that more right? Imagine the sore loser takes if this was Joel Embiid:
Anthony Edwards waved goodbye to the Nuggets crowd and Nikola Jokic wasn’t a big fan of that 😳#NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/uSp4bKkLHQ
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 20, 2024
But since Joker openly hates basketball and plays with horses it’s all fun. No one will mention the 20 point blown lead because of the gauntlet of #8, #4, #7, and #8 seeds he played on his way to a championship last year.
If I was a Nuggets fan, I would be violently screaming and throwing up pic.twitter.com/tjgI66tjQQ
— No. 1 Rudy Gobert Hater (@JomiAdeniran) May 20, 2024
This one’s for the 5280 Nuggets fans I blocked last week. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/iOnZ5Qy6Pw
— Linebacker Barbie (@linebackrbarbie) May 20, 2024
Nuggets fans were getting feisty with the Wolves fans at the buzzer pic.twitter.com/yMCKn1Bt67
— SneakerReporter (@SneakerReporter) May 20, 2024
The Philly cocky/distraught meter is full on cocky right now:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com