MS wrote:JR was a big reason the Knicks got crushed in the playoffs. He was terrible in games 3,4,5 and I have never seen someone take so many bad shots in one game as he did in game five.A stop and go crossover hesitation into a spin move fading away out of bounds behind the 3 point line to start the third quarter. He much like Melo is a ball stopper. Re watch the games and see how many open shots the knicks lost because he is braindead. He makes Crawford look like he's got the IQ of Nash out there.
the main reason why we got crushed in the playoffs was because we were OUTMATCHED!
I am not happy with the style, Melo played either but he had 0 confidence with the lack of scorers we had vs a talent like Miami.
It's not like we had a lot of options, going isolation the way he did, is bad, but we had no players with the ability to POST UP or PENETRATE vs this Heat defense.
If Melo was going to lose and have the media bashing him, he might as well try to take over, have the highlights, and put big numbers up to shut those analyst up.
JR Smith takes bad shots but he is our 2nd best player, aside from Melo, that had the ability to create his own shot.
But he just missed majority of good shots, while actually hitting the bad ones.
Amare CANNOT create his own shot, it doesn't give an excuse for him to be such a horrible defender and rebounder though.
Playing Miami is tough, especially with all these injuries, and playing with injured/not fully healthy players to begin with.
Only way to lower their chances of the fast break is to SCORE.
If they grab a rebound or if we TO, we have almost no chance at giving up a dunk or layup.
To beat Miami, you have to make shots and make it harder for them to score.
It sounds so simple but is very hard to achieve and we just didn't have enough talent.
Honestly, our best defenders ,without injuries, we would still have problems.
Even if we had our half court set up vs Miami, without Iman, a broken JJ *need him with Chandler*, JR Smith, Melo to have a good defensive game, and a good team effort defensively.
We could have moved the ball a million times and run in circles, we would have still lost, at the very best not get killed and win 1 extra game.
Sure, I would have liked to see better picks, aside from the PnR, to free up Novak, and draw more option plays.
It would have been great if Amare and TC were able to establish post position like they did when Woodson first took over.
If Novak would actually get more plays run for him as an option, aside from staying in the corner, waiting for a shot.
GOOD DEFENSIVE teams, will not leave Novak open, especially in playoff basketball.
JR Smith is worth much more than his contract, I won't blame him or Melo for this blowout series.
Truth is, the shots he missed, we might not even get a shot off or get a better look.
It was over when Iman blew his knee out for sure, with TC catching a flu on top of it.
Having JJ defense during the Linsanity stretch with good team defense, and penetration from Lin opened the games up.
Having that ball movement is great, but Miami is just too much for us.
5/14/2012 8:26 PM LAST EDITED: 5/14/2012 8:27 PM