The Knicks Turn Back the Clock Against the Bulls

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And by turn back the clock I mean turn back the clock to last season when the Knicks were a sub-.500 team.

  • My theory is the Knicks thought the world would end before the end of the game so it didn’t matter how the played tonight.
  • Through three quarters Carmelo Anthony had 26 points on 9-23 shooting and the other four starters combined had 10 points on 3-17 shooting.
  • I don’t know what happened to Brewer but he’s gotten slightly worse every game to the point where tonight in 9 minutes he was 0-4 with a +/- of minus 15.
  • The refs decided to let the teams play very physical in the beginning of the game and then call everything in the 2nd quarter.  This led to a very pissed off Melo who got his 7th technical of the season in the 2nd quarter and his 8th in the 4th and is now on pace to get suspended about 8 times before the season is over.  Woodson also got ejected.  And Chandler.  Not sure how many atrociously officiated games have to be made before the league does something about it, but apparently it has to be somewhere in the high millions.
  • Carlos Boozer does not shut up for a second when he’s on the court, and it’s mostly bitching about not getting foul calls or yelling “And One” after every Bulls shot.
  • This team has a lot of trouble with bigger teams.  I’m assuming this problem will be solved when any combination of Amare, Wallace and Camby come back.
  • I think we’re going to have to start calling him JR Felton as he’s taken the lead in being Just Ridiculously good or just ridiculously bad from game to game.
  • Tyson with zero shot attempts through three quarters.  Zero.  Finished with a whopping one attempt.  At least he made it.
  • Apparently being up by 20 in the 4th quarter still doesn’t get Thibodeau to unload the bench.  Not managing starters minutes isn’t the best of strategies, sincerely the D’Antoni era Knicks.
  • JR Smith, one of two Knicks to be playing anywhere near acceptable basketball (26 points and 10 rebounds) fouls out with 7 minutes left in the game.

Note:  I turned the game off with 6 minutes to go and the Knicks down by 14 and Smith, Woodson and Melo all out.  They came real close to winning which shows you can never count this team out.

Episode 162: Let the Good Times Roll

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Another happy episode.  Recapping the Nets and Rockets games, what’s wrong with Deron Williams, getting ready for Amare to come back, the Knicks injury updates, is Kobe shooting too much, teams that have surprised us and much more  Download Episode 162

Knicks vs Bulls 12-21-12 – Game Thread

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20th win tonight?  A winnable game tonight against a so so Bulls team.  Comment below as the game goes on.

Due to Scheduling Miscommunication Knicks Accidentally Thought They Had the Night Off

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  • I think our listener Niro put it best when he said “There were two games this season that just disgusted me. The Houston game and the Houston game.”
  • I understand the Knicks were without Melo, Sheed, Shumpert, Amare and Camby, but they weren’t scheduled to be without Defense, good shooting, controlling the pace and taking care of the ball too.
  • There is a lot of talk about Lin and Harden not being able to play together, but they combined for 394,402,134 points on 97% shooting tonight (approximately) so maybe we shouldn’t jump to conclusions.
  • At least Chandler Parsons didn’t light the Knicks up again.
  • Copeland got 9 quick points to start the 3rd quarter and for a second I thought the Knicks were going to make a comeback, but then the Knicks decided it would be a good idea to let Harden shoot open 3’s the rest of the night.
  • I started this recap 5 minutes ago when the Knicks were down by 20 and they are now down by 27.
  • JR, I love when you go to bed early and have a great shooting game the next day, but can you try and make that happen in a game where you’re good shooting would actually make a difference?
  • I’m really glad the Knicks don’t have to play Houston again for at least 11 more months.
  • 10-1 at home is still really darn good.
  • Another positive is we can start to prepare for Copesanity.  He had a career high 29 points on 11-19 shooting.

Knicks vs Rockets 12-17-12 – Game Thread

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Jeremy Lin’s return to the Garden.  This is the only team that has blown out the Knicks.  Melo and Sheed are out and as usual Camby, STAT and Sump are out as well, oh and Felton has bone bruises in BOTH hands.  That being said Houston is a sub-500 team and this is a very winnable game.  Plus it’s at the Garden where the Knicks happen to be 10-0. Comment as the game goes on below.

Episode 161: Day to Day

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Jim Cavan from Knickerblogger.net joins us today.  We talk about the Knicks last three games, if the Knicks can keep this pace up, what day to day really means, a few trade scenarios involving the Knicks, Toronto and the Lakers, Shumperts hair, Feltons shooting and much much more.  Download Episode 161

 

Knicks Player Tweet of the Week

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We had a hard time deciding the best tweet this week, but have a feeling JR Smith will be on here a lot so we went with a series of tweets involving James White and his new DVD player:

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Knicks Bench Beat the Cleveland D-Leagers

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  • Chris Copeland started instead of Carmelo Anthony.  This is one of the few teams where the previous sentence still ends with a win.
  • Three players on the Cavs were wearing face masks.  What the hell is going on in Cleveland?
  • Even when Kidd’s shot isn’t falling (which was pretty much only today) he’s doing so many other things on the court it’s really amazing to watch.
  • Kyrie Irving had 41-5-5.  Imagine what he’d do with a team of actual NBA players.
  • What I learned from this game is that Luke Walton is still alive.
  • The Knicks only had 10 players suited up for this game.  They are 18-5 with 3-5 players injured every game.  Will this team be downright deadly when everyone is back?  Will everyone ever be back?
  • After the run the Knicks went on in the 2nd quarter I never felt worried about this game, even when the Cavs made it a 1 point game in the final minute.  That’s the kind of season the Knicks are having so far.  I have complete confidence in their ability to not have a meltdown against a bad team.
  • All that being said I REALLY REALLY hope Melo comes back for Mondays game.

Knicks beat Lakers, D’Antoni is still a good coach according to his wife

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This is not a very happy bunch…

The Knicks crushed D’Antoni’s dreams of having a victorious return to the Garden last night. The Knicks dominated the game until the closing minutes when they decided to let up and make things interesting. Though there were brief moments of concern Felton, JR and Chandler eventually said “not going to happen Lakers.” This was another fun one though we had a minor scare from Melo. Instead of sharing my thoughts on the game, here what the players/coaches were thinking last night:

  • D’Antoni – “The system works…the system works…the system works. It’s the players fault. The system works…”
  • Woodson – “These guys are definitely running laps tomorrow. A win by less than 10 is a loss in my book.”
  • D.Howard – “I don’t want to make it awkward. I will just ask to be traded and that management fire D’Antoni and then I will get ready for the second half.”
  • Kobe – “Do you think this season is somehow payback for Colorado?”
  • Melo – “Wow, I am so on tonight. Take that D’Antoni. Nothing could go wrong tonight…” Continue reading →

Knicks vs Lakers – 12-13-12 – Game Thread

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Mike D’Antoni comes back to NY.  Can the Knicks put the Lakers further below .500?  How many free throws will Dwight miss today?  Chris Duhon is starting, that should be fun.  Comment below as the game goes.