flossy: Now that the team isn’t shooting like 75% from 3 and playing defense on fresh legs, a few things that could kind of be ignored during the Best Start Ever are becoming more apparent about this team.First and foremost, while Raymond Felton may or may not be a competent PG for an elite team (jury is still out if you ask me, and I’d rather Jason Kidd run the offense 10 times out of 10 when the game is close), he is NOT an adequate second scoring option after Carmelo Anthony, at least not for a team that expects to go deep in the playoffs. Not in any way, shape or form, and neither, for that matter, is JR Smith.This team needs a secondary scoring option who can consistently get 18-20 efficient points (per 36) every night and function as the focal point of the offense and take over the game when Melo is on the bench (or just tired). That person’s name is Amar’e Stoudemire.

Yep. So obvi.

First and foremost, while Raymond Felton may or may not be a competent PG for an elite team (jury is still out if you ask me, and I’d rather Jason Kidd run the offense 10 times out of 10 when the game is close), he is NOT an adequate second scoring option after Carmelo Anthony, at least not for a team that expects to go deep in the playoffs. Not in any way, shape or form, and neither, for that matter, is JR Smith.

This team needs a secondary scoring option who can consistently get 18-20 efficient points (per 36) every night and function as the focal point of the offense and take over the game when Melo is on the bench (or just tired). That person’s name is Amar’e Stoudemire.

Hubert Davis: That “brooooook-lyn” thing is arguably the most annoying artificial noise pumped into an arena since the race car sound at old Market Square Arena. They must have played it every 45 seconds. I wish we had the high ground here, but Madison Square Garden has succumbed to the thunderstick-clapping, shirt-cannon-shooting, music-during-possessions fad that has essentially ruined NBA arena atmosphere. I miss the good ol’ days where the only sound was the occasional organ tune, a timely bass drum thump, and the voice of Mike Walczewski. Get off my lawn.

What a dummy I was I thought those chants that sounded like Brooklyn after a while were actual fans.

I wish we had the high ground here, but Madison Square Garden has succumbed to the thunderstick-clapping, shirt-cannon-shooting, music-during-possessions fad that has essentially ruined NBA arena atmosphere. I miss the good ol’ days where the only sound was the occasional organ tune, a timely bass drum thump, and the voice of Mike Walczewski.

Get off my lawn.

Nets are very physical
Evans is a beast!
Nets should not be taken lightly by anyone, so long as they stay healthy
Playing without Kidd is like playing after a lobotomy
Melo needs more rest before the 4th quarter, he was running on fumes for the last 10 minutes
Great, great game to watch, playoff intensity from start to finish