nixluva wrote:The overreaction from Knick fans is comical. The Mavs are one of the best teams in the league and we're still trying to develop our team chemistry and get healthy. This team is still going to be a threat in the playoffs. There won't be any Back to backs in the playoffs and we should hopefully be at full strength and with better chemistry by then. Lets keep things in perspective. The team has been playing better lately, but it's still a work in progress. I'm more concerned about the wear and tear on STAT. This has been a grinding season and he's getting beat up.
Dude, before you drink your positive kool-aid (which I will zip in probably tomorrow) why don't you give yourself a chance to analyze the game that just ended and see the positives and negatives of it. You won't have your fan badge confiscated by doing so.
The Mavs are title contenders, a really solid and deep team. Nobody takes that away from them. But does that give the Knicks the justification for not trying on defense? Yeah, the "this team isn't meshing well" excuse. Im sorry but if the Knicks were able to play decent D in the last few games, there is no excuse for practically not even trying tonight. This may still have been a loss, but had the Knicks played decent D like in the last few games, this wouldn't have been a laugher.
The Knicks are a dangerous team that can defeat anybody any given night. We know that. But can they beat a team 4 times out of seven? Thats the real question and once you are in a series, things get more value, like defense and rebounding. The Knicks can win a game when they are on fire on offense. But when they aren't, they need to rebound and defend to keep it close and give their stars a chance to win it.
Tonight, the Knicks tried none, as the defense was nonexistent and the rebounds kept going to Dallas. If you can't get timely stops and rebounds, you will have trouble winning a series.
They may not have the best personnel for rebounding, but they still need to give their all to get them, especially at the end of the game when they are either making a final run or closing out a team.
This loss won't make or break the season, but the effort- or lack of it- was the most disheartening fact of it.
Bring on the Pacers!