I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
HofstraBBall wrote:Payton having a very good game...... crickets.
Money in the paint tonight. Some things he has a knack for.
technomaster wrote:Nice win! Not sure why/how Schroeder and Randle were guarding each other on both ends for a big chunk of the game... but there ya go.Noel is pretty amazing. He’s a different player from Mitch but is just as imposing defensively...
Payton apparently is feeling good. Looked like a bully out there finishing at the basket.
Noel is a beast. A scrawny beast. We need to keep him.
martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
I'm sure some of the floor boards have loosen from him lumbering up and down the court for 25 non productive minutes.
Speaking of big, it's been a while since I've seen Marc Gasol. Has he always been that...pudgy? Is it the yellow uniform that wasn't exactly flattering?
HofstraBBall wrote:Payton having a very good game...... crickets.
He’s on the team to be the scapegoat when we lose - he serves no purpose in a win where he plays well.
martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
9 DEFENSIVE rebounds, not the so-called all his rebounds are his own misses. No one on either team had more defensive rebounds. Taj & Noel together 8 defensive rebounds.
NYStateOfMind wrote:martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
9 DEFENSIVE rebounds, not the so-called all his rebounds are his own misses. No one on either team had more defensive rebounds. Taj & Noel together 8 defensive rebounds.
9 defensive rebounds? And what else? Any impact?
martin wrote:NYStateOfMind wrote:martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
9 DEFENSIVE rebounds, not the so-called all his rebounds are his own misses. No one on either team had more defensive rebounds. Taj & Noel together 8 defensive rebounds.
9 defensive rebounds? And what else? Any impact?
No Noel and Gibson locked him down he had next to zero impact on the game
HofstraBBall wrote:Payton having a very good game...... crickets.
Drummond really helped him. I wish every team we played had a Drummond " protecting" the paint
ToddTT wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:Randle is VERY lucky he’s shooting well because he would otherwise be playing horrible right now.
This made me laugh. 
Were you watching his possessions? Yes he won us the game but he was shaky as hell at a few points.
Super glad we won but reality check no Lennon or AD and schroeder was hurt and the reason why Payton could go of
Randle had a number of truly awful possessions over dribbling etc. he was a bit selfish in that regard wanting to put up numbers against his old team - which might have no players from his own lakers days
Rj was way off too
Yet we won!!! Last year we would have lost with all of the above. It’s all due to our defense and the little things eg keeping care of the ball. Hitting our FTs. Playing hard for 48
Regarding Drummond knicks were doubling him which surprised me but was very effective
Chandler wrote:Regarding Drummond knicks were doubling him which surprised me but was very effective
I think they recognized bad things happens when you force him to make decisions and have to utilize his basketball IQ. Unfortunately, that won't be possible when they're at full strength.
NYStateOfMind wrote:martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
9 DEFENSIVE rebounds, not the so-called all his rebounds are his own misses. No one on either team had more defensive rebounds. Taj & Noel together 8 defensive rebounds.
And I had no clue he had double digit rebounds until the announcers mentioned it. That's how little impact it had on the game.
OK, so 10 seconds left in the game and the Knicks were already up like 111-94 and Frank is in because he is the human trophy these days.
His defense is good but his decision-making, not so much and I felt this was a telling play: he fouled a 3-point shooter. You just can't do that and it encapsulated his season for me.
Having a winning record feels so nice. Also, Drummond sucks lol
NYStateOfMind wrote:martin wrote:I only saw the 4th, did former All Star Drummond make a difference?
9 DEFENSIVE rebounds, not the so-called all his rebounds are his own misses. No one on either team had more defensive rebounds. Taj & Noel together 8 defensive rebounds.
Drummond only shot 3 times and missed on 2, so it doesn't really add up right on the "own misses" thing?
And to be sure, Taj & Noel had 8 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive rebounds.
You know which team got out rebounded 47-33? Not the Knicks.
TPercy wrote:Having a winning record feels so nice. Also, Drummond sucks lol
He certainly lived up to that stat about him being one of the worst in the league in the paint.
Allanfan20 wrote:ToddTT wrote:Allanfan20 wrote:Randle is VERY lucky he’s shooting well because he would otherwise be playing horrible right now.
This made me laugh.
Were you watching his possessions? Yes he won us the game but he was shaky as hell at a few points.
Oh yeah... I’m agreeing with you!
All is forgiven when the shots are falling!
With some of those shots he makes to bail himself out, I think I haven’t seen shooting like that since H2O.
