Knicks · Our Chances of Winning This Series (page 3)

eViL wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:I'm proud of how they've played but the odds of winning 4 of 5 are slim.

Gonna have to settle for moral victories, of which we're up 2-0.

I like to think of it as holding home court and winning 1 away game.

We've got a 6% chance, keep hope alive.

I have to take issues with this. Our chances in this series are not affected in any way shape or form by how many times teams down 0-2 in series has come back to win before. If you flip a coin a hunderd time sand get tails each time, it doesn't improve your chances of getting heads on the 101st toss. It's still 50%.

who has the low IQ now, blue? TAKE THAT!!!

I got pw3ned

We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

Gymkata wrote:A slight bright side: living in NH I listen to a lot of Boston-area sports radio and there is zero joy from last night's game. Aside from the requisite hack shots at Carmelo for being a "jerk" (ironic considering Pierce and Garnett play for the Celtics), it's pretty much the sky is falling.

It's not much, but you take the good feelings where you can find them.

My guess is that they're saying that not because they're worried about the Knicks but because they think their performance is a sign that the team is not at the championship level.

Bonn1997 wrote:We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

According to loweyecue our odds are 50/50.

BlueSeats wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

According to loweyecue our odds are 50/50.

I think you just pulled ahead of eViL in your mano y mano

BlueSeats wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

According to loweyecue our odds are 50/50.

In theory, loweyecue got that wrong.

let me simplify this odds thing for everyone:

odds that i am awesome: 100%

odds that the knicks will win the series in 6: 10000000000000000000000%

it's all very scientific.

BlueSeats wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

According to loweyecue our odds are 50/50.

I knew this was coming...For the record I think our chasnces ar 80-20

Slim to none. Especially with D'Antoni calling the shots. Can't believe his management of the last few minutes of yesterday's game. Not fouling Delonte West? Not having a second option after Carmelo. Come on man. We should be even with a chance to steal this series in 7. Now I wouldn't doubt it if we are swept.

rojasmas wrote:Slim to none. Especially with D'Antoni calling the shots. Can't believe his management of the last few minutes of yesterday's game. Not fouling Delonte West? Not having a second option after Carmelo. Come on man. We should be even with a chance to steal this series in 7. Now I wouldn't doubt it if we are swept.

You think it's really what D'Antoni wanted the players to do at the end? This team is not going to be better executing than the Celtics. They've got far more chemistry due to time together. We're still trying ti find a balance in terms of how many shots guys get and how to work in the role players like Fields. Not to mention that we've got more young and inexperienced guys that haven't been in this kind of situation before.

Now add in the injuries to 2 of our best players and I think that had more to do with the losses than Mike making mistakes. If the ball bounces our way or a call goes our way we could easily be 2-0. Would that make Doc less of a coach?

eViL wrote:am i just being an idiot when i say:

KNICKS IN SIX MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

???

because it just feels right to me...

Unfortunately, feelings don't win ball games.

Hey, martin, what's with the profanity filter being down? First, your slacker intern Bippity's posting the wrong games on the homepage, now this. I'm going to start complaining to management soon. Us nitpicking piss-ant detail guys will just have to go hang out on Berman's comment pages if the quality control doesn't pick up here soon...

[insert opportunity for Bip to talk about hisself]

And what's "closek" mean, again?

jrodmc wrote:

eViL wrote:am i just being an idiot when i say:

KNICKS IN SIX MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

???

because it just feels right to me...

Unfortunately, feelings don't win ball games.

Hey, martin, what's with the profanity filter being down? First, your slacker intern Bippity's posting the wrong games on the homepage, now this. I'm going to start complaining to management soon. Us nitpicking piss-ant detail guys will just have to go hang out on Berman's comment pages if the quality control doesn't pick up here soon...

[insert opportunity for Bip to talk about hisself]

And what's "closek" mean, again?

here ya go rookie:

From Wikipedia:
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Alexander Graham Bell used the phrase to test the first telephone.

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Legal Controversy:

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this is still a winable series... we just need to keep pressing. I feel like the guys still believe, and I'm hoping the thought there is they have what it takes, just need to put it together.

You cant expect Melo to perform like he did, but if his effort is at the same level we will be OK. I think we are due for a Toney Douglas explosion and that should be enough to back up what Melo brings.

Anytime we SMELL the Celtics starting to warm up we MUST double or lock down Pierce. If KG or Ray or Rondo beat us OK, we cant let PP do it.

we gotta win tomorrow night.

Would this be a good time to show the team video of the Bo Sox/Yanks world series or should we wait until the outcome of Game 3?

Bonn1997 wrote:We have to beat them 4-1 now. I'm not saying it can't be done but it would totally surprise me.

Yanks had the Sox down 3-0, and no team had ever come back t win from that deficit in the post-season. Boston won four straight. It can be done as long as the guys focus on one game at a time.

The Knicks could have one both of the games we lost. Though pegged as severe underdogs against the Celts, we demonstrated that we're more than up to their level. If we get the home calls at The Garden and have 2 of our three stars playing, we should even up the series and make it a 3 game series.

Stats are silly because they don't apply to any specific context. They're really meaningless in this situation. Now, if we lose tomorrow night, then it'll be Celtics in 4 or 5, because the fellas will get psyched out.

But that ain't gwine happen.