I LOVE THIS LET'S GO!!!! BEAT. THE. HEAT.

However, I do believe the Knicks have a reasonable shot to upset them. I will not be stunned if they win. If the defense is consistent, and we can stay in a half court, grinding style, we can have success. If the Knicks consistently play their best basketball, they are capable of beating the Heat.

If there is a lot of fast breaking, or the Knicks don't get rebounds, they are doomed.

Again, Knicks are definite underdogs but have a legit chance to win. And of course beating the Heat would be much better than taking out the Bulls. We advance and we send Lebron and company into a tailspin, possibly forever derailing their supposed dream team.

GO KNICKS!!

And then we would have been able to handle the Pacers and advance to 2nd round vs Heat with Lin back to join the line up for 2nd round playoff. The heat are a joke right now so hopefully they're a bit freaked.

Syniko wrote:There's only 2 and a half men on the Heat. Wade, James & Bosh.

but the knicks might have more fans in miami than the heat do. we'll see...

KNICKS in SIX!!!

We don't beat them physically, we beat them mentally.

The problem with them is you can't beat all three of them but you have to beat two of the three.

To win Wade has to be hurt but then you have two left. Lebron has to cave mentally. The fear of a first round bounce will weigh heavy IF we jump out early.

Seeds of doubt must harvest into a debilitating crippling fear.

At the same time the smiley one needs to be relaxed and grinning ear to ear. Amare must be in rhythm and our role players must step up and mentally be cold blooded.

Our guys have no history of this. They have to actually believe they have nothing to lose themselves.

don't forget, Melo has his own detractors and demons calling him a "one and done" in the playoffs.

This series has many layers. Its not that Miami loses but we have to actually overcome our own set of issues and DEFEAT them.

You don't win this series one game at a time, its each quarter. Have to at least run with them early. We have to install fear, which means we can't have it ourselves.

We have the talent but do we have the mental toughness? Who is phuching with who's head?

babyKnicks wrote:"We're a much better defensive team than we were before, and we have so many threats offensively that we can match up with their offensive threats," Stoudemire said. "I think we are even as far as our starting lineups, and I think our second unit is a little bit stronger."

IF he can prevent Bosh from outplaying him AND Shump can slow down Wade we have a shot of matching up with their starting line up. Melo has shown he can equal Lebron. Our second unit will need to bring it. Jeffries and Tyson will also have key roles. Hopefully Tyson can get his dunks to go in. The Heat have nothing on us inside the paint. But we need good PG play to even get in there.