How did the Knicks win last night? The easy answer was a heave-ho off the glass from what seemed like 40 feet. What Jamal Crawford described after the game as the biggest shot of his career, gave the Knicks their first road win of the 2005 season. New York didn’t look good early on. A [...]
This article from the Daily News says: “The best way to get out of a slump,” Marbury said, “is to continue to play hard on both ends of the court.” Someone should make a highlight reel of Marbury’s defensive effort last night. The Spurs got more points out of the PG position last night than [...]
I think this says it all. OPP k_eFG o_eFG Net% ResultMIN 42.7% 54.4% -12% LBOS 43.6% 59.7% -16% LPHI 50.0% 49.3% +1% WLAC 53.8% 48.6% +5% WIND 42.6% 50.0% -7% LSAS 41.3% 50.7% -9% LOPP = Knicks’ opponentk_eFG = eFG% of the Knicks’ shooterso_eFG = eFG% of their opponent’s shootersNET% = The difference (positive is [...]
Yesterday I pinpointed the Knicks’ main defensive weakness: letting their opponents shoot at a high percentage. Looking deeper into the numbers reveals a more complete picture of where the Knicks are defensively. At the end of yesterday’s article I referenced the work of Dean Smith and Dean Oliver each of which I’m going to touch [...]
A special note to KnickerBlogger.NET readers: I’ve gone mainstream…sort of. I’ve agreed to publish some of my blogs simultaneuosly on Knicksology, the RealGm.com Knicks webpage. All my writing will still appear here, so you will not need to change any bookmarks or go elsewhere. In addition some of my columns will NOT appear on the [...]
In case you aren’t a regular reader of my blog, I’ve been following a distressing trend since the Knicks’ season started. So far defense has been a big issue for New York. The Knicks have allowed their opponents the second highest FG% in the league. However field goal percentage is a bit flawed, and I [...]
It takes hours to read all the emails from my million or so adoring fans. This one comes from Dr. David Crockett Assistant Professor of Marketing, part-time KnickerBlogger and avid hoops fan. As I said before, had the Knicks bought Anderson out this summer they’d probably have gotten a better bargain by giving him more [...]
