maxwell_3g:
OK, stat heads, I have a challenge for you.What is the scoring pct (or shooting pct) around the league on “last shot” offensive sets.I bet its extremely low, as teams always run down the clock and end up with a iso, fall-away, turnaround, 20 foot heave.I always think the team with the last shot is better of just running their offense, trying their best to score through normal offense, and then letting the other team run the “last shot heave” play.
I bring this up because I HATED the stretegy (and the result too) of our last possession last night.itstead of just running our normal good offense, which could lead to a tyson pick and roll oop, a Kidd 3 point (lay-up), a melo open j, a felton floater, etc.Instead, we change our offensive mindset and revert to our worst offensive strategy when we need points the most, all in the name of letting our best player have the last shot and holding for the last shot.This strategy is not only employed by the Knicks, but that doesn’t make is acceptable, IMO.I hope next time, we just try to score in the same way that we see fit for the other 47:30 of the game, becasue thats our best shot

I think that this kind of thinking is worth looking into. Why not simply go for a regular possession’s type of scoring play, and if it fails, to foul immediately and run another play for a three-point attempt?

sekou:
On thing very obvious to me last night was the poor on ball defense.Neither Felton nor Kidd could honestly stay in front of their man.The pnr defense was even worse.I wish we would trap more on the pnr.The strength of our defense thus far has been getting in the passing lanes and rotating to the open man.I think this would work better for us, especially with teams with quick guards.

JR Smith also had a poor defensive game– he was slow on several rotations and ended up at -21 for the game.

Knicks need to send a compilation reel to the league office.

Finally, probably best to limit each recap to one fart joke/mention. Less is more.

The Knicks slipped all the way to 9th in defensive rating after this game.

Novak is following in Lin’s footsteps, he seems to have regressed in all areas.

Every time Knicks were about to pull away in first three quarters Mayo or Carter hit a bad shot.

That’s going to be a very tough out .

…Also, there is really no apparent way I can see an opponent slowing down Knicks igh pnr with Felton, especially when Chandler is etting the screen.

Pretty clear to me Felton is a system quarterback, and he has the system that is only asking him to do things he can do well. If you actually looked at him in Synergy he’s been a good uncontested jump shooter last three years.

Damn he is good in the high pnr, Paul-eque at times. Everything but the incredible handle and ability to use it to get shots off in traffic and the body to create the contact fouls.

But the quickness, vision, and passing skill is all there.

The match-up zone may have been mistaken for some really poor help defense when the Knicks got mismatched after bad transition sequences and were confused on who to guard. Maybe not. A night like that it’s hard to tell.