GustavBahler wrote:

Olbrannon wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:
Gallo is doing everything people did not think he could do that well- playing D, driving to the basket, and even rebounding, but where the F has his shot gone? I don't think he should be trying to shoot out of a slump in the 4th quarter, and at some point he has to realize that his 3pt stroke is not there and look to move in a few feet and take the midrange J. Many of his shots were short, and this usually means a shooter is not getting enough legs action into the shot or his shot is flat.

He is being encouraged to do this by D'Antoni.

As every other player is. d'Antoni was putting in one after the other to try to find a hot hand. Walker was a DNP last game, hits 2 threes he gets fed the ball.

What I liked about Walker is that he mixed things up. He first drove to the rim and scored, then hit a couple of threes, then drove again and scored. He mixed things up right off the bat.

This is the way it should be to my way of thinking. I never liked the idea of the first shot you take should be from behind the arc.
That corner trey should be the first one taken.

This team looked so good running the break. Only to fizzle at the end. I did see a glimmer of hope though. If they penetrate more vs the 3 they win this game. And about 3 others over the last ten days.

Dude looks demoralized out there. His pizazz looks shot. Same with confidence.

martin wrote:This is the first game in a long time where i remember the Knicks pushing the ball at every chance. maybe there was a short lull when TD was the only PG in the game, but it was refreshing.

And TD fed Stat after penetrating for the nicest pick and roll all season.

I've seen a lot of open guys missed by about everyone on the team. Are they looking for 3 point shooters instead of cutters?

martin wrote:This is the first game in a long time where i remember the Knicks pushing the ball at every chance. maybe there was a short lull when TD was the only PG in the game, but it was refreshing.

Yup, If they hadn't gone 3 crazy we might have won, but that's the way D'antoni wants it.

martin wrote:And what the heck is up with TD?

Dude looks demoralized out there. His pizazz looks shot. Same with confidence.

No idea. He was going great guns and it's like someone pulled the plug. Injured or no faith in the coach or role.
Something isn't right there.

Olbrannon wrote:

martin wrote:And what the heck is up with TD?

Dude looks demoralized out there. His pizazz looks shot. Same with confidence.

No idea. He was going great guns and it's like someone pulled the plug. Injured or no faith in the coach or role.
Something isn't right there.

his role has seemed to be the same to me as last year or preseason... but maybe I am missing something.

And when he didn't get back on D the last game after 3pointer, that just wasn't normal TD.

martin wrote:

Olbrannon wrote:

martin wrote:This is the first game in a long time where i remember the Knicks pushing the ball at every chance. maybe there was a short lull when TD was the only PG in the game, but it was refreshing.

And TD fed Stat after penetrating for the nicest pick and roll all season.

saw that... why can't Felton and TD do more of it?

Paint is clogged every time. Somebody else needs to cut to the basket and you can tell arsehole I said so

Paladin55 wrote:

martin wrote:This is the first game in a long time where i remember the Knicks pushing the ball at every chance. maybe there was a short lull when TD was the only PG in the game, but it was refreshing.

True...very little time wasted once we got a defensive rebound or inbounded after a Denver basket.

I don't think I've seen Gallo do that much sprinting down the court since he joined the team. Same with Fields.

and it's where Fields is also at his best too.

tkf wrote:

martin wrote:

tkf wrote:after a tough first half, gallo hung in there and finished with a gritty 21/10

fields was a monster with 21/17

chandler with 23/5 blocks

missed FT's hurt..

this team still learning how to win. I see improved effort. we need to clean up a few things..

Amare should call himself out with the missed FT's

if the Knicks played the other 4 loses like they did this one, I might not be disappointed in the overall losing streak. The effort was there tonight, just not execution.

I agree.. we outrebounded the nuggs.. 51-44 I think.. we hadmore assists 24-23 and we had 12 blocks to their 2.. what hurt us were the missed threes.. we took way too many.... the missed FT's and horrible officiating did us no favors as well...

we need this win tomorrow... as you said, for us, it is about execution at this point..

right, less 3's that are not completely wide open. And less Amare iso's.

martin wrote:did AR play in the second half? I thought he did OK with his minutes in the first

Short short stint in the second half - maybe like 3 minutes.