MaTT4281 wrote:Melo and Shump had it going tonight, but everyone else left their game in NY. Atlanta always had an answer whenever we got back down to 7 or 8 points. Shot ourselves in the foot a few times after cutting it to 2. Tomorrow's shoot around better involve foul shots.

Why put Novak out there for so long if you're only going to get him 2 shots? Run a damn play for the man!

Atlanta announcers intolerable. "Aw, Knicks fans heading for the exits." "So sad."

I thought tomorrow vs. Cleveland would be a trap game. I'm feeling better about it now. Hopefully we take out our frustration on the Cavs.

Give ATL credit for not giving Novak a look..No one left him open..

yellowboy90 wrote:Step right up. Step right up. Line up for pulled groins. Get your pulled groins here. Fields, Baron, Smith, Bibby, and Fields.

Pulling groins is long, hard work. Just remember to wear some gloves.

HugeKnick4 wrote:

Knicksfan wrote:Terrible loss because we moved away from everything that made us winners of 8-1, that being defense and timely scoring when getting stops.

The Hawks, an up and down team but playoff opponent we should be thinking about bringing down, dominated us. It was nice to see us hang in there, but we never had the defensive intensity we had in previous games to help us. We allowed 100pts, which for us should simply be unacceptable.

Dominated...please that is silly.

Dominated in the sens that these were two playoff teams battling and while we put our fight, we trailed for most of the game and whenever we looked to make our run, they simply kept us away. Not dominance in terms of score and control, but simply in the sense that we tried but the Hawks never lost grab of the game.

Really, this game is done. Im not too worries about this as I am about a second let down against the Cavs. If we can win tomorrow, I'll be ok.

holfresh wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:Melo and Shump had it going tonight, but everyone else left their game in NY. Atlanta always had an answer whenever we got back down to 7 or 8 points. Shot ourselves in the foot a few times after cutting it to 2. Tomorrow's shoot around better involve foul shots.

Why put Novak out there for so long if you're only going to get him 2 shots? Run a damn play for the man!

Atlanta announcers intolerable. "Aw, Knicks fans heading for the exits." "So sad."

I thought tomorrow vs. Cleveland would be a trap game. I'm feeling better about it now. Hopefully we take out our frustration on the Cavs.

Give ATL credit for not giving Novak a look..No one left him open..

Novak was open a few times no one looked for him. Go back and watch older games and see how JJ sets screens for Novak. That is all he needs.

MaTT4281 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Step right up. Step right up. Line up for pulled groins. Get your pulled groins here. Fields, Baron, Smith, Bibby, and Fields.

Pulling groins is long, hard work. Just remember to wear some gloves.

I'm just the Public service annoucer I leave the rest for Magic City dancers. lol.

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:Melo and Shump had it going tonight, but everyone else left their game in NY. Atlanta always had an answer whenever we got back down to 7 or 8 points. Shot ourselves in the foot a few times after cutting it to 2. Tomorrow's shoot around better involve foul shots.

Why put Novak out there for so long if you're only going to get him 2 shots? Run a damn play for the man!

Atlanta announcers intolerable. "Aw, Knicks fans heading for the exits." "So sad."

I thought tomorrow vs. Cleveland would be a trap game. I'm feeling better about it now. Hopefully we take out our frustration on the Cavs.

Give ATL credit for not giving Novak a look..No one left him open..

Novak was open a few times no one looked for him. Go back and watch older games and see how JJ sets screens for Novak. That is all he needs.

I would ave liked to have seen Novak in sooner over Baron and run PnRs with him and Shump/Melo. Novak might not have gotten any more looks but he would have created some huge lanes of the screen for Shump and Melo.

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:Melo and Shump had it going tonight, but everyone else left their game in NY. Atlanta always had an answer whenever we got back down to 7 or 8 points. Shot ourselves in the foot a few times after cutting it to 2. Tomorrow's shoot around better involve foul shots.

Why put Novak out there for so long if you're only going to get him 2 shots? Run a damn play for the man!

Atlanta announcers intolerable. "Aw, Knicks fans heading for the exits." "So sad."

I thought tomorrow vs. Cleveland would be a trap game. I'm feeling better about it now. Hopefully we take out our frustration on the Cavs.

Give ATL credit for not giving Novak a look..No one left him open..

Novak was open a few times no one looked for him. Go back and watch older games and see how JJ sets screens for Novak. That is all he needs.

Joe Johnson said it after the game..They are streaky and we didn't leave their three point shooters open..

Atlanta did a good job of sticking to him, however I didn't see very many plays run to free him up. 2 shots in 20 minutes. At that point he becomes too much of a liability on the other end.

holfresh wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MaTT4281 wrote:Melo and Shump had it going tonight, but everyone else left their game in NY. Atlanta always had an answer whenever we got back down to 7 or 8 points. Shot ourselves in the foot a few times after cutting it to 2. Tomorrow's shoot around better involve foul shots.

Why put Novak out there for so long if you're only going to get him 2 shots? Run a damn play for the man!

Atlanta announcers intolerable. "Aw, Knicks fans heading for the exits." "So sad."

I thought tomorrow vs. Cleveland would be a trap game. I'm feeling better about it now. Hopefully we take out our frustration on the Cavs.

Give ATL credit for not giving Novak a look..No one left him open..

Novak was open a few times no one looked for him. Go back and watch older games and see how JJ sets screens for Novak. That is all he needs.

Joe Johnson said it after the game..They are streaky and we didn't leave their three point shooters open..

Atlanta did a good job of sticking to him, however I didn't see very many plays run to free him up. 2 shots in 20 minutes. At that point he becomes too much of a liability on the other end.

True...But ATL hit all the shots they needed to hit down the stretch..We missed Lin tonight..Our two guard not being able to knock down the open three is the difference this season...Fields is afraid to take that shot now...If we have a guard who can knocks down the open three this is a different team..

Fields was playing SF. We should have Melo - Novak on the floor at the same time to get better spacing. 3 pt shooting doesn't have to come from a guard. Baron Davis never sets up the offense he either dumps it to Melo or chucks up a brick. Must say he has been a big let down.