New York Knicks: Posting and Toasting Blog Articles
Posting and Toasting (Dylan Murphy) —
It wasn't pretty. Okay, it was ugly. The game was probably closer than it should have been. But it was a win. One more of those things in which the Knicks score more points than the other team, and it's off to Game 7 at home. Hope is a nice thing, sometimes. The important question - as it pertains to Game 6 - is how do the Knicks carry this momentum over? Why was last night different from...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Ohhh man oh man, it is today and it is still Knicks season. Last night's game could not have been uglier, but it begot more basketball, and that is beautiful. I thought Zach Lowe did the best job -- as is his wont-- of breaking down the spectacle and flow of last night's hoop karate battle. I tried to recap the thing myself last night. Now I will dig into my notes a bit more and talk...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
The Knicks are alive. It could be the offseason right now, but it is not, and that is wonderful. The season and the hope of an improbable comeback are alive, just like Russ said, and it didn't even feel like New York played much better than they had in their losses. Some tweaks of circumstance, preparation, and execution added up to an 85-75 win. Just an hour or two before game time, the ...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Hey, all you have to do is score more points. An ugly crucial playoff win is still a crucial playoff win. No Knick really shown offensively, but Carmelo Anthony and Raymond Felton each had some solid stretches to make sure New York got at least the bare minimum of necessary points. The George Hill-less Pacers played far sloppier on offense and the Knicks did a slightly better job of...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Well, this is it. Okay! Tonight will end with either a close to the 2012-2013 Knicks season or a new glimmer of hope for this disappointing series against the Pacers . Tip-off tonight is at 8 and there'll be a game thread up before then. For now, let's catch up on where things stand heading into tonight's game: - Kenyon Martin's right wrist is bothering him , but it doesn't sound like...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Okay! Tonight will end with either a close to the 2012-2013 Knicks season or a new glimmer of hope for this disappointing series against the Pacers . Tip-off tonight is at 8 and there'll be a game thread up before then. For now, let's catch up on where things stand heading into tonight's game: - Kenyon Martin's right wrist is bothering him , but it doesn't sound like it'll limit his...
Posting and Toasting (Dylan Murphy) —
Quick confession: I watched Game 4 - the first time - at a bar. In so doing, I forgot to DVR the game at home, which allows me to go full nerd and pull screengrabs and videos and what not in HD quality with my super fancy technequipment (read: Slingbox and screen capture program). Therefore, today's eye candy won't be as clear or sharp. Apologies. Anyway: I've managed to re-watch the game a...
Posting and Toasting (Joe Flynn) —
The Knicks have returned to MSG on life support; basketball fans from South Bend all the way to North Bend (?) are waiting for their Pacers to finish them off with a sharpened corn-stalk shiv or whatever the hell Indiaños use. I believe, however, that is is customary for the condemned to make one final request - I learned this from those old Tombstone Pizza commercials where the...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Mike Woodson postponed his radio appearance today, but he did speak to reporters a bit after practice. After Woodson abandoned a lot of the things that made the Knicks the Knicks this season, he gave a few quotes suggesting how (if at all) things might change in Game 5: - After J.R. Smith took the blame for pretty much everything, Woodson tried to wrest it back from him . J.R....
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Good day. I, like many of you, am feeling sorta numb after the Knicks utterly blew a chance to tie their series last night in Indiana. It was hard to watch Mike Woodson steer away from logic and just as hard to watch his players perform so fecklessly. Brilliant adjustments might have compensated for faulty execution and vice versa, but instead, everyone just made everyone else look bad. The...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
The Knicks needed to adjust in Game 4, and they did! Mike Woodson didn't adjust by pushing back, though. He kept pulling. His stripping of New York's identity had been subtle, pernicious through three games. He'd been creeping away from point guard tandems, small lineups, and shooters. In Game 4, he quit creeping and just ripped the Knicks' face off. Pablo Prigioni and his consistently...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Hey! There is good Iman Shumpert news after his sore left knee required an MRI this afternoon: The #Knicks say an MRI on Iman's knee revealed no structural damage. The team says he's expected to play. — Ian Begley (@IanBegley) May 14, 2013 Mike Woodson says Iman Shumpert will play and start tonight. #Knicks — Ian Begley (@IanBegley) May 14, 2013 Woodson on...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Tie it up! We're all reasonable people here, and as reasonable people, I think it is time to discuss the dark voodoo contained in my mom's famous Loser Dip, and its horrifying impact on New York sports teams: The sad legacy of Loser Dip dates all the way back to Super Bowl XXXV. It is a wonderful dip, but we soon became aware of its destructive power after my mother prepared it for a...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —
Knicks shootaround just happened in preparation for tonight's crucial Game 4 at Fielders Bank Lifehouse. There is good health news and there is murky/bad health news. The good news is that J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin a.k.a Team Influenza will play tonight and have not-- at least not yet-- infected other Knicks. Martin at least is still pretty sick , but he's ready to go nonetheless....