The Knicks continue to surprise and baffle me.
I must confess that I only caught the 2nd half, and the beginning of the first half, so my apologies if my notes are not as concise as expected.
First of all, kudos to Seth of postingandtoasting.com for giving me the plug, that was real nice of him. Hopefully I got a few clicks over to here.
Anyway, onto the game. Despite what the final score may show you, the Knicks were very much into this game throughout the whole game, even leading by eight points with eight minutes to go in the 4th quarter. So what happened? They collapsed again. Mostly thanks to Sasha Vujacic out of nowhere becoming a three point shooting god, with Kobe Bryant adding some huge shots to rip the game away from us.
Nate Robinson was fantastic, this has to honestly be his best game of the season, probably his career. The man played a great game of basketball out there, collecting 22 points and 9 assists, including HUGE three pointers and field goals to put the Knicks up big in the beginning of the 4th. After he got nailed by Sasha though, and got the T, he oddly enough quieted up.
Another big player today was David Lee. Lee had 21 points an 12 BIG rebounds, including some major offensive boards that gave the Knicks tons of second chance opportunities. The guy worked his butt off tonight, plain and simple, and got huge minutes as a reward (And because Eddy Curry got into heavy foul trouble...)
Randolph played okay, had 16 points and 14 rebounds, but it seems that his missed shots late in the 4th were one of the big reasons why we choked big time. We could've used a lot of the EASY buckets he missed.
Kudos to Balkman for hitting his first three of the season!
Ronny Turiaf had a good game for the Lakers, as well. Turiaf, Bynum, Fisher and Farmar are the only guys on that squad I can even tolerate. Lamar Odom (Ugh,) also had a good game for the Lakers.
Just like in the Golden State game, the Knicks had a chance to steal away a victory in the 4th quarter, but just choked it. After Nate Robinson got T'ed up, it's like the team lost its mojo, everyone played like turnover zombies, Crawford clamped up from the field, Nate couldn't even find a shot to take, Randolph missed EASY buckets, and they all forgot to play defense. It seems as if they just gave up halfway into the fourth. Oh well, either way, I can't be too angry (Except at Sasha...) they really did try out there, and before Robinson got T'ed up, they looked like they were going to win the game. Let's see tomorrow, they have The Jazz. Seeya next time.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Warriors (106) - Knicks (104)
I have to admit, the Knicks surprised me tonight.
I only caught the game from the 2nd quarter on, but from what I saw, I really liked what I saw. The Knicks worked their butts off tonight, everything was clicking for the team until their fourth quarter meltdown. Even Q had a nice game, going 6-13 from the field, and 2-5 from 3's. It's games like these that were were EXPECTING out of Q. I really hope his slump ends, I really like him and he plays great basketball, and this slump is really sad to watch.
What was with the three point shooting by both teams? All both teams wanted to do was hoist up three after three. Did you know the Warriors were at one point 2-14 from downtown?! Jeez! Al Harrington just showed me what I've known about him for a LONG time: he's a great offensive threat when he's hot, but you can't rely on him on the defensive end, or if he's in a slump. Tonight was a bad slump. He went 4-13, and 1-5 from 3's. You know, Al, after a while, why not just give up?
It was the Warriors constant misfiring from downtown that led to to Knicks staying in this game. Also, stellar play from Renaldo Balkman, Nate Robinson, and a quietly contributing David Lee helped keep the Knicks in the game. Balkman brought energy, Lee hustle and rebounds, and Nate gave us instant offense, even if he wasn't shooting well tonight. If it weren't for him we would've been stuck in one too many situations.
While we're at it, what was with that fourth quarter meltdown by the Knicks? Seriously, they couldn't even buy a shot. What made it worse was Jamal Crawford. He was hoisting up shots everywhere, and all I heard for the last few minutes of the game was "CLANK. CLANK. CLANK." Seriously Jamal, why must you always hoist up impossible to hit shots instead of driving to the basket late in games? Do you think because you hit one every few games, you can do it all the time magically? When you're 0-7 for three's that means you have to STOP THROWING THEM UP!
Stephen Jackson killed us. That man hit a bunch of hugh three's late in the game, effectively killing us for good. And kudos to Andreis Biedrins, with 26 (!) rebounds. He only averages nine and a half per game, which makes it even more surprising. Good for him.
When is Fred Jones going to be back? I already miss him. Mardy Collins is awful running the offense.
Eddy Curry was barely in the game, but he certainly made the most of it, with 17 points in 18 minutes. Randolph was quiet, and very dissappointing.
Overall, the game was exciting and very down to the wire, I just wish Crawford, Robinson and Randolph wouldn't have missed so many shots. We really should've won this game, the Warriors were playing awful. Oh well, there's other days. The Knicks face the Lakers on Tuesday, which will hopefully be good.
I only caught the game from the 2nd quarter on, but from what I saw, I really liked what I saw. The Knicks worked their butts off tonight, everything was clicking for the team until their fourth quarter meltdown. Even Q had a nice game, going 6-13 from the field, and 2-5 from 3's. It's games like these that were were EXPECTING out of Q. I really hope his slump ends, I really like him and he plays great basketball, and this slump is really sad to watch.
What was with the three point shooting by both teams? All both teams wanted to do was hoist up three after three. Did you know the Warriors were at one point 2-14 from downtown?! Jeez! Al Harrington just showed me what I've known about him for a LONG time: he's a great offensive threat when he's hot, but you can't rely on him on the defensive end, or if he's in a slump. Tonight was a bad slump. He went 4-13, and 1-5 from 3's. You know, Al, after a while, why not just give up?
It was the Warriors constant misfiring from downtown that led to to Knicks staying in this game. Also, stellar play from Renaldo Balkman, Nate Robinson, and a quietly contributing David Lee helped keep the Knicks in the game. Balkman brought energy, Lee hustle and rebounds, and Nate gave us instant offense, even if he wasn't shooting well tonight. If it weren't for him we would've been stuck in one too many situations.
While we're at it, what was with that fourth quarter meltdown by the Knicks? Seriously, they couldn't even buy a shot. What made it worse was Jamal Crawford. He was hoisting up shots everywhere, and all I heard for the last few minutes of the game was "CLANK. CLANK. CLANK." Seriously Jamal, why must you always hoist up impossible to hit shots instead of driving to the basket late in games? Do you think because you hit one every few games, you can do it all the time magically? When you're 0-7 for three's that means you have to STOP THROWING THEM UP!
Stephen Jackson killed us. That man hit a bunch of hugh three's late in the game, effectively killing us for good. And kudos to Andreis Biedrins, with 26 (!) rebounds. He only averages nine and a half per game, which makes it even more surprising. Good for him.
When is Fred Jones going to be back? I already miss him. Mardy Collins is awful running the offense.
Eddy Curry was barely in the game, but he certainly made the most of it, with 17 points in 18 minutes. Randolph was quiet, and very dissappointing.
Overall, the game was exciting and very down to the wire, I just wish Crawford, Robinson and Randolph wouldn't have missed so many shots. We really should've won this game, the Warriors were playing awful. Oh well, there's other days. The Knicks face the Lakers on Tuesday, which will hopefully be good.
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