The sky is not falling, but unfortunately we'll have to put up with these growing pains for a little longer.

Marv wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Horrible loss. Even worse than the other night..Other night, we played like GARBAGE and deserved to lose..Tonight we played well enough to win and came up short..Shitty defense, lack of solid interior play..Outside of that one play where Jeffries converted the 'and 1' layup he was GOD AWFUL, including the last play of the game where he passed up a wide open Melo behind the arc in favor of some rediculously low % pass down low..Re-read the Trent Tucker rule --- .3 of a sec IS ENOUGH TIME to get a shot off and Melo has a very quick trigger..So much for Jeffries smarts huh??

i don't think so. remember amear agsinst the celtics?

Amare set then shot..that's why it was late.

FoeDiddy wrote:

Marv wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Horrible loss. Even worse than the other night..Other night, we played like GARBAGE and deserved to lose..Tonight we played well enough to win and came up short..Shitty defense, lack of solid interior play..Outside of that one play where Jeffries converted the 'and 1' layup he was GOD AWFUL, including the last play of the game where he passed up a wide open Melo behind the arc in favor of some rediculously low % pass down low..Re-read the Trent Tucker rule --- .3 of a sec IS ENOUGH TIME to get a shot off and Melo has a very quick trigger..So much for Jeffries smarts huh??

i don't think so. remember amear agsinst the celtics?

Amare set then shot..that's why it was late.

But to me that is on Dantoni..why even put Jefferies the offensive scrub in that situation?? when I saw him taking out the ball I knew it was disaster

Marv wrote:

Finestrg wrote:Horrible loss. Even worse than the other night..Other night, we played like GARBAGE and deserved to lose..Tonight we played well enough to win and came up short..Shitty defense, lack of solid interior play..Outside of that one play where Jeffries converted the 'and 1' layup he was GOD AWFUL, including the last play of the game where he passed up a wide open Melo behind the arc in favor of some rediculously low % pass down low..Re-read the Trent Tucker rule --- .3 of a sec IS ENOUGH TIME to get a shot off and Melo has a very quick trigger..So much for Jeffries smarts huh??

i don't think so. remember amear agsinst the celtics?

That was all I could think of prior to the last play. Was hoping the coaching staff would try to argue for a little more time, bump it up to .5 like it looked like on the clock. Turns out it didn't matter.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

HARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:Now how is MDA going to try to explain this mess away... His post-game interview is coming up.

Laugh, make excuses, talk about the offense.

"We have to learn how to guard people." WTF!

CashMoney wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:

HARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:Now how is MDA going to try to explain this mess away... His post-game interview is coming up.

Laugh, make excuses, talk about the offense.

"We have to learn how to guard people." WTF!

His exact quote on why our players always run around on D and leave a guy wide open 99% of the time - "maybe they are too hard".

Brilliant.

MaTT4281 wrote:Painful loss. It's these trash teams we don't get up for.
Memphis, Atlanta, Miami - ok. Even in Orlando we played tough until the end. But since the trade, we're 0-4 against Cleveland and Indiana.

The sky is not falling, but unfortunately we'll have to put up with these growing pains for a little longer.

The sky isn't falling. The Knicks are free falling. You tell me it is acceptable that we don't go up against the sorry teams in the league? Don't fool yourself, we aren't beating every contender that comes our way. Remember Dallas? The next game against Memphis may be a cruel reminder that it isn't NY playing down to the level of the opposing team, but is NY's inability to play defense that will doom this team.

D'Antoni has to go.