2012 Game Thread: Knicks vs. 76ers
January 11th, 2012 by Jim Cavan | @JPCavan | Comments | Permalink |
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SHUMP SHUMP!!!
shump shump
let’s see what we got tonight. This will be a good barometer game. Just want to see the ball move, and effort on D. Is that asking for too much? let’s go knicks!
This should be a good barometer if the team. Philly’s hot.
No Hawes tonight so if the Knicks can get Brand in foul trouble they might be able to put Philly on the ropes. Be agressive guys!! Let’s go Knicks
if we lose, it’s because of the exclamation points.
fields needs to sit, after just one shot!
fields needs to sit!!!! (3 exclamation points)
shumpenstein is so strong. Can mix it up with brand
I’m giving fields a chance to look bad instead of inept. So that’s progress.
shumpty damn do!
Pretty move by STAT
Is it just me or does Melo look LOCKED IN tonight.
I think he’s going for a huge game.
Was that a post move we saw from Fields? Can’t throw it in the ocean when he’s wide open, so nice to see at least one high percentage shot.
I will acknowledge full culpability for the loss due to the 3 exclamation points if we lose…then again, if we win…3 exclamation points forever!!!!!!!! SHUMPITY SHUMP SHUMP!
Jorts!
John Andriese thinks Jorts has a bright future.
Jorts!
lookin good so far
Don’t get nanners Jorts.
melo is able to physically overpower AI, and he is strong.
Nice ball movement. Solid D. Looking good so far (knock wood)
Don’t know. Is it hot in here? Should I open the window? Is it cold in here? Should I close the window? Why can’t I just watch the game and enjoy?
Too much passing in that last sequence. Somebody other than Melo has to shoot sometimes, dudes
Love it when Melo/Chandler run the pick and roll together, I think that could be a killer combo.
It’s just a matter of sooner or later for the Knicks.
I think that Jorts could turn into a poor man’s Bill Laimbeer. He has the shot (sometimes). He is aggressive and dives on the floor for loose balls. He just needs to develop a mean streak and knock a couple PGs down when they drive to the basket.
Jorts jorts
So are the 76er’s gassed or are we much improved? Lil bit o both?
The bench a.k.a Jorts has already scored more than last game.
They sure look like they’re playing their 3rd game in 3 nights…
I’m pretty sure he already has a mean streak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9QEtvxdq4
This was one of the best all-around quarters I have seen from Melo on both ends of court since joining NYK.
So MSG is doing something to blur out players tattoos, right? Noticed first on Bibby a few games back and thought maybe he hwas having one removed but now I see it on Shumpert, too. Not a huge tat fan, but that’s a bit weird.
Start of 2nd quarter with I assume both Melo and Chandler on the bench will be key. Usually doesnt go well for Knicks.
Best quarter of the season. Melo with a dream quarter. 9 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl… larry bird style numbers.
If Melo keeps up this level of individual play he’s made the leap to MVP caliber.
Teams playing their 3rd in a row are like 6-1 so far this season (or 6-2 by now, I know first 6 teams all won their 3rd in a row).
Ditto
For being a “guard” Fields shouldnt be allowed to dribble the ball. Ever. lol
Ha! What a crazy season..
fields is just turrible with his handle. We need a breakout game from TD.
We’re not in the same league as Philly in D.
Maybe it’s a matter of conditioning?
Just as I feared, offense has become absolute crap with this lineup to start the 2nd quarter.
Hearing the fans call for Shumpert on the radio.
That lineup was the worst- STAT, TD, Jorts, Fields, Walker
Oookay. Stat and Toney should not be playing together..
OK, Bibby please.
Fields is a SF playing out of position
We can’t have a unnit out there with just stat and d-leaguers, d’antoni
He’s trying to squander our lead with a quickness
Can’t wait for BDiddy to be healthy then the Knicks will have 2 guards to run the offense.
i wish we could just drop bill walker. What is he good for? what does he provide? He is just useless. No D, can’t shoot, seems to have lost his hops. utter crap.
Fuck it, let’s see some Lin
Shump being out there changes everything
Dutch pants playin really well on defense tonite. I hope we can play with this type of focus on the defensive end for the rest of the season. 1 complaint tho..I think Chandler needs to learn how to block shots. Sounds crazy I know, but all the greats blocked shots an kept the ball in play. Chandler swipes at alot of shots instead of goin up with the intent to block, and the thought that it could land him in foul trouble bothers me. The good thing about it is teams know the big man is protecting that paint, so my complaint is a small issue.
Watchin Douglas tonite, I think his biggest issue (other than the shoulder) is he seems to be thinking too much. I don’t kno…it jus seems like he’s makin more dumb plays than he did last season. That usually happens when ur thinking too much. After all, being the starting PG on this team is a tough job and he may be feeling too much pressure to perform
First kelp reference from Clyde
Shump even makes Fields better.
Toney’s minutes probably need to go to Bibby.
Great tenacity amare
i just love Jorts out there. He does the little things too. just now when shump kicked to him, he quickly swung it back to shump so he he could then hit the now open STAT in the post. Very high Bball IQ in Jorts.
Jorts looked pretty good on that drive… shame it didn’t go in
What does Balkman have to do to get PT over Billy Walker? Walker has been pretty useless this year.
Agreed.
This is a good, chippy game we got goin here.
Aside from Balkman, what did Novak do to get eliminated from existence? Dantoni just hates Balkman i think.
Balk’s not a shooting guard
Moar threes
Pretty crazy idea if its true.
Spiro is no Breen, but what an improvement over that moron Mike Crispino. I just had him on the radio in the car, and he didn’t give the score for like 10 minutes.
He’s a good shooter but so one-dimensional he makes Shawne Williams look like Pippen
Ur bugging. But now he might b traded.
Seriously? I’d check myself, but well . . .
Never thought I’d say this but Melo needs to get a bit more selfish
Yeah, I just ‘heard’ he was good at hitting the 3… I missed a couple of games, but saw him like twice.
Amare has taken 10 shots this half, all from about 10′ or closer. He’s 6-10. Keep it up, big fella. (and maybe get more than 2 rebounds next half)
I hate that I root for Melo ISOs
Is Clyde involved with the team in any way other than calling the games? If not, why not? One of, if not the, best knicks of all time with a clear understanding of the game…
We’re owned by James Dolan.
Philly color commentary guy (used to play for the Knicks, not sure who he is) keeps saying he prefers it when Melo is on the floor because the ball stops with him.
A) Not true tonight as much as some times.
B) A bit goofy given Melo’s scoring abilities.
C) Reminds me of this board commentary.
I think u guys r right: melo doesnt know how to give it up to the hot hand. Aka stat tonight.
Yeah so Shump’s offense kind of sucked balls at the end of the half.
Malik Rose
youcan’t be serious
Noo, I like this unselfish, defense playing Melo better!
Is Bibby hurt? Is that why he didn’t get any burn whatsoever?
Knicks have looked fantastic with ball in non-Melo hands.
I like the fact that they actually called the 20 second timeout. I hate when teams don’t do that before the half.
Knicks were in a great rhythm to start the game but one starters went to bench the offense went to crap (except for Stat) and starters couldnt get it back when they re-entered the game.
Still great 1st half, if Knicks can start 3rd quarter like they did 1st quarter could end this game early with Philly maybe just content to rest players rest of the game if game gets a bit out of hand.
Good h alf, but they have to adjust. Doubling Melo is working
Love that Syracuse has a star named Fab Melo
good first half defensively. But i’m starting to agree with the melo critics on this blog. It’s frustrating, if he shares just a little more, he can be so great, and make everyone so much better. He is so skilled offensively and so dangerous, that he really needs to be a decoy more often. STAT needed more touches at the end of the half. It’s shump and melo’s job to get him the ball. Overall though a great first half. But, for the knicks to join the elite, melo is going to have to change his game. After 8 years in the league, i’m not sure he can.
I know, I know…I just cant stand the useless perimeter passing with no one who can really create (STAT, Shump, exempted) and then dribbling off their foot or some other creative turnover. I’m just kinda saying I take comfort in knowing that at least 1 player knows exactly what he is good at.
Oh, but glad Malik got a good job. I hated that he had to suffer as a Knick.
Time to get Chandler more involved. Lobham City (who coined that? Jim?) in the 3rd quarter to crack this sucka open
I hope everyone is noticing that even the much maligned STAT is showing some defensive intensity tonight. Maybe Chandler is creating a team defense mindset like we hoped he would.
I remember a couple of years agom I clamored for the Knicks to draft Tyreke Evans on this site..if he were available. Watchin Shump…I think he’s everything I thought Evans could be in NY. Maybe even better for the team. They’ve got the same body type, but Shump’s using his length and quickness on D very well. I thought Evans would be that type of player for us. Also, Shump looks very natural as a PG on both ends of the floor. I think he’ll eventually max out as a 2 guard so I hope he can adjust playing Defense when he does play the 2 full time. Guarding 2′s is way different than guarding 1′s. Alot more screens and such and less ballhandling and penetration. But boy does he look great out there. His shot isn’t falling but he sure is a confident and heady kid. Whereas Tyreke Evans seems to have a much lower bball IQ. Looks like the draft went really well for the Knicks, no? Especially with the way Jorts has been playin.
Melo gets another assist
was about to say something nice about his mid-range game, finding good shots, but then he did that stupid thing.
I think a big part was Philly raised the defensive intensity. They weren’t running out on shooters much early on, and they weren’t trapping Carmelo so hard.
Re: melo ISOs. They were double teaming him 30 feet from the basket, so I don’t think he could shoot. The ball just has to move more. Guys can’t hesitate when they get open shots. It allows the defense to recover, leading to these late in the shot clock chucks.
Last game TV voices said something was bothering Bibby.
I noticed a few times now on defense Melo at the top of the key put his hands up by his ears and wiggled his hands, and Shump did the same at least once. Anybody have an idea of what that means?
it’s a technical thing. It means, “nanny, nanny boo boo.”
Lol
No idea, extra D
Can we buy Iggy?
You knew Iggy and Melo were going to get into it.
I told my wife in then1st they would have words before the night ended
Did Clyde just say “the crowd is getting aroused now”?
At least u can’t call this team soft any longer.
LoL
This is a great game
poor shump, Mike only knows how to scream at rooks
ay de mi
This is the game. Right here. Either they reclaim the
Ed or they’re in serious trouble
Not a good sequence here
Bran just boxed out both chan and amare.
And here we go with the long jump shots again.
Both teams playing tough on D, but Knicks lack sixers’ depth
Melo!!!!
Billy Walker got this.
Please, one shot at Lin
TD picks up dribble again, gets in trouble, shits pants, throws ball away. How many years do we have to see that?
Especially when we refuse to even play Balkman, Bibby or Jordan.
anthony to the rescue. AI is a really physical defender. Those are tough shots.
Hard to believe but Melo hasn’t been to the line once tonight so far!
bibby must be hurting. TD, fields, and bill walker, the 3 most brutal bench regulars in the NBA, bar none!
They’re not a 3 pt team anymore.
8 pt lead again, Robert. Answered the challenge
wow, can’t believe we just absorbed that run and took it back up to 8. I woulda guessed we’d fold
What the hell was that, Melo O_O
JORTS
I believe Bibby hurt his knee
Just when I’m like “okay Melo, enough ISO” he skips it across court to Jorts for the 3!!
thats what i’m talking about melo!
Jorts. That is all…
By 11.
Yeah baby
I heard it was his foot.
Great close out to the half. Really impressive. (though some forced shots by Philly didn’t hurt)
Awww yeah baby.
Also, Malik, stfu.
I heard it was his Bibby
What this site needs to start selling are some Jorts jorts.
Can’t take that away from Knicks tho.
whoa, coulda sworn that security guard standing in front of the refs was Jimmy Dolan
Lets see how long D’Antoni keeps Melo on the bench.
Tddwtdd, turnovers that is…
WALKER!!!
if TD is going to telgraph his passes like that, jeremy lin has to play.
oh my god get Tony out of the game before he gives the lead away
Walker is our Forest Gump
STAT is very aggressive today.
Honestly, I cringed when TD got that break away. It’s gotten that bad…
Man, Stat was giving Turner some shit.
shump and stat must have fun in the weight room, trying to out do each other with the bench press.
Impressive play.
Gotta give this unit credit, they are actually extending the lead. Hell they might be putting this game away!!
Hot damn Shump!
SHUMP steals then threads dish to Stat!!!
love the bench showing love to shump after that pass to stat.
I like this Amar’e. Throw it down, big fella!
Melo was one of the first guys off the bench fired up as hell greeting the players coming to the bench.
SHUMP SHUMP
nice steal, awesome pass by shump shump
SHUMP has played some very quick small guards very tough. His strength has become and issue for the points he’s guarding
Man, Shump’s the real deal, isn’t he?
I think we have ourselves a guard!
…and of course he dribbles into getting his cookies taken.. oh well. still like him alot.
Walker needs to stop fading to the side on his shot.
Sixes have at least one more surge left. If Knicks can make a stand, it’s going to be over. But they can’t let sixes back in. They will burn a lot of energy to close
Shump is still a chucker, but he’s definitely got a ton of potential. Just needs to work on his shot selection (and his shot), but that’s hopefully fixable.
Good time out
Frank O you are a prophet (unfortunately)
Shump needs to stop shooting 3′s unless he is WIDE OPEN.
I didn’t know Philly was nbas hottest team?
You bet your sweet bibby it was!
melo getting hosed now.
I just got home and saw the score. Did someone say SHUMP SHUMP yet?
Chandler with 12 boards
Anthony with 8 boards
Stat with 7 boards
rookie move
SHUMP shooting a little too much? He’s 5-15
Amar’e's defense is just the worst.
this philly team is tough. 3 games in 3 nights, and they still have tremendous defensive intensity. You can tell they are running on fumes.
and again.
but you can see why Philly is good, really good. This group, plus Spencer Hawes who’s been putting up 17 and 10. They’re just stacked at the 1-2-3, and all young guys.
And they have Iggy
feel like this game is just going to slog back and forth between teams shooting foul shots
Both teams in the penalty. There’s gonna be a lot of scoring with the clock stopped. Not good
how great would AI look next to shump. absolutely would be a killer backcourt defensively.
Great D!!!
Ive only caught the 4th quarter so far but Shump’s defense on Holiday has looked great. I like the kid more every day.
It’s a good game for the Knicks to win.
Our shot selection kind of sucks, but the sixers are probably the best D they have seen
Jeebus. Does either team want to win this?
just ugly ball right now. But you have to win these ugly games. Especially in this lockout shortened season.
Both Ds are very tough
The lockout really has fucked up the quality of play in the NBA so far this season.
i think I understand the Melo-iso offense a bit: if he hits a few tough shots or gets to the line a few times, he can draw a double or triple-team and he can kick out. The problem with it tonight is:
A. Iguodala can harass Melo
B. Melo can pass some, but he’s not THAT good enough a passer to make the right decision each time.
C. His shot selection sometimes is.. well.. ehh.
I guess it might have to do though a bit until Davis is healthy. I really think this team can do some big things with consistently good ball movement.
AI is just awesome defensively, and anthony hero ball is just getting old.
Oh god…
Knicks D (plus Philly’s bricking) is saving them, but mannnnn they need to make a shot.
Oh shit. 4 pt game
nice D from Landry, anticipating that screen which basically broke up the play. ANd CHandler is all over it.
OF course the offense then breaks down entirely thanks to Shump.
Getting to predictable. ISo Anthony, and whole team collapses on him and he doesn’t find his teammates
How the hell was that not a foul??
I know Philly’s D is good, but we’ve forgotten how to pass. Literally. Even Shump-Shump is overdribbling.
Why do they stop running anything resembling a play? Whyyyy?!?
Bah.
Shumpert clearly thought that was supposed to be a pick and roll but it looked like Anthony called an audible to go one on one. What a bad idea.
Great D, Philly. Not a bad move from Carmelo, although you could argue he shouldn’t have gotten himself boxed into the corner there.
Shump handling the ball has been just as disastrous unfortunately. This is a perfect example of the Knicks needing a real PG.
The play there called for the kick out to Shump but he’s 0-6 from three tonight. Tough call for Melo.
Shump is really gonna be something special once he gets a bit more experience. In a Clydeism Melo was tenacious and sagacious.
Wait, STAT was not open?
Gotta hand it to Philly. They are a tough, smart defensive team.
Gut check time
AAAAAAAARRRRGH
now that was lame.
Sixers are putting a defensive clinic down the stretch. Amare has disappeared
:(
if we hang on to this we should consider ourselves lucky.
Need to ice this game now, Melo
Okee doke, c’mon Melo
a stop here would virtually ice it.
This is a Jeff Van Gundy era type win. lol
melo to ice this, but ugly game.
It’s a bit of a bummer because we have played quite well at points in this game and in the last Bobcats game, but it gets kind of lost in the 4th quarter collapse
No one on either team has made a basket for six mins. Unreal
Knicks were just toying with them. That’s what it looked like.
Respectfully, this is a great win against the hottest team in the NBA.
And teams that play their third straight seem to win an inordinate amount of games. I think they do because they’re in sync.
But this is a very good team they have lead for three straight periods. This sixers
i’ll take it…lots of things to improve on
That’s not right.
This Sixers team has a win differential that is by far the best in the nba. I recall people noting the Knicks differential was far worse.
A tough win, at home against a quality team.
Very pleassed
You’re joking right? Unless by “toying” you mean completely failing to execute on offense for half of the quarter (11 turnovers) and allowing the 76er’s to come within 2 possessions of winning it .
@220 I wouldn’t go that far, playing 3rd in a row is a huge disadvantage. But Philly is good, and Knicks win, so kudos.
Sixers missed Hawes tonight but we played some gritty D.
We’re a defensive team now!
D’Antoni looked like he aged 20 years leaving the court lol
Hey Philly is considered to be the hottest team in the NBA, the Knicks underachievers and guess what, Knicks 1 game back of them in the standings right now.
knicks stop running their offensive the last 5 minutes of the game. The go into melo “hero” ball mode. They need to just keep running their offense.
A bit ugly at the end but a nice win.. In effect this game dowas won in the first quarter.
dude, did you see the lack of ball movement and turnovers in that 4th quarter? i have to disagree there, but it’s still a good win.
That said, I’m glad they held on to win it. There were stretches where the offense and defense both looked excellent (the defense more than the offense). The 76ers are a hot team right now and we definitely held them in check.
I’ll take the win but I’m still holding off on saying this team is for real because there was no Spencer Hawes. The Sixers were hot coming into this game, but starting Tony Battie will cool off any team.
Not pretty but we’ll take it.
Yeah, I think it’s early to say we’re “for real” yet. Definitely a work in progress, but when things are clicking they show flashes of real potential.
I dub myself the Nostradamus of KB:
http://knickerblogger.net/2012-game-preview-76ers-knicks/#comment-354741
Not a great game in terms of offensive efficiency but the Sixers are a really tough defensive team even without Hawes. The Knicks’ improvement on the defensive end has been a refreshing change. They’re still not a great defensive team but they’re definitely improving.
D’Antoni rode the starting five very hard tonight; I hope they have something left for Memphis. Memphis has been dreadful on offense this year so hopefully the Knicks can keep up the good work on D.
let’s give it up to Josh Harrelson, our best three-pt shooter tonight!
TD leads the team in +- for this game…?
They toyed with us past few years. Y not return the respect.
Last four games Knicks yielded 79, 87, 80, and 96.
Pretty damn good D
This is what I’m most happy about
This Knicks team wont be for real until Baron Davis comes back and is hopefully healthy for rest of the season.
PG play is KILLING this team. Shump has improved the team’s defense dramatically with his defense on PG’s but he is still nowhere near being a decent PG on offense. We cant have Melo bringing the ball up the floor all the time especially with somone like Iggy pressing him in the backcourt down the stretch.
This game desperately showed why we need a real point guard. Before Melo tried to go one on five, Shumpert was getting destroyed by ball pressure and everyone was coughing up the ball at every opportunity. Couple that with refs being a little more friendly to the Sixers near the end and you have the recipe for a huge collapse. We really don’t need some world beater PG, just someone who knows how to handle ball pressure and run an offense smoothly. I really, really think Baron can be that guy, and that once he’s here and we can bench Landry, we’ll have one of the best starting 5 in the league (SHUMP SHUMP should be considered for All defensive teams, he’s an absolute monster on that end). Our bench will still be a nightmare, but Jorts, Landry, and Douglas have the capacity to be solid rotation players once they settle into their proper roles (Toney Douglas can’t even dribble against ball pressure, much less run a pick and roll)
I think the main problem down the stretch is that Shumpert had the ball in his hands and was awful – overdribbling, ugly turnovers, stupid shots, you name it. If hero-ball with Melo is bad, hero-ball with Shumpert is something else. Of course it’s like his 5th game as a pro so we can hope for better.
Knicks are obviously playing better the last few games – partly Shump, partly just rounding into form. I know the bench has been brutal, but seriously – it won’t be this bad forever. Douglas and Walker each have a couple of years of solid play under their belt, and Fields was actualyl good last year. Odds are very that one or two of those guys will end up having a solid season.
I know D’Antoni is too inflexible to really play Balkman, which is one of his major problems as a coach – he plays favorites and holds grudges – since about 95 percent of NBA coaching is putting your best players on the floor, D’Antoni condemns himself to mediocrity in the coaching profession.
This team has a lot more weapons and they need to b utilized more. Use more players. Make two three teams within the team. We got some sharp shooters. Stop just playing the starters. Let the starters rest as well. Earn ur money u say. Hey, a win is a win.
Absolutely, beautifully done.
I wasn’t crazy about the Baron Davis signing initially, but this team really needs someone who will actually run a play in the 4th quarter. Fields played very well defensively, hopefully he can build on that and make some kind of an impact on offense- it seems he and Walker have made a non-shooting pact. A couple of silly fouls aside, I thought TD was much better on D tonight as well, unfortunately he also threw a couple of the worst entry passes I’ve ever seen. Shumpert struggled as well- he never be taking heat check threes as he did twice after making a couple of 15 footers- I thought he was unusually passive on D early but then picked it up.
Melo leads the team in assists pretty much every game and seems to be the primary ballhandler for the team. To say that we need a real PG is an understatement.
who should balkman play over?
How many times tonight did we hear “wide open from 3″ or “so and so uncontested down the lane” like we heard over and over last year? Totally different defensive Knick team with Chandler out there, everyone’s helping, communicating. That steal by Anthony on Young at the end was the perfect example, not his man, but just playing great help defense.
That’s 2 games in a row where our offense was shaky and we won anyway, a very good sign IMO.
Dear friends on this board:
I am amused when we win that folks are concerned that the Knicks’ execution under pressure from a very tough team was not perfect.
Honestly, even great teams yield errors.
The Knicks held this team to 79 points. Imagine you made love to your wife and succeeded in pleasing her five times. Applying this board’s logic, your wife would then note that you did not succeed SIX times.
Yes, they struggled under pressure. But they also applied tremendous pressure. They are not just out scoring teams this year. Their defense has been imposing.
Shump played a solid game, and as Caleb noted, the rook made some rookie errors. But despite these shortcomings, the Knicks triumphed because they got timely bench play, key defensive stops, and some toughness.
Harrlson
How many times tonight did we hear “wide open from 3? or “so and so uncontested down the lane” like we heard over and over last year? Totally different defensive Knick team with Chandler out there, everyone’s helping, communicating. That steal by Anthony on Young at the end was the perfect example, not his man, but just playing great help defense.
That’s 2 games in a row where our offense was shaky and we won anyway, a very good sign IMO.
I think Shump is having as great of an impact on the team defense as Chandler has had. Also Melo and Fields seem to be playing much, much better defense than they did last year. But again it helps when you have great defense on the opposing PG and a great backline defender like Chandler is.
George is dead…unless you mean harrelson…lol
Dude, your observations make no sense to me. Balk & Jorts don’t even play the same position.. It seems like English is possibly not your first language, but I don’t think that sufficiently accounts for your quixotic posts.
clearly the power of SHUMP SHUMP transcends exclamation points, nice to see we have some leeway going forward.
nice win, even with the Hawes and 3 games in 3 nights factors. Milwaukee may make a push, but basically the East has already divided into playoff and non-playoff teams, and once you’re in, how you play against bad teams doesn’t matter. 1-0 against eventual Eastern playoff teams, nice to see.
only 23 assists combined for the two teams, that is some good D and some bad O.
how much will NY jump in tomorrow’s Hollinger rankings? :)
Frank, I think some on this board will only be happy if we beat Miami by 30 in Miami on the tail end of a back to back to back to back to back.
Jorts is a good post defender and smart with team defensive concepts. He spreads the floor a bit. Also, jorts plays mins. with chandler. A pairing of chandler and balkman would be bad for spacing
C’mon Frank. That 4th quarter was in no way orgasmic. More like premature ejaculation iso, turnover, foul on the other end.
Still they won it because of 3 quarters of excellent play and some quality defensive possessions in the 4th. Gotta give credit where it’s due.
great game in boston tonight, coming to the wire. Nowitzki is just money. He had garnett draped on him like a cheap suit, and converted a 3 point play.
Agree with Caleb’s observations almost entirely. Certainly Balkman could have gotten some burn tonight. His energy alone would have helped. I thought Shump’s D was awesome, but his PG skills were less than stellar. He did not react well to ball pressure at all and those studying film will no doubt recognize this issue. I thought TD showed some signs. Did Fields score? Melo got mauled a bit, but really played crappy in the fourth. The overall D was evident; however, we would have lost to a rested Philly team tonight.
Yessss, boston loses. 4-5. I will sleep well tonight.
there’s no need in most games in this gruelling schedule to only play eight guys, and Fields certainly does not need 35 minutes with the way that he’s playing. Novak should get a chance to shoot a few in the second quarter most nights too, and if he’s on, he can try again in the second half.
heat- clippers time on ESPN. let’s hope lob city can take down the heat.
is is just me, or dose CP3 look out of shape and chubby?
does.
I was going to write an excuse to remain critical, but f*** it, you’re right. I’m just gonna enjoy the win and the fact that the Knicks are likely a top 10 defensive team in the NBA once the numbers from tonights games are calculated.
I think this win was for mr. Know it all: sir Barkley
blake has really improved his game, has a midrange now, and it even looks like he has worked on the dribble as well.
Shump did not have great game.
We have a pg his name is Lin. Right?
Knuggs w/ 32 asssists, 3rd period just ended. Gallo and Mozzie Bear looking good. Hell even Harrington is passing
Charlesmhates the Knicks. I learned why tonight. The clip they showed of the Knicks pushing a broom across the floor after sweeping them. That would stick with anyone…lol
Definitely agree with this and Caleb’s point above (although I disagree that he holds grudges). I think D’Antoni is a big proponent of using a smaller group of players to get into a rhythm with each other and it has yielded results in the past (i remember a lot of folks attributing our big winning streak last year to the implementation of a shortened rotation). I would imagine he’s probably trying to focus on getting a core group of guys on the same page before he brings in more guys off the bench. I’d expect them to get more burn once everything’s clicking a bit better.
Boston only had 45 shot attempts vs. Mavs. How is that even possible, that’s like one shot per minute. Just googled, it breaks the old record of 53 set in 1997. Unbelievable.
yah, that whole grudges thing was ridiculous. The players who have accused MDA in the past are curry,marbury,hughes,robinson,AR. four of those players are cancers in the lockeroom and the other is an idiot on the floor
The knicks need a stretch 4. i think they miss S.Williams ability to open up the floor for the scores
Box score I just looked at had them with 64 FGA.
Doh! My bad, my ESPN feed wasn’t refreshing. 64 is pretty damn low though.
just watching the lakers/jazz game now. It’s funny how similar the lakers offense looks like the knicks in the fourth quarter with kobe playing “hero ball”
Yeah well those Knicks (if u can call them that) didn’t win the championship. So that was over. These Knicks r dif players and should b loved by chuck etc etc etc …
i love nba action, another great game out in utah. my wife is telling me to come to bed. I can’t stop watching. Might have been a big mistake getting nba league pass.
They have harrilson and when fields and walker and Balkan r given the green … Well good solid shots should come about etc etc etc …
Extra E is shooting 27% from the floor and 21% from three so far this season. The spread the floor big is Novak, but what we really miss is the old Toney Douglas… A guy who can create some offense when the bench is in.
damn raja bell has been around for a long time.
Lin is way faster than td
kobe and melo are so similar. Even with his 5 rings, kobe could be so much greater if he put more trust in his teamates. He literally took every shot the last 4 minutes of the game. He missed the game winner, and now it’s going into OT. I’m also watching the Heat game, and players like lebron just have a different type of DNA, they trust their teammates (in lebron’s case maybe he is too passive in the past).
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