Papabear wrote:

nixluva wrote:Man all season i've been angry at Woody for not playing Copeland more. It just made no sense. He's shown since day one that he can help this team score off the bench. With Cope and JR going strong it makes the bench MUCH MUCH stronger than without Cope included.

Papabear Says

I agree and I say screw that so called defense we have if we are going to win the next game we need to put Novak in the game. Woody has a hard head. I bet the order came from upstairs to put Copeland in the game. Woody probably would not have used Copeland if he wasn't ordered to. He is still banking on JR Smith. I know management is not happy how Woody is coaching in the playoffs with the Pacers. Whats up with Camby?? We are paying him all this money and he is a no show.

CrushAlot wrote:

Papabear wrote:

nixluva wrote:Man all season i've been angry at Woody for not playing Copeland more. It just made no sense. He's shown since day one that he can help this team score off the bench. With Cope and JR going strong it makes the bench MUCH MUCH stronger than without Cope included.

Papabear Says

I agree and I say screw that so called defense we have if we are going to win the next game we need to put Novak in the game. Woody has a hard head. I bet the order came from upstairs to put Copeland in the game. Woody probably would not have used Copeland if he wasn't ordered to. He is still banking on JR Smith. I know management is not happy how Woody is coaching in the playoffs with the Pacers. Whats up with Camby?? We are paying him all this money and he is a no show.

Cope looked good in game 4 when no one else did. I think that had something to do with it. I also think Sheed may have talked to Woodson. They are close and Cope said Sheed has been working with him 1:1.

That's why I love Sheed. Wish he wasn't so old, cuz we could've used him now.

Cope has been in Woody's doghouse all year and even after he's proven he can help there have been some unexplainable DNP's for Cope by Woody. I know he came out a bit shaky but you have to let a kid play to get over that. Especially when we need his scoring. Can't believe we've been wasting this kid on the bench meanwhile JR, Kidd and even Q got some minutes.

Uptown wrote:

nixluva wrote:MUCH better ball and player movement and spacing by the Knicks. They ran crips sets and really they missed a ton of great scoring chances. They should've won by even more. If they can take this energy and smart TEAM BALL on the road they can win in Indy. The Knicks are DUE to win one in Indy.

True...We had a ton of balls rim in and out....The player movement was better, if we can get these same looks in Indy, I like our chances....

CrushAlot wrote:

NYDiva wrote:Pacers helped to beat themselves with the horrible foul shooting and 19 turnovers. I doubt this happens in Indy on Sat. Knicks need to put together an actual good game in this series, which they haven't since Gm 2.

KNicks played very well. Its the playoffs. They also didn't get any calls and they were the home team.

The officiating hasn't been great, but you're not going to get many calls when you're basically a jump shooting team and you're continually chucking up bad shots.

I think they played well defensively, as they have for most of the playoffs. They hung in there on the boards and Cope was a terrific spark off the bench. But the offensive execution was still poor. They had 12 assists for the entire game & lots & lots of isos. Shump's offense has disappeared; JR's is probably behind the bar at some club in midtown. Melo is showing heart and hit some key buckets, but he's still struggling with that bad shoulder and had zero assists tonight.

I definitely can't say the Knicks played well overall tonight. They were certainly helped by the Pacer turnovers and missed foul shots. They've got to play a lot better in Indy if they hope to get a win.

TeamBall wrote:I dont understand why Roy Hibbert of all players is allowed to get away with the crap that he does. He either jumps straight up but brings his arms down or he keeps his arms straight up and jumps into the offensive player. He gets legit blocks but he fouls a ton also.

The straight up shouldn't matter when he's making physical contact with the shooters arms on a consistent basis like he's been doing. It's been maddening. Guy is known for being a foul machine and he's playing like a foul machine, but they just wont call them.

All hail Lindsey Lohan.

Clean wrote:Ian Begley‏@IanBegley1m
Woodson on not playing Kidd or Amar'e in the 2nd half: "It’s not always what player's want. Today it’s about winning." #Knicks

I am glad Woody has finally seen things our way. The only problem is every game should have been about winning and not just an elimination game.

Yea Woody screwed the pooch on this one. We ALL were calling for him to make better use of his roster. He's shown a tendency to do this crap in the playoffs. He shuts down his offense trying to be more defensive, but you can't cripple your offense like that.

This team was more about putting pressure on teams offensively and defensively. We should never have left out our statistically most potent role players. More than that tonight you saw more Solid sets run than at any time in the playoffs. They stuck to the offense much more tonight.

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

Whats up with Camby?? We are paying him all this money and he is a no show.

Didn't you get the memo? They're saving him for the finals.