Woody has his work cut out for him. Only one day to try and figure it out. This game was toast when we saw Melo playing tight. The last thing we needed was for our best player to come out cold. Then on top of that the refs were atrocious, but I don't expect that to happen again. Knicks need to come out aggressive on Monday.
4th Qtr 1:55
MIA 95 NYK 65
nixluva wrote:Woody has his work cut out for him. Only one day to try and figure it out. This game was toast when we saw Melo playing tight. The last thing we needed was for our best player to come out cold. Then on top of that the refs were atrocious, but I don't expect that to happen again. Knicks need to come out aggressive on Monday.
It was that second quarter run. A lot of factors caused that but the Knicks couldn't overcome it.
Clean wrote:Funny thing is this all happened because the Knicks put up a stinker in cleveland. IF we were playing IND now instead of Heats no way they get these calls and Shump would not hurt his knee right there.
Or we if we stunk slightly more, we'd be playing a Bulls team with no Rose. At the end of the day I'll never complain about seedings- if you want to win it all, you have to beat the best- you can't cheat it.
I hated EVERYTHING about this game- everything.
Clean wrote:Funny thing is this all happened because the Knicks put up a stinker in cleveland. IF we were playing IND now instead of Heats no way they get these calls and Shump would not hurt his knee right there.
I'm just going to chalk it up to the unique, exquisite pain that is being a Knicks fan. We can kill ourselves with the what-if scenarios. What if we hadn't blown that 16 point lead to Indy? What if we didn't lose to the friggin' Bobcats? Meanwhile, Philly legitimately tanks their last game to get the Bulls and Rose goes down with a knee injury. Life just isn't fair if you wear the orange and blue...
Knicks played like a 7th seed
CrushAlot wrote:BRIGGS wrote:I think a line up and philosophy change is in order. We have NOT played the Heat well this year. Melo should play 4 so he doesnt match on LBJ
Van Gundy suggested this also.
I finally agree- Woodson has not given in at all to that- but I bet PJax would - he's good at talking guys into things and speaking the language that gets through to stars - But I would love to see Woodson be able to do that
Honestly, it won't surprise me if they don't win a game in this series. The heat are much better the Celtics were last year. One thing for sure. If this team relies on jumpshots instead driving to the hole, not winning a game will be a reality.
holfresh wrote:We gotta see how Woody bounces back..He job is riding on this..
The only problem is that Woody doesn't really have any answers offensively. When he's gotten in trouble he's gone back to the MDA plays. In this game he relied on his ISO ball style, but it backfired. Woody has to figure out a better way to get Melo going and at the same time getting the entire team to be involved. Woody can't go into a shell like he did in ATL, where he refused to adjust and got swept 2 years in a row!!!
U guys are insane to think that the Melo plus 4 look is the way to go going forward
93BUICK wrote:CrushAlot wrote:BRIGGS wrote:I think a line up and philosophy change is in order. We have NOT played the Heat well this year. Melo should play 4 so he doesnt match on LBJ
Van Gundy suggested this also.
I finally agree- Woodson has not given in at all to that- but I bet PJax would - he's good at talking guys into things and speaking the language that gets through to stars - But I would love to see Woodson be able to do that
He won't be. His accountability rants are a joke.
Gymkata wrote:Clean wrote:Funny thing is this all happened because the Knicks put up a stinker in cleveland. IF we were playing IND now instead of Heats no way they get these calls and Shump would not hurt his knee right there.
I'm just going to chalk it up to the unique, exquisite pain that is being a Knicks fan. We can kill ourselves with the what-if scenarios. What if we hadn't blown that 16 point lead to Indy? What if we didn't lose to the friggin' Bobcats? Meanwhile, Philly legitimately tanks their last game to get the Bulls and Rose goes down with a knee injury. Life just isn't fair if you wear the orange and blue...
I agree but I hope that the Knicks catch a break or two on Monday. Losing Shump, being dominated and the officiating made this game a nightmare.
I'm pretty sure the Zach-Lee-Chandler-Gallo-Crawford Knicks or the guys we moved last year could have done this. Securing a 7th after rebuilding for 4 years and watching Bibby miss jumpers all night was worth the wait. This guys are a fucking joke a 35 point loss? Please come to Melos defense after this one. I have never seen anything like this.
Please don't defend this team. It's not one game. Loser franchise, fans expectations are fucking embarrassing. These guys and this team is a one round winner at beat. Way to show up vs the Cavs
We need to start flopping like the Clippers. Since we hardly flop we are always at a disadvantage.
Melo laying the 4 will make it worse because Bron will still guard him and there will definitely be no offensive alternate...They will keep denying Melo the entry pass..The game is a lot more complex than that gents
MS wrote:I'm pretty sure the Zach-Lee-Chandler-Gallo-Crawford Knicks or the guys we moved last year could have done this. Securing a 7th after rebuilding for 4 years and watching Bibby miss jumpers all night was worth the wait. This guys are a fucking joke a 35 point loss? Please come to Melos defense after this one. I have never seen anything like this.Please don't defend this team. It's not one game. Loser franchise, fans expectations are fucking embarrassing. These guys and this team is a one round winner at beat. Way to show up vs the Cavs
Fans are acting like we're a bunch of 21 year olds lucky to be in the playoffs when we're a veteran team with championship aspirations. The worst part is we're capped out, Amare's is untradeable and we'll use our exceptions to re-sign Lin and Novak so we can't make any major changes to this team.
holfresh wrote:Melo laying the 4 will make it worse because Bron will still guard him and there will definitely be no offensive alternate...They will keep denying Melo the entry pass..The game is a lot more complex than that gents
Lebron guarding him is not the problem. Spacing is.
MS wrote:I'm pretty sure the Zach-Lee-Chandler-Gallo-Crawford Knicks or the guys we moved last year could have done this. Securing a 7th after rebuilding for 4 years and watching Bibby miss jumpers all night was worth the wait. This guys are a fucking joke a 35 point loss? Please come to Melos defense after this one. I have never seen anything like this.Please don't defend this team. It's not one game. Loser franchise, fans expectations are fucking embarrassing. These guys and this team is a one round winner at beat. Way to show up vs the Cavs
Good news! You can cheer for the Grizzlies, Warriors, Nuggets and Blazers! I'm sure one of those teams will ease your heart-ache.
nixluva wrote:holfresh wrote:We gotta see how Woody bounces back..He job is riding on this..
The only problem is that Woody doesn't really have any answers offensively. When he's gotten in trouble he's gone back to the MDA plays. In this game he relied on his ISO ball style, but it backfired. Woody has to figure out a better way to get Melo going and at the same time getting the entire team to be involved. Woody can't go into a shell like he did in ATL, where he refused to adjust and got swept 2 years in a row!!!
Woody's poor showing doesn't make MDA a better coach..MDA has chances against Boston as well..We saw how that turned out
Clean wrote:We need to start flopping like the Clippers. Since we hardly flop we are always at a disadvantage.
I doubt they would give us the call. Knicks did more than their share to lose this game but after the whole Tim Donaghy fiasco, these refs look like they know exactly what they're doing.
