Knicks · Game Thread: Game of the Century - Knicks Heat - LIN LEBRON, THE SHOWDOWN. 2/23/2012, 7:00 EASTERN! (page 2)

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:LIN LEAVES HIS BLOOD AND SOUL ON THE COURT TONIGHT:

Has Band-Aid or Curad contacted Lin yet?

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:
OOF!:

Floyd is living the life. Boxing does have it's upsides.
Not sure what this has to do with the Heat, but I'm happy.

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:Lin already took down Kobe and Dirk, now he tackles the biggest Kahuna in all of the land, LeBron.

The TEAM took down Kobe and Dirk, and don't you forget it. Lin certainly hasn't. To defeat the Heat without Shump, everyone needs to get back on defense to stop the Miami gazelles from getting crazy.

Amar'e gets Lebron for a short shift. Carmelo needs to bring the defensive effort he had last night. The Captain needs to play like The Captain. Lin needs to stay under control with two high quality defenders running at him.

It's a scrimmage. Don't believe the hype.

misterearl wrote:Teamwork

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:Lin already took down Kobe and Dirk, now he tackles the biggest Kahuna in all of the land, LeBron.

The TEAM took down Kobe and Dirk, and don't you forget it.

misterearl wrote:
Carmelo needs to bring the defensive effort he had last night. The Captain needs to play like The Captain.

We need to finally see that Melo Mojo over LaQueen in action.

To hell with a LeBron, a D-Wade, and a Bosh... We have a BETTER TEAM.

GO KNICKS!!! Who will have the career game tonight? Lin? Melo? STAT? JR? Novak? Fields? Chandler? Davis?

This team has GUNS, folks. Time to lock, load and FIRE @ 7PM EST.

misterearl wrote:Teamwork

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:Lin already took down Kobe and Dirk, now he tackles the biggest Kahuna in all of the land, LeBron.

It's a scrimmage. Don't believe the hype.

This is a showdown. Is you about it, though?

jrodmc wrote:

misterearl wrote:Teamwork

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:Lin already took down Kobe and Dirk, now he tackles the biggest Kahuna in all of the land, LeBron.

The TEAM took down Kobe and Dirk, and don't you forget it.

But not in the same game, try not to forget that.

Hahahahhaha, strong take

jrodmc wrote:We need Shump on Wade and that aint happening. Anyone (and I can't believe I'm saying this) for starting JR over Fields for defensive purposes?

Hell yeah. Would feel way more comfortable with Shump available to try to make Wade work for his buckets

Syniko wrote:If Shump's not playing tonight, he might as well skip Slam Dunk Competition as well.

good call.

if it were 3 days ago

Voltron wrote:I can't wait for this game. What will be even better is when we play the Heat in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals!!! Ratings!!!!!!

I did not know that Carlos Delfino was a Knick fan.

“I know I’m going to end up guarding Lin at some point,” - Lebron James.

misterearl wrote:Really?

“I know I’m going to end up guarding Lin at some point,” - Lebron James.

If Lebron guards Lin will people be made when they Iso Melo on the smaller defender or Battier?

knicks1248 wrote:We have to play flawless tonight..lin can not have all those TO's..they kill us

They don't, they really don't kill us.

Or, at the least, we can't say with certainty that they kill us.

It's a complex system, the hoops game on the hardwoods. If he doesn't get the turnovers, maybe his style is not the same, and if his style is not the same, he doesn't have the same impact?

Lin has to play his game, you hope he doesn't turn it over, but at the same time I won't say he kills us with 5 turnovers a game if he gets 2 back and makes everyone else on the floor feel so good about themselves.

knicks1248 wrote:We have to play flawless tonight..lin can not have all those TO's..they kill us

Wrong. No team plays flawless basketball. Nobody. Lin must stay aggressive. Damn the turnovers. Play tough defense.