we are the Hawks. We are the Knuggets. This is the caliber of team we locked ourselves into.

Next savior:
Jeremy Lin!

How many more games till he's the Asian Nash?

crzymdups wrote:yeah, woody really did a horrible job coaching when he let shump blow his knee out. or when he let amar'e guard that fire extinguisher.

to my mind the only mistake woodson made was not tanking for 8th.

considering how the 76ers went into tank mode to make sure the faced the Bulls and, add the fact that we were trying for 6th seed, that wasn't happening.

Knicksfan wrote:This was the game that sold me on letting Woodson go. We can use any excuse we want, especially the injuries. Truth is, Woody earned all the respect of his defendants by beating the odds even without a healthy team.

But now that the playoffs start, suddenly we lose two in a row, suddenly being shorthanded really dictates a result and now we are about to be swept. Coincidence that Woodson was fired from Atlanta because of this?

Use all the excuses you want for the series, truth is he sealed the deal with this last game. Game 3 was supposed to go to NY. Miami was off and any adjustment on offense would've won it. Woody found another way to lose a playoff game, his postseason forte.

If you root for Woody to stay and get your wish, enjoy the season and just tune the Knicks off when the playoff start.

Disagree. The Heat were off on the offensive end, but they were on defensively. Great defense will always keep you in the game especially when you have 2 superstars that can catch fire at a moments notice carry a club for a quarter. The Heat locked in on defense and their wasn't much we could do with the lineup we had out there.

We lose 2 in a row on the road at Miami, the team with the best home record, cant blame Woodson for that.

Cant say we were supposed to win last night when Melo and JR (a 6th man) are your best scoring options. We got outclassed by a much better team on both sides of the ball. It aint that deep....

woodson was never the greatest coach.. our defensive improvements were because of chandler and chandler alone. if we want any shot of competing with the best teams we need a coach who won't take things off the table. that is not woodson.

Caseloads wrote:look, as bad as this team is, Woodson is a terrible playoff coach. when teams kick it up a notch in the playoffs, he is clueless. Where is the no layups rule? the hard fouls. Where is the emotion, anything? why did woody let them keep throwing those low passes at Chandler's shins when he fumbles them away (he did it like 6 times this past game). Seriously, why not lob? Why not let Josh harrelson defend lebron or bosh in the low post? Why not deliver some hard fouls?

considering how many fouls that were called, if he went with that tactic damn near everyone would have fouled out. We'd be the 1st team in my lifetime to have so many fouls they would have to leave players in with 5 or more. In such cases I believe it's a technical for every addition foul.

Knicksfan wrote:I see many love excuses. If so, you should be loving this stage for NY.

Can't blame Woody. Can't blame Melo. Can't blame Stat. Can't blame the team. The Heat is just a better team. They were in the Finals and will win this season. We did the best we could with our personnel. We simply couldn't do better than laying on the floor and playing death.

Congrats! We won the championship of excuses again. Going for the three-peat next season. Can't wait, Im sure!

what's your alternative? You really think the Knicks, within the context of this season, could beat the Heat?