At least put some ho's if you're going to make a Game Thread...
gunsnewing@ 11/1/2012 2:38 PM
Game will be postponed one can only hope
NYKBocker@ 11/1/2012 3:09 PM
I miss Lin.
ChuckBuck@ 11/1/2012 3:11 PM
Ahh Rick's Cabaret...the food isn't bad there!
nixluva@ 11/1/2012 3:12 PM
I actually think the Knicks will win. Heat haven't really faced a challenge in a while. Not from a team that is built with mentally tough vets and guys that have won in this league and don't have a fear of the Heat. I think the Heat are bullies and if you punch them in the nose they'll be knocked off their game. The Knicks are capable of making it tough for the Heat to score against a set defense and if they take care of the ball on offense it takes away a lot of the Heat's fast break offense. That's how the Heat really beat teams is with their ability to get out on the break. You've got to force them into a grind it out game.
Nalod@ 11/1/2012 3:36 PM
Sorry for the mix up. The Glee thing was for another thread here.
Nix, "Don't stop believing" either!!!!
MaTT4281@ 11/1/2012 4:29 PM
nixluva wrote:I actually think the Knicks will win. Heat haven't really faced a challenge in a while. Not from a team that is built with mentally tough vets and guys that have won in this league and don't have a fear of the Heat. I think the Heat are bullies and if you punch them in the nose they'll be knocked off their game. The Knicks are capable of making it tough for the Heat to score against a set defense and if they take care of the ball on offense it takes away a lot of the Heat's fast break offense. That's how the Heat really beat teams is with their ability to get out on the break. You've got to force them into a grind it out game.
Didn't the Heat open against the Celtics?
Either way, I think the Knicks will win because fuck Miami!
ChuckBuck@ 11/1/2012 4:33 PM
I just want to see Kurt Thomas put Lebron on his ass hard one time, with real pain, not that flop shyt.
That's worth the price of admission..
smackeddog@ 11/1/2012 4:53 PM
I want to see them crushed beneath our might! Not sure if it'll happen though. A win would be sweet though, put the chaos and bad news of the preseason behind us- let's go Knicks!
nixluva@ 11/1/2012 5:40 PM
MaTT4281 wrote:
nixluva wrote:I actually think the Knicks will win. Heat haven't really faced a challenge in a while. Not from a team that is built with mentally tough vets and guys that have won in this league and don't have a fear of the Heat. I think the Heat are bullies and if you punch them in the nose they'll be knocked off their game. The Knicks are capable of making it tough for the Heat to score against a set defense and if they take care of the ball on offense it takes away a lot of the Heat's fast break offense. That's how the Heat really beat teams is with their ability to get out on the break. You've got to force them into a grind it out game.
Didn't the Heat open against the Celtics?
Either way, I think the Knicks will win because fuck Miami!
The Celtics D is a SHADOW of what it once was. They don't really have the same mental attitude as in the past. Too many new young bucks trying to figure it out. Just don't have the same intensity on D as the Celtics we used to know.
Heat will try to run us out of the building with their smaller and quicker lineup. Have to slow the game down and make them work at our pace. This is the best team in the league so clearly the Knicks are underdogs, but they can really make it tough on the Heat and if they win send a nice message for the entire season.
gunsnewing@ 11/1/2012 5:52 PM
Kidd likely to start. Melo at pf. Will be the lineup vs smaller frontcourts
callmened@ 11/1/2012 6:59 PM
I expect this game to be postponed ..as well as the nyc marathon
Papabear@ 11/1/2012 9:19 PM
nixluva wrote:
MaTT4281 wrote:
nixluva wrote:I actually think the Knicks will win. Heat haven't really faced a challenge in a while. Not from a team that is built with mentally tough vets and guys that have won in this league and don't have a fear of the Heat. I think the Heat are bullies and if you punch them in the nose they'll be knocked off their game. The Knicks are capable of making it tough for the Heat to score against a set defense and if they take care of the ball on offense it takes away a lot of the Heat's fast break offense. That's how the Heat really beat teams is with their ability to get out on the break. You've got to force them into a grind it out game.
Didn't the Heat open against the Celtics?
Either way, I think the Knicks will win because fuck Miami!
The Celtics D is a SHADOW of what it once was. They don't really have the same mental attitude as in the past. Too many new young bucks trying to figure it out. Just don't have the same intensity on D as the Celtics we used to know.
Heat will try to run us out of the building with their smaller and quicker lineup. Have to slow the game down and make them work at our pace. This is the best team in the league so clearly the Knicks are underdogs, but they can really make it tough on the Heat and if they win send a nice message for the entire season.
Papabear Says
Gee I hope that you are right. But we must make shots and so far that has been our problem. Who is going to make the shots? They keep shutting Novak down and Melo can do it buy himself. I just can't see how we win. I hope that I'm wrong.
nixluva@ 11/1/2012 10:26 PM
Papabear wrote:
nixluva wrote:
MaTT4281 wrote:
nixluva wrote:I actually think the Knicks will win. Heat haven't really faced a challenge in a while. Not from a team that is built with mentally tough vets and guys that have won in this league and don't have a fear of the Heat. I think the Heat are bullies and if you punch them in the nose they'll be knocked off their game. The Knicks are capable of making it tough for the Heat to score against a set defense and if they take care of the ball on offense it takes away a lot of the Heat's fast break offense. That's how the Heat really beat teams is with their ability to get out on the break. You've got to force them into a grind it out game.
Didn't the Heat open against the Celtics?
Either way, I think the Knicks will win because fuck Miami!
The Celtics D is a SHADOW of what it once was. They don't really have the same mental attitude as in the past. Too many new young bucks trying to figure it out. Just don't have the same intensity on D as the Celtics we used to know.
Heat will try to run us out of the building with their smaller and quicker lineup. Have to slow the game down and make them work at our pace. This is the best team in the league so clearly the Knicks are underdogs, but they can really make it tough on the Heat and if they win send a nice message for the entire season.
Papabear Says
Gee I hope that you are right. But we must make shots and so far that has been our problem. Who is going to make the shots? They keep shutting Novak down and Melo can do it buy himself. I just can't see how we win. I hope that I'm wrong.
Scoring is a concern. This just isn't a team made to be a scoring dynamo, but they can get this game into a trench war and that should help them stay in the game and what you hope for is that they get hot at some point and can get a lead and then protect it with great D. It's all about timing of when you have a run and how you protect that lead when you get it. The Knicks must execute the offense efficiently.
smackeddog@ 11/2/2012 5:17 AM
nixluva wrote:
Papabear wrote:
Papabear Says
Gee I hope that you are right. But we must make shots and so far that has been our problem. Who is going to make the shots? They keep shutting Novak down and Melo can do it buy himself. I just can't see how we win. I hope that I'm wrong.
Scoring is a concern. This just isn't a team made to be a scoring dynamo, but they can get this game into a trench war and that should help them stay in the game and what you hope for is that they get hot at some point and can get a lead and then protect it with great D. It's all about timing of when you have a run and how you protect that lead when you get it. The Knicks must execute the offense efficiently.
I'm hoping we're all underestimating JR Smith- he looked good in the one preseason game, you never know he could have a break out season. Don't underestimate Felton's offense either- he's very inconsistent but he's capable of having big scoring games.
Still, it's going to come down to defense and Miami is a tough challenge to start the season.
Mray20@ 11/2/2012 5:37 AM
It's going to take one of these games for the Knicks to beat the Heat
Papabear@ 11/2/2012 10:49 AM
Papabear Says
Our offense is very inconsistant and that will cause us to loose a lot of games. And I'm still not sure of our defense.
Clean@ 11/2/2012 12:13 PM
This is the perfect team to start the season. Will give us our first and biggest test. We will now know where we stack up to the best in the league at the start of the seaon.
smackeddog@ 11/2/2012 12:53 PM
I'm still haunted by that game 1 loss a few months ago- Zombie Tyson battling through the flu was an omen, then that stretch kicked in where we got whistled for a foul every time we moved, Leborn adding insult to injury by flopping, then as the final kick to the nuts, Shump went down with an ACL tear. That game was an absolute soul destroyer, we need to avenge it...
IrishKnickFan@ 11/2/2012 1:19 PM
smackeddog wrote:I'm still haunted by that game 1 loss a few months ago- Zombie Tyson battling through the flu was an omen, then that stretch kicked in where we got whistled for a foul every time we moved, Leborn adding insult to injury by flopping, then as the final kick to the nuts, Shump went down with an ACL tear. That game was an absolute soul destroyer, we need to avenge it...
i agree smack. lets face it the nba wanted the heat to win it all and game 1 was all the evidence i needed. I mean the refs called fousl on us even when we didnt even touch teh heat. Also tyson was sick as a dog,shump got injured, and we had no point guard.
