I do agree we can't get too caught up in this win though. We had a long stretch before the half with a squad of TD/Fields/Williams/Walker/Turiaf and didn't lose any ground (thanks in part to SA countering with Gary Neal and Matt Bonner...). I don't think we can expect too much success if we're going to rely on that lineup for extended amounts of time against the elite teams in the league.

That said, some great individual performances as well as a great team game out there tonight.

Chandler was terrific. Really picked up the load with Gallo out without forcing any shots.

Amar'e and Ray played great as well. What a difference having true leaders on the floor makes.

Let's not be fooled into thinking this game means we don't need Gallo. Let's just enjoy that our team responded to the challenge of losing a starter and took it to THE BEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.

Felton was sensational too, and I'm still floored by how good Amare is at scoring inside.

BTW, Shawne Williams isn't better than Gallo, but when Gallo does nothing but stand around take 3's and occasionally go in for an offensive rebound, than Shawne Williams might be better at playing that role. Of course when Gallo is good he's attacking the rim and getting to the line a lot and is a superior player.

nixluva wrote:Hey wait a minute... are some of you trying to minimize this win? Man you can't get all over the team for not being able to beat the Heat and yet not give them credit for besting the #1 team in the league right now!!!! I mean how many times have we played top teams down to the last minute and came up short? This time we made they say UNCLE!!! You can't minimize it by saying we "matchup well against them". WTF??? Man they've been handing everyone a does of beatdown this year and we had a decisive win.

DUDE THEY ONLY LOST 4 GAMES ALL YEAR!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THAT'S HUGE!!!

For all the crap MDA has taken from some fans about his rotation and style of play etc. he has had this team ready to roll on far too many nights not to be given a bit of a pat on the back. This looks like a well coached team and we actually played some good D when it counted. I like this team and I think they've shown more fight than we've seen from a Knick team in YEARS. A few bounces of the ball and we might have also beaten the Heat, Magic and the Celts. I think we've seen that this team is much closer than we thought despite having some holes. I think you have to give MDA some cred for doing what he has proven he can do. Get his teams to overachieve.

amen.

martin wrote:Hey, how does Tina look tonight?

I only heard the radio broadcast but even thru the radio she looked amazing tonight.

TMS wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Guy's to be honest, we match up pretty well with the spurs, we play very similar stlyes, but we had the younger legs, and pop knew it..I could use the back in the day terms for pop(WHY YOU BITING MDA'S STLYE)

Knicks were focus tonight

i agree... the Knicks always seem to play the Spurs tough... even in the past couple years we were a crappy team, i don't ever remember getting blown out by the Spurs at MSG.

even still, it was a very impressive win tonight... i'm surprised Pop gave up with so much time left in the 4th quarter, but like u said he knew they weren't coming back in that game... the Knicks had the legs tonight, the Spurs didn't.

The Spurs have been off for 3 days. They were fully rested and it wasn't about being tired at least not for the 1st 3 qtrs it couldn't be. Besides they're a DEEP team and I would suppose that most teams facing them and losing to them, since they had only lost 4 times, aren't allowing them to run their offense any different than we were for much of the game. There was very little defense to tire them out.

This was a case of them facing a team that was on it's game and with a very tough offense to try and stop. We've learned some things from losing to the Heat. We also have improved defensively as well. Perhaps in some small way it helped us defensively not having Gallo out there, cuz we had so many quick players on the floor to stay with the Spurs players a lot more.

Heck the Spurs were shooting very well so they can't even use that as an excuse. They played our style and we did it much better.

I don't quite know what to make of this Knicks team. This is the dilemma that D'Antoni creates. His teams tend to overachieve when you give him something to work with. DW has to look past the wins and see the holes and fix them, so that we don't get into the playoffs and lose due to those weaknesses. We know teams will try to exploit them in the playoffs. Still this team is pretty darn good. I feel a bit more confident in my prediction every day given how they've come together. Just hope they keep it up and stay healthy. I worry about Felton and TD. That's one reason i'd love DW to get some help. We're thin at PF/C and PG.

knicks1248 wrote:

nixluva wrote:What I will say is that of the top teams we've faced the one team that we don't really match up great against is the Heat. Not that we couldn't beat them, but they just have such a tight Defense as compared to the other teams we've faced. The Magic didn't really scare me, cuz they just got hot at the right moment. Even with their rebounding edge they still had a hard time knocking us off.

I don't quite know what to make of this Knicks team. This is the dilemma that D'Antoni creates. His teams tend to overachieve when you give him something to work with. DW has to look past the wins and see the holes and fix them, so that we don't get into the playoffs and lose due to those weaknesses. We know teams will try to exploit them in the playoffs. Still this team is pretty darn good. I feel a bit more confident in my prediction every day given how they've come together. Just hope they keep it up and stay healthy. I worry about Felton and TD. That's one reason i'd love DW to get some help. We're thin at PF/C and PG.

The Heat is the only team in the league i would not want to see in the playoffs, the only way to beat them is with size, and perimeter shooting..throw in good defense for 48 minutes...the heat only have boston and the lakers(when they get there act together) to fear

The Heat are tough. They remind me of the Bulls when they were unbeatable. They had that defense that was stifling in much the same way. They had the unstoppable perimeter players that just made it tough to win a close game against them. The Heat are almost unfair. I really hope someone else picks them off, rather than face them early on.

Hey how's this for respect: "After the game, Popovich said of the Knicks: “They’re not a ‘dangerous team.’ They’re a good team, and there’s a big difference.”

TMS wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Guy's to be honest, we match up pretty well with the spurs, we play very similar stlyes, but we had the younger legs, and pop knew it..I could use the back in the day terms for pop(WHY YOU BITING MDA'S STLYE)

Knicks were focus tonight

i agree... the Knicks always seem to play the Spurs tough... even in the past couple years we were a crappy team, i don't ever remember getting blown out by the Spurs at MSG.

even still, it was a very impressive win tonight... i'm surprised Pop gave up with so much time left in the 4th quarter, but like u said he knew they weren't coming back in that game... the Knicks had the legs tonight, the Spurs didn't.

we have a terrible record against the spurs since duncan has arrived.

i think we had 1 win in the past 9 games or something like that.