I was worried that knicks shot 58% in first half and were up only 4.

I thought barkley was spot on that we take hard shots and last nite they were dropping!! It was impressive.
When that happened things started opening up for AMare who got nice looks from Kenyon and MELO!!!!

We looked good last nite. Nets are a disaster right now with AK, Deron and Pierce out. Shengilia looks like crap but Teltevoic (Teletubbie) while having his hands full with Melo last nite has put in some good minutes of late and last nite was the first time I saw his game. Dude is bigger than I thought he was. Kidd has an asset and I don't think they were looking for him. IN fact, Johnsnon looks for nobody. Let him play inside out with the second unit. He can shoot!

Team looked loose and Hardaway JR. sideline college act looks like Chris Rock on 3 redbulls! I was cute but this is the NBA and what works for the demunitive Nate does not work for Hardaway JR.

Stay loose knicks and find a groove. Amare showed life. Team is taking his liability and playing him into game shape. Pay a dude 100mil you do this.

Long season still ahead. Last nite was a nice game. Nets

Bonn1997 wrote:So you're saying you thought we'd be able to beat up on division II NCAA level opponents?

While shooting 60% from 3pt land?

gunsnewing wrote:Those shots are not hit of miss. Ball movement is contagious and bring positive energy(I'm sounding like Dantoni now) Those shots are there but the problem is as soon as the Knicks start missing they revert to ISO and pounding the ball. Cut that out and they will be watchable again

Those are hit or miss shots. Any jump shot is hit or miss Nets didn't play tight defense good teams will take those jumpers out very quickly and then back to Isolation ball.

IronWillGiroud wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:I'm all for respecting the game but there are times where you gotta have a little craThatzy,

lost like 9 in a row, against city rivals, you gotta throw in a little tabasco

Yeah we need crazy to win but you don't see guys like kmart squaring up after a insignificant exchange. But you will see him throw guys to the ground while still legitimately going for the ball. That's the difference.

Its the main reason I don't like garnett or dwight. Howard likes to throw elbows while the ref isn't looking and other extra things that have nothing to do with basketball.

i see what you mean,

one is tough play in the flow of the game

while the other is outside of the game

Yeah man. That's it. I don't like to see our players getting into the kinda thing that Jr Smith does. That elbow in Boston? That's not basketball. Respect the game son.

if I was Shumps coach or teammate I would be screaming on him to stay in the game. We don't need to be the ones initiating that garnett ball.

The spurs and miami are both dirty but they keep playing. They don't argue with guys and they don't argue with the refs...but we do! While other teams are kicking or ass were arguing with the refs and doing stuff that had nothing to do with basketball

Swishfm3 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:So you're saying you thought we'd be able to beat up on division II NCAA level opponents?

why a sec...didnt you say the Nets were a top 4 team in the East and was going to the win the Div?

Is the season over? Knicks-Nets both 2.5 games from the 4th seed.

Pierce, Williams, AK and Terry all out. Nobody can predict injury. Knicks were old last year and players missed a ton of game but still won 54 games. Both teams have way more talent then the pathetic start that begins this series.

I saw the Nets beat Miami this season. Their roster is a playoff constructed one. Way too much sesaon left to call anyting.

It ain't pretty as we all saw, but no way IM counting the nets as done for the season.

EnySpree wrote:I turned the Game off after the stand off between Shump and Blatche.

I just was turned off by it. Why do we have to be mad enough to fight in order for these guys to play basketball? Shump squared up to Blatche and Blatche stepped to him. Blatche should have shoved him to the ground. Calm down ***** and respect the game.

I didnt want to see the knicks taking advantage of this **** team. Beating them was not impressive and to be that wound up is corny. We shouldn't stoop to Garnrtt level. Respect the game and play together.

The schedule is really easy for the next 9 games or so.... let's see what these guys do. Knicks still need a point guard and a big. Nothing has changed.

One things for sure, Bargnani should be the starting 4 when Tyson comes back.

Ohhh shut up, grow some balls man. You turned off the game after that ***** "standoff"? Lmao..you mean, you've been watching these terrible games, but turned it off because OF THAT??? And a game that we were actually playing well in for once to boot? Wow.

And you lose credibility when you talk about "shut up and respect the game, don't stoop to Garnett's level..bla bla bla" and mention "our" Oak, Mason, Starks, etc in the same sentence. You know, they're only the same guys who the rest of the league thought were bush league hacks. Get a grip...Shumpert didn't do anything to that punk Blatch.

misterearl wrote:Trust

Guys are being less selfish.

It takes time on the court together.

OK how do we go from looking like a worst 5 team to a top 5 team in 2 games. The Knicks havent won back to back 30 pt since I can remember. Everything about these two games was incredible. I pray the Knicks can sustain anything close to this--no one wants the Knicks to sck--we just want to enjoy a good team--and what we have seen the last 2 games is the best basketball that I can remember even when we were good.

misterearl wrote:The Answer Man Never Forces His Shot

Q. BRIGGS - How do we go from looking like a worst 5 team to a top 5?team in two games?

A. Carmelo said it.

“Me scoring 30 wasn’t working” I wanted to do something a little different to see if it worked”

I been saying it until I was blue in the face change your game. Efficiency. Using teammates he'll Jordan did it what makes Melo so different.