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nixluva
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11/14/2016  9:18 PM
SocraticBallin22 wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Hooooooooooolidaaaaaaaay! Celebraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate!

Holiday with the excellent block on Barnes on his jump shot then runs the break for the layup.

Kudos to Horny. The lineup change/2nd half adjustment has been the difference. We haven't seen much of that from our coaches the last 2 years.

yeah Phil has to just let Jeff Coach!!!
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crzymdups
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11/14/2016  9:18 PM
Bottom line - Melo is a 4 now. He's a very good 4 and a below average 3. End of story.


Running lineups with two bigs and Melo at the 3 is too slow for the modern NBA.

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11/14/2016  9:19 PM
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

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11/14/2016  9:21 PM
crzymdups wrote:Bottom line - Melo is a 4 now. He's a very good 4 and a below average 3. End of story.


Running lineups with two bigs and Melo at the 3 is too slow for the modern NBA.

This is my thinking except I don't add the modern nba caveat

He plays best as a stretch 4. Need to shuffle lineups based on opponent

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nixluva
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11/14/2016  9:21 PM
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

This is a Jeff Hornacek lineup!!! He's most comfortable with a smaller lineup that can move and groove on both ends.

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11/14/2016  9:22 PM
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Another good post. I Lisa lance from last year. He's been a disappointment this year so far

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11/14/2016  9:22 PM
3Q - 0:39
NYK 66 DAL 51
yellowboy90
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11/14/2016  9:22 PM
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Holiday is pulling that same trick as Lance did except without the good shooting. Just because he looks like he does a good job it does not mean he is doing a good job. Tonight he has looked good.

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11/14/2016  9:23 PM
Excellent defensive quarter.
'Knicks focus should be on players that have grown up playing soccer or cricket' - Triplethreat 8/28/2020
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11/14/2016  9:25 PM
Chandler wrote:
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Another good post. I Lisa lance from last year. He's been a disappointment this year so far

I posted on the first page of this thread - Lance has a bone bruise on his ankle and plantar fascitis in both feet. Not great. Hopefully he can rest a little and recover.

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11/14/2016  9:25 PM
HofstraBBall wrote:Excellent defensive quarter.

How many times have we been able to say that this year?

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11/14/2016  9:26 PM
3Q - 0:00
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nixluva
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11/14/2016  9:26 PM
yellowboy90 wrote:
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Holiday is pulling that same trick as Lance did except without the good shooting. Just because he looks like he does a good job it does not mean he is doing a good job. Tonight he has looked good.

WTF are you talking about??? Holiday has been working hard all year and building towards a performance like this. He looks like a good role player. 3nD guard with good size.

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11/14/2016  9:27 PM
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11/14/2016  9:30 PM
4Q - 9:41
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crzymdups
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11/14/2016  9:31 PM
I'd really like N'Dour's nickname to be THE GREEN MOON. Let's make it happen, people.
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11/14/2016  9:33 PM
KP looks tired as heck
Still hell of a game so far 19/10 and anchoring the paint 2nd half
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11/14/2016  9:34 PM
4Q - 7:37
NYK 72 DAL 59
Chandler
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11/14/2016  9:34 PM
crzymdups wrote:
Chandler wrote:
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Another good post. I Lisa lance from last year. He's been a disappointment this year so far

I posted on the first page of this thread - Lance has a bone bruise on his ankle and plantar fascitis in both feet. Not great. Hopefully he can rest a little and recover.

That sucks. But it explains things

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knicks1248
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11/14/2016  9:35 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/14/2016  9:36 PM
nixluva wrote:
yellowboy90 wrote:
Knixkik wrote:
knicks1248 wrote:
SocraticBallin22 wrote:Nice call from Horny starting Holiday to start the 2nd half and benching Noah. KP having trouble with Barnes and Holiday doing a much better job.

Melo ball has allowed us to extend the lead along with good defense. Matthews is a good defender but too small to guard Melo on the block. Knicks exploiting it. That's smart.

holiday making the coach look smart

Holiday is exactly what you want in a role player. He's doing what Lance was expected to do. You can play small ball with him.

Holiday is pulling that same trick as Lance did except without the good shooting. Just because he looks like he does a good job it does not mean he is doing a good job. Tonight he has looked good.

WTF are you talking about??? Holiday has been working hard all year and building towards a performance like this. He looks like a good role player. 3nD guard with good size.

He actually has a point Nix, holiday has been very inconsistent so far, and that's at everything, but i also agree with about his work ethic.

I also never really seen him play much until now, so i have no idea if he looks better than he did prior to coming here

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