Droidz1979 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Kaya pa kaya for the playoffs? Dude, they're a lock for the 7th place right now and their's a good probability that they could go as high as 5th or 6th place being the fact that only Miami and Chicago are the two teams that have the lock at the 1st and 2nd place in the East. Knicks won against the Cavs with a score of 120 vs 103. Stats for the night : Carmelo topscored with 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assist; followed by J-Lin with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assist, 1 steal and just 1 TO; Amare scored 14, had 5 rebounds and 1 blk while Tyson Chandler had 13 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blks while the bench was led by Novakaine with 17 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal (all in 17mins. of play), 12 points from Shupert, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals; JR Smith had 9 points, 1 rebound, 1 blk while Baron Davies had 8 points, 5 rebound, 1 assist while Jared Jeffries had 4 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assist, and 1 steal. They came back from the 2nd half after being down by 12 points and held the cavs to a 42-point scoring. Other than their D, its the depth of their bench that showed down here as it was actually the 2nd unit that brought down the deficit and gave the early lead. The starting 5 merely came back to pad the lead and make the game out of reach for the Cavs. Heck, J-Lin even had the better stat against the no. 1 draft Kyrie Irving who scored 22 points, had 3 rebounds, 7 assist, 1 steal and 4 TOs. Their game against the Celts and the Mavs on the road will be a good test but if they could split the game then it would still be all good. Quote Link to comment
linsanity Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Btw next 4 games will be tough. Starting with dallas i think. This would be a good measure on how ny stands right now as a team. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hope they can still make it to the playoffs Quote Link to comment
joseph1 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 J-Lin with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assist, 1 steal and just 1 TO; Testament to Lin's basketball IQ IMO. Sure hope they beat both Dallas and Boston. Tired of hearing certain things about those two teams. Quote Link to comment
vexy9 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Testament to Lin's basketball IQ IMO. Sure hope they beat both Dallas and Boston. Tired of hearing certain things about those two teams.well if they can make it to the playoff, avoid 7th or 8th spot! for sure, CHI or MIA will be waiting for them. Quote Link to comment
CharlesOngSy Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Let's see if they continue their streak this time.... Quote Link to comment
Droidz1979 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 well if they can make it to the playoff, avoid 7th or 8th spot! for sure, CHI or MIA will be waiting for them. I agree, I think Indiana, Orlando and Boston would be the competition after Miami and Chicago since I don't think Atlanta is that strong (Minus Al Holford that is and the fact that Joe Johnson has been bit by the injury bug lately plus I think T-Mac simply ain't Jamal Crawford for that extra firepower) and without Spencer Hawes back, Philadelphia just won't cut it. Boston might be crunch with Allen, Garnett and Pierce but their age is slowly getting back at them and trading Perkins to the Thunder for Krisnic who is playing overseas right now and Green who happened to have a heart condition and gone for the season sure is a bitch. I guess that leaves Indiana who sure have a deep, tall and young (relatively) frontline in Hibbert, David West and Granger with a very able back court in Collison and George. Then there's also Orlando that would always be a threat with Howard around and having tons of 3-point shooter around in Anderson, Hedo, J-Rich, Jameer and the likes. I guess the depth of the Knicks would help here to give it a second wind but am keeping my fingers crossed here Quote Link to comment
Droidz1979 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Arggg Knicks lost to the C's at OT with a score of 115 vs 111 Curse the clutch 3's of Pierce and Allen as well as the plays of Rondo.. guess the silver lining is that their Big 4 played heavy minutes, Rondo with 48 and the rest at 40+ while only amare played for 38 minutes while the rest only played for 30+minutes. Hopefully, its gonna bite back at the C's with the condensed season and on the play-offs. But this game sure is a bummer as the Knicks were up by 3 with around 20+ seconds left on the clock right before Pierce hit that game trying 3 and Melo missed with 4 seconds left after being guarded well by Pierce on the other end tsk tsk Quote Link to comment
CharlesOngSy Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 They lost in overtime. Sayang! Quote Link to comment
Droidz1979 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Knicks lose to the Mavs on the road again with a score of 85 vs 95 Guess the Mavs D held up this time plus the Knicks was very erratic on this one while Melo was lethargic to say the least (6 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist on a 2/12 FG%). Amare topscored the Knicks with 26 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal; J-Lin with 14 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals; Novak with 13 points, 3 rebounds and 1 blk while Chandler had 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 blk.For the Mavs, Dirk torched the Knicks with 28 points while ably supported by Beaubois with 18 points and 15 points from J-Kidd. Quote Link to comment
linsanity Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Seriously melo. Wtf man Quote Link to comment
buwitre1781 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Iba na kasi ang setup ng offense nila. Now that they have their stars back they would rely more on feeding them instead of their rarah offense anchored on lin fueling shumpert, novak, chandler and fields. peor ngaun it seems balik sila sa simula. new york manages to win kahit 5 to 8 tos ang binibigay ni lin because tat means they are aggressive in their offense. 2 opions for the knicks trade melo or replace d'antoni. d'antoni is now on dilemma of wheter he would revert to his style game anchored on point guard running the show or setting up plays for melo and amare. same holds for melo, anu ba role niya talaga ngaun sa knicks. so eto dapat gawin ng new york. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Melo is no longer as effective as before. NYK should look for a younger replacement Quote Link to comment
launchpad Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 what the knicks should do and save their season before it explodes in their faces is trade carmelo. sometimes its hard for d'antoni to decide, like for this instance. but as a coach if a player should be bench then why not for the win http://www.sulia.com/channel/new-york-knicks/f/aa898063-8a64-42f6-af24-7f337080a9e2/?source=twitter could it be the owner has its hand on this? what the knicks should do and save their season before it explodes in their faces is trade carmelo. sometimes its hard for d'antoni to decide, like for this instance. but as a coach if a player should be bench then why not for the win http://www.sulia.com/channel/new-york-knicks/f/aa898063-8a64-42f6-af24-7f337080a9e2/?source=twitter could it be the owner has its hand on this? Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Plenty of suggestions of course. Let's leave that to the team management and coaching staff Quote Link to comment
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