my impressions from last night's game:
very good basketball played by the Knicks even w/the loss... everyone was playing unselfishly, good ball movement & movement without the ball by all, everyone was looking to make the extra pass & no one was forcing up shots, not even Al & Nate.
Wilson & D Lee were beasting all game long... good to have these 2 guys showing what they can do on a national stage... i don't think our players are very respected by many fans outside of the Knicks because of all the flack they got from ESPN commentators about being a crappy team over the years.
i actually thought Duhon played a good game last nite... his shooting was crap but he was giving forth a good effort on defense playing Kobe & bodying him up, not an easy task for even the best defensive players... he also fought through screens well, orchestrated the offense & didn't turn the ball over... much better improvement from earlier in the season when he would shut down if his J wasn't falling.
Gallo was doing a nice job getting to the foul line & knocking down his FT's... wasn't forcing up too many 3's, the ones he took were in the flow of the offense.
Jordan Hill, i keep telling u guys all this kid needs is minutes & he'll open some eyes... last night he played great in the 1st half, came out with intensity & energy, rebounded & defended the post well... he is the only post defender we have on this team like i said... Jeffries is too weak to body up on guys like Bynum & Gasol & Lee is too size disadvantaged... Hill's midrange J wasn't falling, but we already know the kid can shoot the ball, & last night he pulled out the turn around jump hook shot in the low post i mentioned the other day.
Larry Hughes wasn't much of a factor but i don't think he was the reason we lost that game... the Lakers went to Gasol in the 4th quarter & w/o Jordan Hill on the floor there was no one that could guard him... then in crunchtime Kobe knocked down some real tough shots that were well defended by Jeffries as he always does... the Lakers are simply a much better team than we are, this loss had to be expected.
good showing by our guys tho i thought... very competitive game throughout, not the blowout loss many may have expected.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.