mreinman wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

Caseloads wrote:anyone else notice?

They did. The only error I can point to is down the stretch in the forth; we almost gave the game away due to RoLo guarding a stretch four who was much smaller and agile. He guarded Millsap on several occasions and the opposing team ended up with several made three point shots. We got lucky, because some of our boys were able to keep scoring; as well as, because we had a double digit lead. We almost got outcoached

Rolo was out in the 4th and we were getting killed. Fisher brought him back in to help stop the bleeding and he did.

The open threes come from our guards getting beat and Rolo needed to help defend penetration.

You really are reaching.

It allowed Melo to bully ball Bazemore, it allowed Afflalo to bully ball Korver, it allowed KP to post up on Millsap. KP killed Millsap on the other end, too, blocking his shot and harassing him all night. Rolo did a fantastic job on Horford.

And when the bench came in and Fisher went to that lineup where Lance and DWill are playing the 2/3 - Atlanta had no size at all to contain DWill's drives and had to foul him to stop him.

I do wonder if some of the great lineup stuff we saw was matchup dependent. I hope to see it continue - but Atlanta wound up being a good matchup for some of what they did. That said, it could also mean Fisher is noticing this stuff and knows his team well enough to know who to use and when - it could mean Fisher is turning into a very good in-game coach who can see a matchup advantage and exploit it.

I sort of hope Whiteside is out tonight in Miami (he's a game time decision with patella pain that sounds like it could be a bigger issue), obviously because it'd be easier to win - but I want to see how the Knicks play against a smaller lineup in Miami - the way they played against the smaller lineups of Atlanta would be fine by me!

crzymdups wrote:One thing about the Atlanta games and the 9 man rotation - Atlanta likes to play small.

It allowed Melo to bully ball Bazemore, it allowed Afflalo to bully ball Korver, it allowed KP to post up on Millsap. KP killed Millsap on the other end, too, blocking his shot and harassing him all night. Rolo did a fantastic job on Horford.

And when the bench came in and Fisher went to that lineup where Lance and DWill are playing the 2/3 - Atlanta had no size at all to contain DWill's drives and had to foul him to stop him.

I do wonder if some of the great lineup stuff we saw was matchup dependent. I hope to see it continue - but Atlanta wound up being a good matchup for some of what they did.

But it's a start: regularly beat the teams that we're a good matchup for.

Next: look better against the teams we're NOT a good matchup for.

Miami is almost the worst, isn't it (?)

nyk4ever wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

Caseloads wrote:anyone else notice?

They did. The only error I can point to is down the stretch in the forth; we almost gave the game away due to RoLo guarding a stretch four who was much smaller and agile. He guarded Millsap on several occasions and the opposing team ended up with several made three point shots. We got lucky, because some of our boys were able to keep scoring; as well as, because we had a double digit lead. We almost got outcoached

yet another pathetic attempt at driving your own agenda. if that is actually your take on watching the game, then you really know absolutely nothing about the way the game of basketball is played.

I guess many of us did not watch the same game. I have been fair with my criticism.

Knicks1969 wrote:

nyk4ever wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

Caseloads wrote:anyone else notice?

They did. The only error I can point to is down the stretch in the forth; we almost gave the game away due to RoLo guarding a stretch four who was much smaller and agile. He guarded Millsap on several occasions and the opposing team ended up with several made three point shots. We got lucky, because some of our boys were able to keep scoring; as well as, because we had a double digit lead. We almost got outcoached

yet another pathetic attempt at driving your own agenda. if that is actually your take on watching the game, then you really know absolutely nothing about the way the game of basketball is played.

I guess many of us did not watch the same game. I have been fair with my criticism.

Many of us are wondering if you did. There was only a 2 minute period in the 4th where Horford was out of the game and Rolo was in, Milsap played the entire quarter. Milsap had 1 PnR play where he shot a 3 pointer and made it, Teague shot another about a minute later that had nothing to do with either Rolo or Milsap.

Coach adjusted and put KP back in.

So you don't have much of a point.