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![]() Intuition and The Triangle
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/9251/opening-tip-the-knicks-three-man-game 1.) One example of this play occurred during the Knicks' first offensive possession against the Wizards -- Chandler set a perimeter pick for Iman Shumpert to give him room for the 3-pointer or the drive. While Shumpert was quickly (the operative word being "quickly") reading the situation, Chandler then set a back screen for Stoudemire, who was on the opposite wing, so he could drop through the lane and look for a pass from Shumpert for the short jumper or close-range easy two. During the well-run execution, Stoudemire missed an open jumpshot. In regards to this play, D'Antoni said last week he plans to use Stoudemire and Chandler together more in the same set, like he did last season with Stoudemire and Ronny Turiaf/Jared Jeffries. 2.) Two examples of this play unfolded against the Pistons, taking place with 4:27 remaining in the second quarter and 8:49 to go in the third, respectively -- During the first play, Anthony, who was on the perimeter, dumped the ball to Stoudemire on the high post. Then, Mike Bibby set a backscreen for Anthony, who received the pass from Stoudemire for the right-handed dunk. Before that happened, Chandler set a down screen for Landry Fields when Stoudemire caught the ball. So if Anthony was guarded tightly, Stoudemire could look for Fields as the second option on the wing for the 3-point shot, or he could face his defender and go one-on-one. The second play was a mirror image of the first, just with two different players. This time, Shumpert dumped the ball to Chandler, Anthony set a back screen for Shumpert and Chandler served an alley-oop to Shumpert for the two-handed dunk. Stoudemire and Fields were on the opposite side to plan for a potential down-screen opportunity. The Knicks' past two wins showed there's not as much What should we do? (ie Toney Douglas) going on. They're starting to develop a knack for getting right into their halfcourt sets and acting (Shumpert), more than reacting (Douglas). That speaks to their collective voice of change (to Shumpert) after devastating back-to-back losses last week to the Raptors and Bobcats. once a knick always a knick
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