I’d say it was a mixed performance - some fantastic and some disappointing.
Game 1 I saw differently from you. Fantastic 1st half. Terrible 2nd half. He got those 2 early fouls including that bogus offensive foul and had to sit a bunch. Came back just on fire. 12 1st-half points, I think all in the 2nd quarter. Tenacious D. I remember at least 2 times he hounded guys into coughing up the ball. He was all over the place, led the team to a 12 point halftime lead. Every thing we would have wanted from him. 2nd half – terrible. Kept bombing and missing. Like you said – should have taken it to the hole.
Game 2 was one of the all-time great performances ever by a knick. Good lord, 42 points on 14-30 and 4-8 3’s and 10-11 ft’s, 17 boards, 6 assists, 2 blocks and ONE TURNOVOVER. good lord. At one point in the 4th he had scored 13 in a row and 18 of 20. and that nimrod jeffries spoiled his Jordan moment by bobbling the ball.
game 3 horrible. But at least he did grab 11 boards, handed out 6 assists and got 8 trips to the line. And he held his 3’s down, going 1 for 3. but his shooting was abominable and he didn’t do enough work inside.
Game 4 great. 32 and 9 with 11 fta.
So that count is 2.5 great games and 1.5 terrible ones. Naturally I would have liked to have seen better and I would have liked to have seen w’s. but man, to have been out there almost all alone with the injuries and depletions and put up 26-10-5. seriously, how many guys do that in the playoffs? Just imagine if amear had contributed his average of 25ppg on 50% instead of the 15ppg he put up on 38%. And if chauncey had played 4 games at his usual of 17ppg on 43% with 5 assists instead of the one game he played.
One last interesting thought regarding the trade. In the playoffs melo matched the total numbers of the 4 nuggets he was traded for – in 39 minutes per game vs 83. how’s that for efficiency? Less than ½ the minutes to produce the same numbers as 4 guys combined. Still hating, son?
4/28/2011 2:58 PM
