New York Knickerbockers

[mazinger]

Knicks win against Dallas 104 - 97. Lin was awesome again.

[Droidz1979]

It's just a regular season gamr

 

 

Maybe, but it also dictates which team you face during the semis so it does matter much too. Knicks should aim for 6th spot where they would be unlikely to face Miami and Chicago since the rest of the teams are beatable for them.

 

Knicks win vs the Mavs : 104 vs 97.

 

Stats were : J-Lin with 28 points, 4 rebounds, 14 assist, 5 steals, 1 bllk (7 TO's), Amare with 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 stl while Chandler had 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blks, JR Smith had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assist, 1 steal and Novak had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal. For the Mavs, it was Nowitzki who carried them with 34 points.

 

The difference between this game was that they've hit their outside shots and they had extra help in JR Smith who could actually play ball. Guess this would be off to the next winning streak. Game on KNICKS!

[Droidz1979]

Knicks win against Dallas 104 - 97. Lin was awesome again.

 

Guess i wasn't fast enough with my post and you beat me to the draw instead A win is a win anyway, LINSANITY continues!

Edited February 19, 2012 by Droidz1979

[launchpad]

yup, novak was hitting his 3's and jr smith providing 15 points. which led to double digit assist.

 

lets not forget fields was 50% fg% as compare to last game only hit 1 out of 8 or 9 shots, if stat can get into the flow of how lin plays they will be unstoppable. sadly his not

 

on another note, im feeling as long as lin wins games, excites the crowd, buzz the headline news he will stll and will always be he starter. the knicks owner owns a cable company. he cares for rating rather than anything else imagine why would he push for a carmelo trade with almost everything they have aside from the kitchen sink and few drawers.

Edited February 20, 2012 by launchpad

[jopoc]

the true test of whether or not the knicks are for real is when melo returns.

Edited February 20, 2012 by jopoc

[johncharles]

Melo will return the next game against the Nets, cherry-picked an opponent who they will likely be favored to beat.

He was ready against Dallas earlier, Melo was probably just expecting the Mavs to beat the crap out of Linsanity,

and come barging in the next game against New Jersey picking up the crumble that was Lin in a heroic fashion.

 

Well that didn't materialize, so its all on Melo now to answer the speculation whether he'll be a disruptive or constructive force

once he suits up the next game. If they win, Melo meshed well enough with the new unselfish Knicks, if they lose against the lowly crosstown rival

he's an ill-fitting cog in the Lin Machine.

[Droidz1979]

There will always be doubters about New York bout if your a true blue Knickerbocker fan you know that this team has come a long way for the likes of the team that Isiah Thomas assembled and it also can't be compared to the team that D' Antoni ran in Phoenix as they can play defense now as well as the variety of personnel that it has now. They've already beaten the Lakers and the Mavs who were on a 6-game win streak from quality opponents and had the Matrix who was supposed to be their defensive stopper from CP3, to Jrue Holiday to Lou Williams to Ricky Rubio and Russel Westbrook. Guess what? J-Lin still erupted for a double digit scoring and assist although he did have 7 TO's all at the second half. Their win against the Mavs was a testament on how they need shooters like Novak and JR Smith as the defense of the Mavs was forced to adjust and they couldn't just sag the middle the way they were doing with Fields and Shump around. And Melo is way better than these two and way efficient. The Knicks simply are not forcing the issue with Melo's injury as it did not help the team when he tried to play thru the pain back then, plus there's no rush to hurry and disrupt the team chemistry to soon. But I believe that having him around would help the team more than hurt it. A solid play-making point guard was what the need needed from the very start and that wasn't Melo nor Amare's fault on how the line-up was assembled.

[launchpad]

how can you get pissed with the game versus the nets, they dont have a presence in the middle thats really devastating. but all carmelo and stat is doing is taking jump shots after jump shots.

 

mas better pa alisin mo ung 2 get chandler na lang dun para ung shots nila may nag penetrate and inside game

[Droidz1979]

And right on cue the Knicks produced a stinker at home losing to the Nets that did not play Brook Lopez on a back-to-back game with a score of 92 vs 100.

 

They lost this game at the 2nd and 3rd quarter where they allowed the Nets to score back-to-back 32 points after limiting them to 18 on the first quarter and 18 on the last. Ironically, this was also the quarter that Chandler was languishing from the bench after being on the early foul trouble and somehow explains that the Knicks are good not solely from their offense but also because of their D where Deron scorched them with 38 points after making 8 out of 14 hoisted shots from the rainbow territory. As usual J-Lin carried the team with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, 3 TOs (low but they lose this one so TO is not synonymous to winning) and had 6 fouls, followed by 17 points from Amare, 4 rebounds, 2 assist and 1 blk, Chandler with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blks, 4 fould and the highest +/- stat at +14, Carmelo managed to score 11 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assist, 1 steal, 6 TOs while Novak was ice-cold with 8 points and 1 of 4 FG% while Baron Davies only scored 3 points and played 10 mins, while the bad JR Smith appeared on this one scoring 4 points while hoisting 7 shots and making only 2. It didn't also helped that Iman Shupert sat out this game after suffering from a minor injury and i guess his backcourt D was sorely missed on this game. Walker also is still out from injury thus the so-called team chemistry is obviously non-existent yet as shown by this game. I'll give them time, Jorts hasn't returned yet and surely he could help being a big man with range. However, the Knicks ought to beat stinker teams consistently and not just show up on top-notch teams. To be elite, you have to beat the teams that you're supposed to beat and last time I checked, the Nets falls into this category of teams

 

Adds another reason for the Melo and Amare haters to continue fueling or fanning the fire further that they're more of a liability than an asset to the team tsk tsk For me, the jury is still out and I still believe on my Knicks team.

Edited February 21, 2012 by Droidz1979

[SaintPeter5858]

almost 200,000 people have now favored Lin playing All-Star in his career

[SaintPeter5858]

Lin lost to Deron's 38 points. 2nd loss for Lin

[launchpad]

And right on cue the Knicks produced a stinker at home losing to the Nets that did not play Brook Lopez on a back-to-back game with a score of 92 vs 100.

 

They lost this game at the 2nd and 3rd quarter where they allowed the Nets to score back-to-back 32 points after limiting them to 18 on the first quarter and 18 on the last. Ironically, this was also the quarter that Chandler was languishing from the bench after being on the early foul trouble and somehow explains that the Knicks are good not solely from their offense but also because of their D where Deron scorched them with 38 points after making 8 out of 14 hoisted shots from the rainbow territory. As usual J-Lin carried the team with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, 3 TOs (low but they lose this one so TO is not synonymous to winning) and had 6 fouls, followed by 17 points from Amare, 4 rebounds, 2 assist and 1 blk, Chandler with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blks, 4 fould and the highest +/- stat at +14, Carmelo managed to score 11 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assist, 1 steal, 6 TOs while Novak was ice-cold with 8 points and 1 of 4 FG% while Baron Davies only scored 3 points and played 10 mins, while the bad JR Smith appeared on this one scoring 4 points while hoisting 7 shots and making only 2. It didn't also helped that Iman Shupert sat out this game after suffering from a minor injury and i guess his backcourt D was sorely missed on this game. Walker also is still out from injury thus the so-called team chemistry is obviously non-existent yet as shown by this game. I'll give them time, Jorts hasn't returned yet and surely he could help being a big man with range. However, the Knicks ought to beat stinker teams consistently and not just show up on top-notch teams. To be elite, you have to beat the teams that you're supposed to beat and last time I checked, the Nets falls into this category of teams

 

Adds another reason for the Melo and Amare haters to continue fueling or fanning the fire further that they're more of a liability than an asset to the team tsk tsk For me, the jury is still out and I still believe on my Knicks team.

 

its not that im a hater of melo and stat, im just saying that probably the team should be doing better than what happened tonight. to me this game is another example of the knicks not hitting their shots. as you said novak was cold, jr smith suddenly become non existent, i was even looking at the box score wondering where is shumpart when you need his defense. if he was there and put on deron probably we have a different story.

 

but the bottom line for me is, its normal that your team have cold nights where in the outside shots arent falling, the problem is no one in the knicks star power of stat and melo going inside or within the 15 ft or the zone area, most of it are just jacking up shots outside. i mean the nets were handing it to them openly and they never made them pay so they just continued shooting.

 

you are correct about chemistry, looking at lin instead of setting the offense he just hands it to carmelo on the offensive set. again might be the reason why he just got 3 TO as to carmelo's 6 to's. come on the worst part in this game when they hoist outside jumpers i often see chandler is the only one trying to get the rebounds against 2-3 defenders. everyone was standing or just looking,

 

if your saying that this is chemistry issue i think not, for even since carmelo plays for the knicks the offense was often stagnant

[CharlesOngSy]

Sayang, they lost na naman.

[buwitre1781]

very clear na si chandler ang karl malone ni jeremy lin. chanlder has been the anchor of new york's defense and offense (he provides lin enough space to operate froom the floor). i still dont believe that melo is the right fit for new york's offensive system. but if he can adjust for the team (something he has not done under george karl in denver) then maybe they can really be a playoffs contender.

[johncharles]

hey D'Antoni! designate MELO as the most expensive sixth man off the bench early in the game!

thats should make your system work.. When Lin sits bring in Melo,-- play them both during the closing stretch of course.

 

1st 5: Chandler, Stoudemire, Fields, Davis, Lin -- Inside-out Scoring, Agility, Ball movement, Defense.. its there.

bench MoB: Melo, Jeffries, Novak, Smith, Douglas-- will eat any team's second stringers alive, set play or mostly isolations doesnt matter.