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Posted by oohah:
Posted by joec32033:
Posted by oohah:
Posted by SlimPack:
I thought that he was trying to say that the knicks having recently won 4 out of 5 will be cancelled out but maybe i was wrong.
I think the answer is this year's record will be the same as last years at the same point. It gives our board members who root for the Knicks to lose something to pull for.
oohah
Actually it will only be 6 more wins in 6 more games.
I don't think so Joe. 13/21 last year, possibly 13/21 this year.
The Knicks were 13/21 after LB's big streak last year. More important is that the KNicks don't lose 10 in a row and other similar streaks even if they do fall to 13/21.
But like some poster above wrote, the Knicks losing 2 and matching last years record gives some of us something to root for, as opposed to the Knicks winning and being better than last year.
oohah
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2005123015
Milwaukee 113, New York 108
Preview - Box Score - Recap
By COLIN FLY, AP Sports Writer
December 31, 2005
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Stephon Marbury did his best to lift the struggling Knicks, but New York couldn't stop Mo Williams and the Milwaukee Bucks.
Marbury had 23 points and 12 assists for the Knicks in a 113-108 loss to the Bucks on Friday night, one game after he didn't hit a shot from the field and was criticized by coach Larry Brown.
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"Everybody's trying to do what they can to win," Marbury said. "No one is out there playing to lose, everyone is trying to contribute as far as playing defense, playing smart, playing together."
Williams scored 30 points and Michael Redd added 22 to lead Milwaukee.
"Mo played tonight the way he's played all year," Bucks coach Terry Stotts said. "Scoring 30 points on 17 shots is pretty effective, efficient."
Williams, staring at point guard while T.J. Ford misses two weeks with a sprained foot, led the Bucks' dynamic backcourt as Milwaukee improved to 14-1 when scoring more than 100 points.
"I average 15, so I feel I have to score a little bit," Williams said. "With T.J. out, I just have to find my places."
Bobby Simmons had 18 points and Jamaal Magloire added 15 for the Bucks.
The Knicks dropped to 7-21 -- matching their worst start since 1986-87 -- and fell into last place in the Atlantic Division, percentage points behind Toronto (8-22).
"I've spoken to you after 28 games, and there was one game I was disappointed and I said that," Brown told reporters after the loss. "Everybody makes a big deal (about it), I coached him for the next two days just like I always coached him. He's done what I asked and tries to win the game."
Maurice Taylor scored 18 points, Channing Frye added 15 and Eddy Curry had 12 for the Knicks. But Taylor picked up his fifth foul with 7:36 left, and the Knicks were in the penalty with 5:03 remaining after Curry also picked up his fifth.
Williams, who finished 11-of-17 from the field with six rebounds and five assists, was the catalyst when Milwaukee took the lead just before the start of the fourth on a 9-0 run.
"Mo has more of a scorer's mentality -- more of a 3-point shooter," Redd said. "T.J. is more of a penetrator, a creator. They both bring a little something different to the table."
New York, which went on a 4-minute stretch without a field goal early in the fourth, cut the Bucks' lead to 97-96 after Nate Robinson, who finished with 19 points, hit a 3-pointer and added two free throws.
Simmons answered with a fadeaway jumper and added a breakaway dunk. Then Williams scored on another fast break layup after a turnover by Jamal Crawford to give Milwaukee a 103-96 lead with 2:09 left. The Knicks never had the ball with a chance to tie after that.
"I was awful down the stretch," Crawford said. "I missed two free throws, a 3-pointer and threw the ball away. That was uncharacteristic of me."
Before the game, Brown said the situation with Marbury wasn't an issue. He was critical of his point guard after the Knicks' loss Wednesday to the Orlando Magic for not being aggressive enough.
Marbury finished that game with five points and was 0-for-7 from the field, but Brown said general manager Isiah Thomas hasn't asked about the dynamic and emotional playmaker.
"If it was a big thing for him, I'm sure he would address that," Brown said.
Marbury, who shot 7-of-15 from the field and was 9-of-10 from the free throw line, began to play frantically just before the half, first finding David Lee for a dunk for his ninth assist.
On the next possession, he called for the ball, turned it over in traffic and raced back down to strip Jermaine Jackson at the other end.
After Dan Gadzuric tipped a ball to a wide open Redd under the basket to cut the Knicks' lead to 57-54 with 1 second left, Marbury barely missed a 41-foot shot at the halftime buzzer.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12302006/sports/knicks/sun_downed_knicks_marc_berman.htm
By MARC BERMAN
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NO LOOKING: Stephon Marbury dishes off to a teammate during last night's 108-86 loss to the Suns in Phoenix.
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December 30, 2006 --
Marc Berman's Blog
PHOENIX - With Toronto losing, the Knicks could have launched into first place in the Atlantic Division with a victory. What a joke.
The Knicks are so far from a first-place team, and the soaring Suns showed it in last night's 108-86 bombing of the Knicks at sold-out U.S. Airways Center.
The Phoenix area is host this week to three college-football bowl games. The Knicks looked like they would rather be sprawled on the couch, munching popcorn than defending the Suns' vaunted Steve Nash/Amare Stoudemire pick-and-roll.
"They're just better than we are right now," said Knick coach Isiah Thomas, who has tried to pattern his offense after the Suns' freewheeling attack. "We got a ways to go before we get to their level. We still got time in the season to catch up. At this point, they're a better basketball team than we are."
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The Knicks (13-19) will need more than this season to catch up with the Suns (20-8). How about a few years. The rematch is Jan. 24.
Wednesday's triple-overtime Garden thriller combined with a red-eye, cross-country flight out West facing a Suns team that set the mold for a breakneck offense proved a messy mix. The Knicks got off to an awful start. They were down 34-14 after one quarter and never recovered as they kicked off their five-game western swing in depressing fashion.
Last year, they played 28 games up to this day. This year they played 32. 2 more games to reach the same number of losses.
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