Its mind boggling that Walker, Fields, Shumpert and Novak all played so badly on the same day. 31 shots at .225% is simply awful. (Its truly amazing that a combination of Chandler, Amare and Lin were able to play well enough to make the game close at the end.)

One might be tempted to criticize Lin for taking so many shots and having so few assists. But he did the only thing he could do, which was to stop passing to the guys who were missing, and take more shots himself. He gave Novak a key shot near the end, and he missed it yet again.

rvwink wrote:I don't think it was about the last 4 minutes. By then, the Knicks were simply too far behind, and everything had to break in their favor for them to have even a chance.

Its mind boggling that Walker, Fields, Shumpert and Novak all played so badly on the same day. 31 shots at .225% is simply awful. (Its truly amazing that a combination of Chandler, Amare and Lin were able to play well enough to make the game close at the end.)

One might be tempted to criticize Lin for taking so many shots and having so few assists. But he did the only thing he could do, which was to stop passing to the guys who were missing, and take more shots himself. He gave Novak a key shot near the end, and he missed it yet again.

7:00 12-6 Amare Stoudemire makes 18-foot jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
6:39 Greivis Vasquez bad pass 12-6
6:28 12-6 Jeremy Lin misses 5-foot two point shot
6:26 12-6 Amare Stoudemire offensive rebound
6:26 12-6 Trevor Ariza blocks Amare Stoudemire's 4-foot jumper
6:24 Trevor Ariza defensive rebound 12-6
6:13 Gustavo Ayon misses 15-foot jumper 12-6
6:11 12-6 Jeremy Lin defensive rebound
6:01 12-8 Bill Walker makes driving layup
5:45 Greivis Vasquez bad pass (Amare Stoudemire steals) 12-8
5:41 12-8 Landry Fields misses layup
5:39 Chris Kaman defensive rebound 12-8
5:33 Marco Belinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Greivis Vasquez assists) 15-8
5:20 Chris Kaman shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul) 15-8
5:20 New York full timeout
5:20 Jarrett Jack enters the game for Greivis Vasquez 15-8
5:20 15-8 Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
5:20 15-8 New York offensive team rebound
5:20 15-8 Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2
5:20 Gustavo Ayon defensive rebound 15-8
5:00 Gustavo Ayon makes 2-foot two point shot (Chris Kaman assists) 17-8
4:48 Marco Belinelli shooting foul (Landry Fields draws the foul) 17-8
4:48 17-8 Landry Fields misses free throw 1 of 2
4:48 17-8 New York offensive team rebound
4:48 17-8 Iman Shumpert enters the game for Bill Walker
4:48 17-9 Landry Fields makes free throw 2 of 2
4:48 17-9 Jared Jeffries enters the game for Amare Stoudemire
4:28 17-9 Tyson Chandler defensive rebound
4:28 Gustavo Ayon loose ball foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul) 17-9
4:28 17-10 Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
4:31 Marco Belinelli misses 21-foot jumper 17-10
4:28 Al-Farouq Aminu enters the game for Gustavo Ayon 17-10
4:28 17-10 Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2
4:26 Al-Farouq Aminu defensive rebound 17-10
4:11 Jarrett Jack makes jumper (Chris Kaman assists) 19-10
3:57 19-12 Jeremy Lin makes 14-foot jumper
3:47 Al-Farouq Aminu bad pass (Jeremy Lin steals) 19-12
3:45 19-12 Jeremy Lin lost ball (Marco Belinelli steals)
3:35 Jarrett Jack offensive foul (Jared Jeffries draws the foul) 19-12
3:35 Jarrett Jack turnover 19-12
3:28 Marco Belinelli shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul) 19-12
3:28 19-13 Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
3:28 Xavier Henry enters the game for Marco Belinelli 19-13
3:28 19-13 Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2
3:26 Trevor Ariza defensive rebound 19-13
3:01 Trevor Ariza makes 20-foot jumper 21-13
2:44 21-13 Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper
2:42 Trevor Ariza defensive rebound 21-13
2:25 Chris Kaman makes 18-foot jumper (Jarrett Jack assists) 23-13
2:10 23-13 Jeremy Lin bad pass (Al-Farouq Aminu steals)
1:59 23-13 Tyson Chandler personal foul (Jarrett Jack draws the foul)
1:59 New Orleans full timeout
1:59 23-13 Steve Novak enters the game for Jeremy Lin
1:53 Jarrett Jack misses 17-foot jumper 23-13
1:51 23-13 Tyson Chandler defensive rebound
1:32 23-13 Steve Novak misses 25-foot three point jumper
1:31 Jarrett Jack defensive rebound 23-13
1:20 Chris Kaman bad pass 23-13
1:00 23-13 Xavier Henry blocks Tyson Chandler's 4-foot jumper
0:59 23-13 Steve Novak offensive rebound
0:58 23-13 Steve Novak misses 25-foot three point jumper
0:57 23-13 New York defensive team rebound
0:57 23-13 Tyson Chandler loose ball foul (Chris Kaman draws the foul)
0:57 Chris Kaman makes free throw 1 of 2 24-13
0:57 24-13 Bill Walker enters the game for Tyson Chandler
0:57 Chris Kaman makes free throw 2 of 2 25-13
0:49 25-13 Iman Shumpert double dribble
0:36 25-13 Jared Jeffries personal foul (Chris Kaman draws the foul)
0:36 Chris Kaman makes free throw 1 of 2 26-13
0:36 Chris Kaman makes free throw 2 of 2 27-13
0:20 27-13 Iman Shumpert misses layup
0:19 Chris Kaman defensive rebound 27-13
0:00 Xavier Henry misses 5-foot two point shot 27-13
0:00 New Orleans offensive team rebound 27-13
0:00 End of the 1st Quarter

Endydee wrote:

NO scored 28 point off Knicks turnovers...We lost by 4...

The turnovers were a problem and need to be addressed, but if they shoot better at the free throw line then they wouldn't have lost that game. Don't place the TO blame solely on Lin, as the whole team was turning the ball over throughout the game.

Lin had 9 TO the rest of the team had 12...

JCrusher wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Endydee wrote:

NO scored 28 point off Knicks turnovers...We lost by 4...

The turnovers were a problem and need to be addressed, but if they shoot better at the free throw line then they wouldn't have lost that game. Don't place the TO blame solely on Lin, as the whole team was turning the ball over throughout the game.

Lin had 9 TO the rest of the team had 12...

the important thing is that lin saved our season so he had one bad game but the rest of the team was just awful last night

Very true but its also fair to say that its a legit concern. Like Shumpert, hopefully having a full camp and preseason will cut those TO's down considerably.

holfresh wrote:That's the problem ....He is the PG...he has to get others involved and ride guys like Amare...Lin is for real...he has to cut down the TO but more importantly, he has to pass the ball in the 4th qt...

Hornets packed the paint. They basically said we are taking Amare and Tyson out of the game and Lin will need to beat them by scoring, going to the line on hard fouls or Lin kicking it out to open shooters. Well, Lin scored when not fouled. He missed some of his FTs but not late. Perimeter players did not hit the open shots. That is why we lost. Great job by the Hornets and great game plan by Monty.