Knicks Morning News (Monday, Dec 03 2012)
December 3rd, 2012 by Mike Kurylo | @KnickerBlogger | Comments | Permalink |
Raymond Felton left the locker room on Sunday fearing he may have broken his nonshooting left hand. However, an MRI revealed only a bone bruise.
Here was Carmelo Anthony draining four 3-pointers against an inferior Phoenix Suns team on Sunday at the Garden and then putting a couple of fingers next to his head every time he hit one, as if he were shooting himself. On his fourth one, he was quite emphatic.
Carmelo Anthony scored 34 points on 11-for-27 shooting as the Knicks improved to 12-4 overall and 7-0 at the Garden. Under Mike Woodson, the Knicks are 18-1 at MSG.
Dwight Howard had 21 points and 15 rebounds against his former team, but the rebuilding Magic rallied impressively for a 40-point fourth quarter to win in Los Angeles.
The Nets have much to be proud of after a month of games under the Brooklyn banner, but Saturday’s loss was a reminder that they will go only as far as Deron Williams can take them.
The Orlando Magic caught fire in the fourth quarter to stun the Los Angeles Lakers 113-103 and get the better of former player Dwight Howard on Sunday.
Dwight Howard wasn’t his usually playful self in the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room. He refused to answer certain questions and shared few personal thoughts about his ugly reunion with the Orlando Magic.
Another victory for the Knicks, this time against Phoenix, was memorable because they moved to 7-0 at the Garden, but mostly because Rasheed Wallace was ejected after playing only 1 minute 25 seconds.
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I hereby grant the “knickname” “Ball Don’t Lie” or simply “BDL” to Rasheed Wallace – along the lines of TDDWTDD. Would someone second this please?
I like BDL.
On another topic, bone bruises can take a long time to heal. Its probably better than a fracture, but it’s not a one or two day thing either.
I haven’t been able to watch any Laker games so what do you guys think of Melo guarding Gasol for two games this month? D’antoni seems to have negated the size advantage by trying to turning Gasol into a stretch 4 but I still worry about team rebounding with Melo at the 4. I pose this question assuming A’mare wont be back for either game.
You wont get any second from me.
Anyone who was in Portland for much of Rasheed’s Blazer career (as I was) knows there can be only one quote to sum up the essence of the man:
“It was a good game. Both teams played hard.”
Although he was also known to employ the phrase “Ball don’t lie” at that time, it never came close to achieving the resonance of “Both teams played hard.”
That has always been – and will continue to be – ‘Sheed’s signature line.
That thing by Mitch Lawrence was just awful.
That is pretty much a statement you could use every day without being wrong 90% of the time.
That was one of the worst things I’ve ever read.