CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:lucky we pulled that one out against an undermanned 18-win minnesota squad. although 9 3s attempted is too much, melo managed to score efficiently which helped a lot. it'd be nice if he could be as effective against real playoff teams because that would be something. but only 2 assists.

felton has 1 assist. can you say "weakest link?" time to face facts he is just a putrid defender and he will be compromising his team every night against quicker backcourt players.

tonight didn't further my confidence in this team.

6-1 for the seven game run that you said would be a character defining part of the schedule for the Knicks.

Also, most of the wins during the 6 - 1 stretch were blowouts. Some people are only capable of complaining in relation to this current team. It is what it is and not worth responding to at this point.

dk7th wrote:it's not that you win it's how you win and they are not defining themselves as a defense-first team. i really thought that was the goal.

I am pretty sure the primary, secondary and tertiary goals are to win.

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:lucky we pulled that one out against an undermanned 18-win minnesota squad. although 9 3s attempted is too much, melo managed to score efficiently which helped a lot. it'd be nice if he could be as effective against real playoff teams because that would be something. but only 2 assists.

felton has 1 assist. can you say "weakest link?" time to face facts he is just a putrid defender and he will be compromising his team every night against quicker backcourt players.

tonight didn't further my confidence in this team.

6-1 for the seven game run that you said would be a character defining part of the schedule for the Knicks.

Yup. Only the Clippers and Raptors remaining before our all-star break with a chance at a record of 34-16 heading into all-star weekend. As of right now we're 6-1 during our previous 7 games with a potential chance of being 8-1 during our previous 9 (heading into all-star weekend).

dk7th wrote:this stretch is a test of coaching leadership and player leadership-- it's likely to reveal the character of the team.

6-1.

BRIGGS wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Bulls down to Utah by 3

Nate is better than any knick guard. His cost 1 mm. We were so he'll bent on getting the old vet we forgot about young ones.

Better than Felton and JR? Would not want Nate running the point for 82 games and would not want Nate defending SGs over JR

BRIGGS wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Bulls down to Utah by 3

Nate is better than any knick guard. His cost 1 mm. We were so he'll bent on getting the old vet we forgot about young ones.

gunsnewing wrote:Miami starting to get serious. So much for the 1 seed

We're only 1.5 games back of Miami, we own the head to head tiebreaker against Miami, still play Miami twice (x2) and overall have another 35 games remaining in regards to our regular season. So much for the one seed? Really nice to know.

Nalod wrote:

NYKMentality wrote:

CashMoney wrote:Nice....Knicks win and both the Pacers and Nets lose. Very productive night.

Atlanta also lost to New Orleans which means we're now 5 1/2 games ahead of ATL (current 6th seed). 3.0 games ahead of Chicago (current 4th seed) and 2.5 ahead of Indy (current 3 seed).

Does anyone remember/know the overall standings dating back to THE START of our 6-1 stretch/run? Feels like we're creating distance heading into the break although Miami's 1.5 games ahead.

How many games were we ahead of balitmore and boston in 1970 at the same point of the season?

Through 48 games: Boston 20-28; Baltimore 30-18; NY 38-10. So, we were 4 games ahead of Baltimore and Boston was basically a nonentity.

Nalod wrote:NBA road wins are always good wins.

Minny let that one go. The better teams don't do that.

Pekovic is a scary human.

Not our best work but its a win. We road the back of the closer/star. Its why he makes the big bucks and he delivered.

Some nites thats how it works.

Its a Rick Adelman coached team. Hes a good one.

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:it's not that you win it's how you win and they are not defining themselves as a defense-first team. i really thought that was the goal.

If the Knicks get the 1 or 2 seed because they went 6-1 and won the 'wrong' way I have no issue with it.

lets see how far this team gets in the playoffs playing the wrong way. that's the goal here, right? not merely some shiny regular-season record, right?