nyk4ever wrote:briggs the lakers are the defending champions, have the best player in the game and the knicks are a rebuilding team with aspirations looking towards this summer. they were in the whole game, chill out.
Knicks and Lakers shot the same # of 3's. Lakers shot 52% from downtown, and that is with Kobe hitting only 3/9. We shot 27%, including Duhon's 0/7. Lakers also took 10 more free throws, and hit 7 more than us.
The Laker's perimeter game shot down our zone yesterday, it is as simple as that, IMO. Until we can handle a team like the Lakers man to man on the inside, we are going to win or lose according to how our opponents are hitting the kind of open J's the Lakers killed us with last night. They had no penetrator breaking down our D, but they did have enough sense to get the ball to the guys who had open looks from deep because we were so concerned with helping out down low.
On the other hand, we have no real post-up players, and Duhon is not usually able to penetrate and kick the ball out to a guy with an uncontested 3. I don't think we had more than 1 or 2 attempts from downtown where one of our guys got the ball as it was swung around or kicked out and was able to put up a 3 without having to first dribble the ball to set up for the shot.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
), but I completely agree on this point.
Id rather keep Lee. We have to replace Jefferies Duhon and see what is available in refurbishing the bench once there is a mass exodus with FA But I think we have a real nice core--it's very encouraging. I don't want to lose Lee. He's a modern day Dave Cowens--minus some D but perhaps a better offensive player. To me I still can't believe I see D Lee isnt that good or his D scks get rid of him now for a pick etc..