Knicks · 3rd Seed in Sight (page 1)

Our Knicks have a deep, balanced roster that boasts star power as well. The Eastern Conference should be very afraid. 3rd seed is in sight and a first round win despite what the haters are predicting. All it took was for a real coach to get the job and demand ACCOUNTABILITY, something MDA NEVER did. Go Knicks!

Actually it is the 4th seed, Orlando has been playing well so it will be hard to catch up with them, but Philly is a team we can catch no doubt about it. W have a game against them we must win.

We are only 4 games away from them, boston HAS A TOUGH sched ahead.

Hah, let's just worry about holding the 8th seed first before we get ahead of ourselves. Milwaukee is playing some king of inspired basketball right now and Celtics is a win some lose some team. It is going to be hard to get out of these two Celtics/Bucks sandwich that Knicks are currently wedged in between.

It really is crazy how fast things have turned around. We were totally out of it before, but now the Knicks actually do have a shot to get back in it. Even if it's a remote chance. The Sixers aren't as far away as they were and the Celtics are on a road trip from hell.

Eastern Conference
Atlantic 	W 	L 	PCT 	GB 	CONF 	DIV 	HOME 	ROAD 	L 10 	STREAK
Philadelphia 4 	25 	20 	0.556 	0.0 	18-10 	3-2 	16-9 	9-11 	4-6 	L 3
Boston 7 	23 	21 	0.523 	1.5 	18-11 	6-3 	16-8 	7-13 	6-4 	L 2
New York 8 	21 	24 	0.467 	4.0 	14-14 	4-5 	13-10 	8-14 	4-6 	W 3

The Knicks have a tough road ahead, but it's still within their grasp if they are determined to keep playing this kind of defense.

the thing is the 76ers have an easy sched the rest of the way! they play NJ 3 times and they have games against bobcats and raptors

this is were the games during jan and feb hurt us

while I like that the team has been playing much better, keep in mind the so have the Bucks, and they own the tiebreaker against us

I want us to get be the 5th seed and maybe Pacers drop to 4. We can definitely beat them we just proved that. I think we can beat Philly as well.

SupremeCommander wrote:while I like that the team has been playing much better, keep in mind the so have the Bucks, and they own the tiebreaker against us

We have two games left against them and must win both. I think most people are expecting the Celtics to fall out of contention.

This team is capable of falling to the 9th seed just as much as they're capable of grabbing the 3rd seed.

Let's not forget that.

This is the point where the Knicks get my hopes up and then lose a home game against the Raptors.

Finish 4th and bring on the Pacers!

We have to be real careful about getting too excited. I love how they've played and I was a big time supporter for MDA leaving. But it's going to be hard to play like this over the next 22 games consistently. I think they can do it. But to reach the 4th seed we really have no room for error. I'd be content with being in the playoffs and playing our best ball headed into the 1st round. As I said elsewhere, our best chance may be surpassing Boston. Milwaukee looks great and Philly is really going to have to fall apart to lose the Atlantic.

It's amazing that this has a chance to play out a lot like 99. Except this team is far better.

Knicks just need to win as many games as possible. The seeding will take care of itself.

AnubisADL wrote:Knicks just need to win as many games as possible. The seeding will take care of itself.

Yep, we especially need to beat the Bucks both times.

IMO it may not be as hard as some think for this team to play like this the rest of the way. Really this is how the team was playing during Linsanity in terms of the role players defensive effort. Even during the losing streak the role players fought and brought the team back on D. Now with Jared and Tyson back the team is pretty much back to the way it was playing. I think that the key is for STAT n Melo to at least not fall all the way back to lazy mode. If Woody can keep them at least at last nights level on D, it's entirely possible for the role players to carry this team to a higher seed.

HugeKnick4 wrote:This is the point where the Knicks get my hopes up and then lose a home game against the Raptors.

Believe it or not, because of this statement and our recent history, the Raptors game is a huge game. These are the games in the past that we play down to the competition. Lets see us come out with the same passion and fire....

Uptown wrote:

HugeKnick4 wrote:This is the point where the Knicks get my hopes up and then lose a home game against the Raptors.

Believe it or not, because of this statement and our recent history, the Raptors game is a huge game. These are the games in the past that we play down to the competition. Lets see us come out with the same passion and fire....

I think this time with Woody coaching and with Tyson, Jared back and Lin, Shump and JR really getting after it defensively, this team is in a better position to not backslide against teams like the Raps. Lin is also more experienced now and I think tougher for all the pounding he's endured. I just get the feeling that this teams mental toughness has finally matured. Also the Teams SOLIDARITY is strong. There's no more infighting right now. So this could be really sustainable.

I demand it.

Really, 8th to 3rd.

Anyone doing the math?

All I'm worrying about is injuries. You'll never know... Winning 5 losing 1 is better than winning 1 and losing 1 and then losing 3 in a row.

I believe if we overtake the sixers and win the Atlantic we get the 3rd seed automatically.

For an easy look here's how the Knicks schedule and Sixers schedules match up the rest of the way.

Knicks                                       Sixers
March
 ------------------------------------------  Mon, Mar 19 	@ Charlotte Bobcats		
Tue, Mar 20 	Toronto Raptors                            
Wed, Mar 21 	@ Philadelphia 76ers         Wed, Mar 21 	New York Knicks
Fri, Mar 23 	@ Toronto Raptors	     Fri, Mar 23 	Boston Celtics 			
Sat, Mar 24 	Detroit Pistons 
-------------------------------------------  Sun, Mar 25 	@ San Antonio Spurs			
Mon, Mar 26 	Milwaukee Bucks 
-------------------------------------------  Tue, Mar 27 	Cleveland Cavaliers				
Wed, Mar 28 	Orlando Magic				
Fri, Mar 30 	@ Atlanta Hawks 	     Fri, Mar 30 	@ Washington Wizards			
Sat, Mar 31 	Cleveland Cavaliers          Sat, Mar 31 	Atlanta Hawks
Tue, Apr 3 	@ Indiana Pacers 	     Tue, Apr 3 	@ Miami Heat
-------------------------------------------  Wed, Apr 4 	Toronto Raptors			
Thu, Apr 5 	@ Orlando Magic 
-------------------------------------------  Sat, Apr 7 	Orlando Magic			
Sun, Apr 8 	Chicago Bulls 		     Sun, Apr 8 	@ Boston Celtics	
Tue, Apr 10 	@ Chicago Bulls 	     Tue, Apr 10 	@ New Jersey Nets			
Wed, Apr 11 	@ Milwaukee Bucks 	     Wed, Apr 11 	@ Toronto Raptors			
Fri, Apr 13 	Washington Wizards 	     Fri, Apr 13 	New Jersey Nets			
Sun, Apr 15 	Miami Heat	
-------------------------------------------  Mon, Apr 16 	@ Orlando Magic			
Tue, Apr 17 	Boston Celtics 		     Tue, Apr 17 	Indiana Pacers		
Wed, Apr 18 	@ New Jersey Nets	     Wed, Apr 18 	@ Cleveland Cavaliers	
Fri, Apr 20 	@ Cleveland Cavaliers		
-------------------------------------------  Sat, Apr 21 	@ Indiana Pacers		
Sun, Apr 22 	@ Atlanta Hawks 	
-------------------------------------------  Mon, Apr 23 	@ New Jersey Nets			
Wed, Apr 25 	Los Angeles Clippers 	     Wed, Apr 25 	@ Milwaukee Bucks			
Thu, Apr 26 	@ Charlotte Bobcats 	     Thu, Apr 26 	@ Detroit Pistons