besides it would have still been a 1pt game.

iSergio wrote:We really need a go-to-scorer besides Amar'e Stoudemire. Boston came back twice when STAT was on the bench. I know Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler had good games but this is another reason why you trade them for Carmelo Anthony if you can. We don't lose leads with STAT on the bench if we have Melo on the floor.

I was watching Orlando at Denver last night. Dwight Howard or not, Carmelo was having his way and scoring at will.

Marv wrote:unbelievable game. heartbreaking ending. but damn do i love this team.

what Marv said

Greatest Knicks game of the past nine years. They never backed down and took the game to the Celtics

JrZyHuStLa wrote:How come the refs didn't check where the clock should be at after Pierce's shot?

How can you visually see the difference between .4 and .6?

Papabear Says

The Coach should have argued the point.

knicks1248 wrote:I said it earlier, we had to make our Ft's, and all though we shot 80%, BC shot 100%...I knw from the jump, that gllo's three miss FT's were going to come back to haunt us

You can say the same thing about any missed shots, turnovers, mistakes on D, etc.

Yeah, he should have made at least 2/3, but you can go crazy looking at things like this. Would have been different if he had missed them under pressure at the end of the game, I suppose.

And as someone pointed out- Boston was a bit lucky with their FTs. We actually shot our average.

Paladin55 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:I said it earlier, we had to make our Ft's, and all though we shot 80%, BC shot 100%...I knw from the jump, that gllo's three miss FT's were going to come back to haunt us

You can say the same thing about any missed shots, turnovers, mistakes on D, etc.

Yeah, he should have made at least 2/3, but you can go crazy looking at things like this. Would have been different if he had missed them under pressure at the end of the game, I suppose.

And as someone pointed out- Boston was a bit lucky with their FTs. We actually shot our average.

we were 2 tenths away from a Knicks classic game for the archives.

tkf wrote:Tough loss, but the celtics can posture all theywant, pierce can parade around the court, but these clowns were outplayed by the knicks tonight.. I am going to complain about the refs because they really jobbed us down the stretch when the celts could not score... pierce doesn't call it a rivalry, but he was celebrating like it was one..

Damn tough loss!!!

knicks took a tough boston defense and shredded it to pieces... And as I type and look at the score clock after pierce's shot, it should have been .5 seconds on the clock.. but whatever... good game knicks.. tough loss..

keys:

Amare: stud performance ..39/10/3 blocks, but he had no assists, and that is huge, because he missed some shooters tonight and in a game like this, you have to hit the shooters, who were hot tonight.. overall, beastly game, played like a star, that last shot before pierce basket went in and out and the three after the buzzer was almost magical..... just a split second too late..

Felton: forced a bit too many shots, but just destroyed boston's guards. 26/14 for felton.. he pushed the ball down the celtics throats. wished he had taken less threes and made that extra pass, but hey, he played a great game..

Chandler: really good first half, dissapeared in the second half.. offensively, but he did a good job on the boards and had his hands full with a much taller garnett. still did a good job.. 18/12/2 blocks is more than a solid outing for sure... He battled hard...

gallo: lackluster first half to say the least and then caught fire scoring 20 second half points.. left handed shots, threes, dunks, just a nice overall show... JVG was commenting on how well he does putting the ball on the floor and finding others.. gallo finished with 20/3/3.. very good second half for sure, and showed us why some are really high on this kid..

Fields: not a great game. had trouble feeding the post tonight for some reason.. finished with 6/6/2 steals.. didn't get a lot of those easy baskets we are accustomed to, subpar game if you ask me, but I know he was playing hard.... just didn't get the breaks today.. had his hands full guarding ray allen as well...

Again, great job by the supporting cast, and a great job the captains.. just a tough loss..

Bench:

TD, turiaf, williams.. 7 points combined is not enough, but other than douglas who played 16 minutes the other two didn't log more than 10.. we need better production off that bench..

SOTN: nate and big baby.. someone please tell those two fools to sit down.. Also the refs, they just handed the game to boston late, just some questionable calls.... not suprised...

Overall tough loss, but the lack of assist( we really didn't move the ball that well..19 dimes to bostons 26) and the lack of boards.. (outrebounded 39-35) ended up hurting us.. I would say pierce was the key for boston, but honestly, it was garnett parking in the lane and getting those boards, second chance shots, baskets and fouls.. that killed us as well.. and this is why we need a BIG MAN moreso than anything else...... Glaring hole for the knicks, and I think that will make us much more stronger than another scorer.. albeit, a talented on..

16-10

next stop.. miami...

sorry for the length.. I will condense it next time..

No condensing. Full throttle only!