Noah hits two FT!
Huge stop by Noah!
Huge offensive rebound by KP!
Tense game!
The refs practically gift wrapped this game and the Kings still blow it
Gay missed a wide open 15ft jumper. Cousins missed a wide open layup.
Jennings two FT...
Knicks up 3.
The amount of open looks Sacramento has missed tonight will not be missed by good teams.
4Q - 0:08
SAC 100 NYK 103
This game is crazy and entertainingly sloppy.
I would foul before the Kings can take a three here.
4Q - 0:02
SAC 100 NYK 103
That's a great team win. Wasn't pretty but we fought like hell and got nothing from the refs. No chance we win that game over the last couple of years. Bring on the Lakers!
Crazy ass game but a W is a W
Hahaha what a sloppy, ridiculous game.
knicks1248 wrote:Im not sure why baker cant get sashas minutes
because baker's problem is defense...oh wait...i see what you did there 
Gut check game...not pretty...but the W makes it look beautiful in the standings...
magicTs wrote:Man I want this game bad. These bitches are getting every single call.
ok that's definitely not true...we did get a lot of calls on the road today
rose please come back... we need you lol
Huge win. When the Knicks can win without DRose and without KP being able to score for most of the game this was a big victory. Glad that LT is back and tightening up the rotation. Big free throws from Noahre.
We lose this game by 4-6 points last year- probably fall apart the last few minutes.
WaltLongmire wrote:We lose this game by 4-6 points last year- probably fall apart the last few minutes.
Yep and DRose was out and KP was missing on offense.
Needed two cups of coffee to stay up in this one. What a tough win. It was hard to watch at times because we were shooting ourselves in the foot with sloppy play on offense with our point guards/guards and also our same defensive mistakes repeating. KP was missing everything in the first half.
But great to get the win and be tied for the fourth best record in the East. I am surprised we are right there with Boston right now tied for 4th best record in the East. Keep it up.
On the game
Melo was fantastic. Plenty of talk about Phil Jackson comments but we saw immediately Phil's magic in the press. Melo came out with a reason and purpose. I was even counting to see if he was holding on to the ball long and he was not. He was quick and decisive especially in the first half. In the second half he and Jennings began to ball hog a bit and I did not like that I thought we slowed down and became predictable.
Jennings is like no other player. One moment you love him next you yell at his decision making. Overall though he's been a fantastic get for the Knicks. We definitely miss Rose in these last 2 games. Sasha at the point drives me to drinking, We got to get Rose back and we need to develop a point guard in the D league who we can rely on to come up and run some offense for us. Sasha is just awful at point guard. He's a shooting guard.
KP had two different halves. First was awful. Don't know why he's off balance on his jumper and hesitating. Looks a little injured to me. He came down on someone's foot I saw him hurt his ankle. He looks less than 100 percent physically. Yet, in the second half he played very good. Both on offense he made some good shots and on defense he made some big plays. In what I'd call a pretty ordinary game he finished with 17 points and 10 boards. I'm really liking his recognition of the open man. He's often looking to do some drive and kicks. You don't want him to have tunnel vision and he's developing a feel for passing now. I really want him to correct his jumpshot. Not squaring his shoulders and not balanced. Come on KP.
Noah with HUGE free throws. Say what you want about Noah, his competitive fire is a joy to watch. He clearly lifts his team with that fire.
Good win. Hornachek continues to impress me as a coach. Knows when to make some important changes to handle the game. He's using Lance Thomas very well. I think he coaches a much more similar style to that of Phil Jackson than Fisher ever did.
We need to get the teams that are not doing well in this road stretch. Kings were actually one of the better teams. Lakers are injured and not playing well. Denver isn't playing great either. Hopefully we can get a few more wins on this trip.
