FINAL
NYK 99 ORL 107

SocraticBallin22 wrote:

mreinman wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:

nixluva wrote:Despite the poor finish there were some good signs. Jerian needs to play more! We need KOQ to get healthy!

Yes! Despite what others have said, love that Fish finally let Grant play some crunch time minutes. He played well. He is not the reason we lost the game. He will only get better, the more he plays. And we saw a lot of positive signs.

ah ... so you really have no idea what you are talking about. Grant was terrible in crunch time.

How was he terrible? Because he missed one shot? And tell me exactly how Calderon would have been any better? You can make a case for Gallo playing over him in crunch time; can't argue with that, but don't tell me he was the reason we lost tonight.

We lost tonight b/c ROLO had no answer for Vucevic in the paint, and Orlando hit one big shot after the other. They deserved to win.

they did deserve to win and def did not want to see jose. Gallo should have been in there. Grants shooting is gonna be a huge issue.

RLO -8

Don't get the reasoning to play RLO these many minutes - as if he's a franchise Center or something. Even if you lose games like these, you want your future franchise player to gain valuable experience getting opportunities at the 5 spot. Phil needs to have a long talk with Fish.

SocraticBallin22 wrote:Vucevic scores on ROLO again in the paint. But according to a lot of the users on here, he's playing him great!

Dude it's certainly frustrating to see him score but until you can say what rolo did wrong you're being a fool. Guy was hot tonight as was Fournier

I would have liked to see more team D. Sagging down off entry or occasional double. And as others mentioned might have been nice to make V play D on the other end.

But rolo denied position and played him well.

crzymdups wrote:For whatever guy was nitpicking about whether or not this was a must win game in the beginning of the thread. Of course it wasn't, but I think it was a very bad sign for the Knicks playoffs hopes. Hope I'm wrong.

Terrible PG play all around. Afflalo never got the ball, only 8fg attempts and like three of those were rushed shots in the final minute. Lance didn't get the ball enough.

You gotta at least try KP on Vucevic. He was scoring at will on Rolo. Give the guy a different look at least - and we've seen KP hold his own against Cousins and AD.

This game just had that cursed feel to it though. Like the Kings game - just felt like one of those games the Knicks were destined to lose. Oh well. Cleveland up next with Kyrie back. Then a back to back with Boston and Atlanta. Schedule gets real from here on out.

I think the minutes where Seraphin was in there really messed up the team. If KOQ was in there I think they spark a run and it changes the game!

Chandler wrote:

SocraticBallin22 wrote:Vucevic scores on ROLO again in the paint. But according to a lot of the users on here, he's playing him great!

Dude it's certainly frustrating to see him score but until you can say what rolo did wrong you're being a fool. Guy was hot tonight as was Fournier

I would have liked to see more team D. Sagging down off entry or occasional double. And as others mentioned might have been nice to make V play D on the other end.

But rolo denied position and played him well.

Rolo couldn't guard him. It was Fish's job to either A) take him out and try Zinger on him or B) throw a double team his way. Dude was way too comfortable in the post against ROLO.