s3231 wrote:By the way, lets limit Gallo to under 30 minutes again even though he had 10 points and shot 50% from the field. Not to mention, we were a +3 when he was on the floor...

Thank god we didn't get Iverson and decided to play the young guys instead...

cooch2584 wrote:Eny you know you and I have had differences before but I gotta agree 1000% Al was too far away and that was Lees man. Dont let the rookie poster say different he dont know shyt!!

Are you seriously calling me a rookie poster?

Dude, who are you to call me that? Lol. Do you not see how long I've been a member here? This is just funny now.

cooch2584 wrote:s3231 your taking like an ass blaming this loss on Al instead of Lee. I dont care what lees stats were he missed the last play

i think both those guys are at fault as well as Chandler to be honest, & i'm not saying this to be diplomatic... i just watched that last play over a buncha times.

there were 6 seconds left on the clock... Chandler was checking Pierce who had the ball & he ran off a pick set by KG, who was being covered by Lee... at that point Lee pushes KG away & goes right over to cut off Pierce, but Chandler chooses to try & fight over the screen & chases after Pierce, leaving KG wide open at the top of the key w/no one else to cover

at the same time Harrington wasn't even guarding anyone, he ended up floating down in the middle of the paint after his man Rasheed set a pick on Hughes for House to get clear... Harrington should have been up on that play, switching out on House when Hughes got picked, & been in a much better position to contest KG's shot, but he was way out of position.

i think it was just a complete breakdown on defense by all 3 of those guys... u can't really single out any 1 guy & say it was his job to cover KG on that one IMHO.

they just gotta figure out a way to focus for 48 minutes & not get down all the time by double digits before they start trying on defense... they did that once this year vs. the Hornets & came out strong from the very beginning... they need to figure out how to do that on a consistent basis.

TMS wrote:i'm not really seeing AI having much to do w/this to tell u the truth... the team showed effort in several games this year after getting down early, they just couldn't close it out... today was the same, they had to come back from a 14 pt deficit & just came up short... they got the job done vs. the Pacers but that was the same situation having to come back from a big deficit to make it a game late, & the defensive intensity was there in those comeback spurts before all the AI talk started.

they just gotta figure out a way to focus for 48 minutes & not get down all the time by double digits before they start trying on defense... they did that once this year vs. the Hornets & came out strong from the very beginning... they need to figure out how to do that on a consistent basis.

It's the starting five.

We'll continue to get down until finds a group that can start a game off strongly and turn a lead over to the second unit.

If only this group could play well together:

Curry
Lee
Chandler
Harrington
Hughes

i think Gallo needs to start especially if you're gonna start Curry cuz he spreads the floor & gives Curry more space to work downlow... i like Al coming off the bench as the 6th man... he's got the right mentality & approach for it... he comes in & starts launching shots & gives u an instant scoring lift, which is what u'r pretty much looking for out of that role... Nate's a good sparkplug to come off the bench too when he's right.

i really think Hughes should be starting games at PG & Duhon should be his backup & i would start Wilson at the SG... that gives u 2 solid defensive players in the backcourt to help you stay in games early, & you can forcefeed Curry downlow to start off games to get him involved & try to get other team's players into foul trouble.

right now, i would go with this if i were MDA:

C - Curry
PF - Lee
SF - Gallo
SG - Chandler
PG - Hughes
6 - Harrington
7 - Nate
8 - Duhon
9 - Hill
10 - Douglas
garbage - Darko, Fishlips, Landry

orangeblobman wrote:shoulda had this one

Starting the 4th Q 1-10 from the field didn't do us any good.
Eddy's flagrant gave them the two points needed to force OT in the end it would seem.

Sucks...

TRU wrote:

TMS wrote:i'm not really seeing AI having much to do w/this to tell u the truth... the team showed effort in several games this year after getting down early, they just couldn't close it out... today was the same, they had to come back from a 14 pt deficit & just came up short... they got the job done vs. the Pacers but that was the same situation having to come back from a big deficit to make it a game late, & the defensive intensity was there in those comeback spurts before all the AI talk started.

they just gotta figure out a way to focus for 48 minutes & not get down all the time by double digits before they start trying on defense... they did that once this year vs. the Hornets & came out strong from the very beginning... they need to figure out how to do that on a consistent basis.

It's the starting five.

We'll continue to get down until finds a group that can start a game off strongly and turn a lead over to the second unit.

If only this group could play well together:

Curry
Lee
Chandler
Harrington
Hughes

The best five man unit we've had so far is:

Lee
Chandler
Gallo
Hughes
Duhon

I would like to see that lineup but Douglas instead of Duhon.

Now, I don't like 82games.com, but this mirrors what I am seeing on a site I do like in popcornmachine's game flows.

Knicks Best Lineups as per 82games

Popcornmachine Knicks Nets Game (note the lineup in question working great!)

Game Flow Celtics