Knicks · Game Thread: NY Knicks vs. OKC Thunder(ET), March 7 2013 (TNT): Please Coach NO! J.White & Kurt Thomas start tonight! (page 1)

If This Knick Coach Mike Woodson thinks he can start James (NOTHING) White
and Dirty Kurty Thomas tonight vs the best/west OKC Thunder on live TV & get off to a good start
and he thinks he'll get away with those two Knicks starting,

Then Knicks will fall behind fast
The coach cant be crazy to start White and Thomas vs THUNDER

Please tell me he wont!

Ronnie Brewer goes for 50

Mike Woodsons , MR TONE LOC' is a GANGSTA
if he don't start his best team & chance for a great Knicks start!

I'm afraid to watch tonight...

This is a game where Woodson has to play active guys, meaning guys like Shumpert will play a lot .Chandler and Camby are necessary to guard the paint.

I'm not really scared of this game. But it's clear OKC has the best mix of what it take to blow us out. Quick guards, superstars, decent interior D with Ibaka and Perk. If Melo plays this isn't going to be any harder than the Miami game, which we gave away. More than anything I'd like to see them play hard defense and smart with the ball. They've been turning it over a lot more since the break.

Anyway, I'm excited to see us compete against Russ and Durant. Win or lose, I just want to feel comfortable that we belong with the upper echelon teams.

starter Shift Du OKC

Rick Brunson (just signed to a 10 day this morning)
James White, the orange kicks are kinda spiffy
Chris Copeland, dreadlocks inna Babylon
Kurt Thomas, once more for 8 minutes
Marcus Camby, hears it from the crowd and responds with 11 rebounds

We win in overtime

Piece of cake

Westbrook annoyed me with all his theatrics last season when we lost against them. Payback would be nice but is very unlikely. I don't think the Thunder are going to get to the finals again this season, but they have enough to beat us. Their K-Mart will probably shoot 80%.

Hmmm, maybe if Tyson has a monster game and Melo (if playing) can cancel out Durant we have a shot. But even then who's going to check Westbrook?

Winning this would be a huge boost, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Where is NYKMent ?

MSG3 wrote:I'm not really scared of this game. But it's clear OKC has the best mix of what it take to blow us out. Quick guards, superstars, decent interior D with Ibaka and Perk. If Melo plays this isn't going to be any harder than the Miami game, which we gave away. More than anything I'd like to see them play hard defense and smart with the ball. They've been turning it over a lot more since the break.

Anyway, I'm excited to see us compete against Russ and Durant. Win or lose, I just want to feel comfortable that we belong with the upper echelon teams.

Agree well said we dont see okc too much and i pray its close with under 5min left in game

smackeddog wrote:Westbrook annoyed me with all his theatrics last season when we lost against them. Payback would be nice but is very unlikely. I don't think the Thunder are going to get to the finals again this season, but they have enough to beat us. Their K-Mart will probably shoot 80%.

Hmmm, maybe if Tyson has a monster game and Melo (if playing) can cancel out Durant we have a shot. But even then who's going to check Westbrook?

Winning this would be a huge boost, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Actually yes
If SA SPURS get healthy & Parker comes back strong they can get by OKC Since
Harden is gone

Would luv to see Spurs vs Heat finals (IF /Once Ny gets bumped)

SA best chance to knock of the Hated HEAT
I'd sign up too see the florida kings knocked off their throne! LOL

ramtour420 wrote:Where is NYKMent ?

Apparently Nalod took him out and confined him to poster lockdown before he left.
martin has bestowed certain superpowers on a very select few...

The Sombers are therefore free to move about the cabin...

misterearl wrote:starter Shift Du OKC

Rick Brunson (just signed to a 10 day this morning)
James White, the orange kicks are kinda spiffy
Chris Copeland, dreadlocks inna Babylon
Kurt Thomas, once more for 8 minutes
Marcus Camby, hears it from the crowd and responds with 11 rebounds

We win in overtime

Piece of cake

Actually;

1) White and Cope lock down Westbrook and Durant; hold them to 4 for 40 shooting combined. Cope gets 14 blocks.
2) We are winning handily going away in the third quarter, 97-64; Woody puts the bench in for the entire 4th quarter.
3) Amare and Melo go nuts against the OKC scrubs and score 40 each in the 4th quarter; the commissioner's office fines Dolan $250K for piling on unbecoming of a true contending team.

This could get ugly in a hurry. No shot without Melo and then he really has to have it going. Maybe if we can get the Thunder in foul trouble early?

Some OKC dancers, since I was inspired by that Nuggets dancer in the Westbrook vid above...


I'm thinking, how did she do that and keep looking like that???

Obviously the Knicks don't wanna run up and down with OKC. They can be a very sloppy team despite their great athletic ability. Knicks have to slow them down as much as possible. You have to have a lot of Ball and Player movement against them. OKC will let you score, but you have to beat them with smarts and not try to ISO them. They're too athletic for that.

Flash forward to these boards at end of this game:

smackeddog wrote:Flash forward to these boards at end of this game:

Bill Paxson ad-libbed that classic line. Looks great on blu-ray.

Hope they can keep it close to until the 4th. Maybe someone JR or Stat gets hot.

Hope we can Limit our TO's to under 10, and force 20..thats the best shot we have with out Mel