Malcolm wrote:Williams extends his lead over Porzingis for 2nd most FT attempts per game . . .
Really loving his style of play.
CrushAlot wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:Jmpasq wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:Loved this game. The way we Atlanta came back was scary, but it was also us not respecting their 3 point shooting. Needed to close out on their open bigs more. Outside of that, this was a very good game.Fisher's 9 man rotation has totally transformed this team. The last 2 games this team has looked like a legitimate top 5 Eastern Conference team. Now Afflalo has been overplayed and playing way over his head, so I expect him to come down to earth a bit - but Melo OTOH has shot the ball poorly. So it should even out hopefully (When AA comes back down, Melo's hopefully gonna raise his shot).
Props to Melo as well, really good team game from him. The efforts have been there before from him, but now we're seeing them truly be maximized. Tonight Atlanta paid dearly for trying to double him or crowd him early.
Porzingis also with a big game. 15.5 points 9 rebounds in his last 2 games.
They played the starters a lot of minutes tonight though. If Melo gets hurt the season goes down the tubes
That's only because they were playing an EC contender, a top 4 team that won 60 games last year. If this were a more typical game, the other 4 guys would get more of a run. We definitely need a go to scorer off the bench or to possibly bring Afflalo off the bench (Start Gallo). Melo's in his prime being paid 3 starters equivalent money, and he has to play big minutes if the Knicks want to be a good/competitive team this year. You earn that much, you gotta carry that much of the load. I'm hoping Phil is seeing the areas where he can add some help. DWill has been very good, but we need someone more reliable, a veteran with more of a consistent shot off the bench.
Melo will be fired up for the Heat. The team maybe tired though.
We might be in for a run for our money. Melo played 40 mins, and Lopez and Afflalo both played some really heavy minutes as well. In addition, the Heat are coming off a days rest as well.
Knicks win 8th game on road. Last year: 7 . . .
TPercy wrote:CrushAlot wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:Jmpasq wrote:nyknickzingis wrote:Loved this game. The way we Atlanta came back was scary, but it was also us not respecting their 3 point shooting. Needed to close out on their open bigs more. Outside of that, this was a very good game.Fisher's 9 man rotation has totally transformed this team. The last 2 games this team has looked like a legitimate top 5 Eastern Conference team. Now Afflalo has been overplayed and playing way over his head, so I expect him to come down to earth a bit - but Melo OTOH has shot the ball poorly. So it should even out hopefully (When AA comes back down, Melo's hopefully gonna raise his shot).
Props to Melo as well, really good team game from him. The efforts have been there before from him, but now we're seeing them truly be maximized. Tonight Atlanta paid dearly for trying to double him or crowd him early.
Porzingis also with a big game. 15.5 points 9 rebounds in his last 2 games.
They played the starters a lot of minutes tonight though. If Melo gets hurt the season goes down the tubes
That's only because they were playing an EC contender, a top 4 team that won 60 games last year. If this were a more typical game, the other 4 guys would get more of a run. We definitely need a go to scorer off the bench or to possibly bring Afflalo off the bench (Start Gallo). Melo's in his prime being paid 3 starters equivalent money, and he has to play big minutes if the Knicks want to be a good/competitive team this year. You earn that much, you gotta carry that much of the load. I'm hoping Phil is seeing the areas where he can add some help. DWill has been very good, but we need someone more reliable, a veteran with more of a consistent shot off the bench.
Melo will be fired up for the Heat. The team maybe tired though.
We might be in for a run for our money. Melo played 40 mins, and Lopez and Afflalo both played some really heavy minutes as well. In addition, the Heat are coming off a days rest as well.
Deng and Winslow is like Selfalosa and Bazemore. One good maybe is that Whiteside is out
I'm looking at Knicks schedule. Man, getting to .500 is not easy . . .
amazing that every one on the bench was a negative
Heat on the 2nd night of a B2B was always going to be a tough one, a good bet for an ugly loss. That's fine with me, because the silly thing would be to rest the starters to be more fresh for Miami only to LOSE to BOTH Atlanta and Miami. Tomorrow I'm sure if things get ugly, Fish will hook the starters quick.
But what you don't know if you're not an established playoff team without a good bench like ours, you can't be resting starters as if we're San Antonio, Golden State or like that. Melo makes the same money as 3 starters combined on this team. Lopez makes 14 M. These guys need to play big minutes. Injuries are a concern for sure - what you do is make sure in games that are winnable is that you can cut minutes there. Games against teams we've been facing recently aren't the sort of games you can even think about resting starters a little more because of a B2B.
blkexec wrote:Cartman718 wrote:SocraticBallin22 wrote:I want someone to tell me what KP told Bazemore when he looked down on him and got in his face? Best quote wins a prize.
hahahahahhahahaha....Knicks fans behind Hawks newsmen at the game
Thats why it's so important to the NBA for the knicks to have a good team. Knick fans are everywhere!
I went to an Atlanta/Knicks game, at Atlanta, last year and I swear half the spectators there were rocking Knicks gear. I found that very surprising considering their records at the time.
CrushAlot wrote:F@ck the Hawks. No way I can go to sleep now.
Refs let Milsap get away with a lot of rough stuff, as well as a number of travels.
This was a game where I thought we might lose in the end, and I was getting ready to be really pissed off because some of the Hawks seemed to be A-holes tonight.
Hate the fact that we have to play a back to back against a very good game after an emotional win in what might have been a statement game for the team.
What I love more than anything is that Melo came to KP defense. You don't normally see (at least, I haven't) Melo do stuff like that, so watching him pushing Bazemore off of KP was awesome.
I'm really happy for the Knicks and I hope this continues for the rest of the year! This is the kind of execution we were looking to see. They really have started to exhibit the BALL and PLAYER movement this is all about! They Trust each other on both ends.
Swishfm3 wrote:blkexec wrote:Cartman718 wrote:SocraticBallin22 wrote:I want someone to tell me what KP told Bazemore when he looked down on him and got in his face? Best quote wins a prize.
hahahahahhahahaha....Knicks fans behind Hawks newsmen at the game
Thats why it's so important to the NBA for the knicks to have a good team. Knick fans are everywhere!
I went to an Atlanta/Knicks game, at Atlanta, last year and I swear half the spectators there were rocking Knicks gear. I found that very surprising considering their records at the time.
Decent sized NY population in Atlanta, I think, including my sister.
presidential kp of course with a great interview
WaltLongmire wrote:Hate the fact that we have to play a back to back against a very good game after an emotional win in what might have been a statement game for the team.
Yeah. Would be nice for the team to be able to sort of let it sink in.
Stuff happens way too fast in NBA to learn easily . . .
Swishfm3 wrote:What I love more than anything is that Melo came to KP defense. You don't normally see (at least, I haven't) Melo do stuff like that, so watching him pushing Bazemore off of KP was awesome.
This is a real TEAM and MELO has bought in and taken ownership of this group. He's been playing the TEAM game the way we've wanted to see. He's never passed like this or defended like this before.
SocraticBallin22 wrote:I want someone to tell me what KP told Bazemore when he looked down on him and got in his face? Best quote wins a prize.
"All you had to do was ask politely for the ball and I would have given it to you...in Latvia our mothers teach us not to grab from someone."
nixluva wrote:Swishfm3 wrote:What I love more than anything is that Melo came to KP defense. You don't normally see (at least, I haven't) Melo do stuff like that, so watching him pushing Bazemore off of KP was awesome.
This is a real TEAM and MELO has bought in and taken ownership of this group. He's been playing the TEAM game the way we've wanted to see. He's never passed like this or defended like this before.
no. this was the biggest challenge that phil had and initially it looked like melo was not gonna go for it but it seems like phil finally got to him.
WaltLongmire wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:I want someone to tell me what KP told Bazemore when he looked down on him and got in his face? Best quote wins a prize.
"All you had to do was ask politely for the ball and I would have given it to you...in Latvia our mothers teach us not to grab from someone."
Haha
nixluva wrote:Swishfm3 wrote:What I love more than anything is that Melo came to KP defense. You don't normally see (at least, I haven't) Melo do stuff like that, so watching him pushing Bazemore off of KP was awesome.
This is a real TEAM and MELO has bought in and taken ownership of this group. He's been playing the TEAM game the way we've wanted to see. He's never passed like this or defended like this before.
While I have complained about his shot (or inconsistency with his shot for what is a player who many think of as a top 10 guy in the league, top 5 scorer) I do agree he has been a marvel in terms of passing and effort on D. Fisher called him out early in the season on it, and Melo responded. I give credit where credit is due. Melo has become someone who truly is making teammates better and playing a 2-way game. Now if he can maintain this 2-3 years it'd be great. I don't know if he can or will, but it'll be that long until we actually are good enough to compete maybe for a title. And then this development in Melo's game/leadership really counts big time. Feel we're 1 move away, however making that 1 move to get to the next level won't be easy.
