5 games before that: knicks shoot 171 3's, hit 57. that's 34 attempts per game, converting at .33 clip. record is 0-5

This suggests that mike clamped down on the number of 3’s and under what situations they take them.

I see this as crucial for this team.

Yea, what evil kind of said.

David Lee is posting up more.

Harrington is our go to guy and he realizes he has to take it to the hoop more, so he does.

Larry Hughes is playing better but he is who he is.

Duhon is playing better.

Nate is not in the rotation.

Wilson Chandler is doing better than the beginning of the season when all he was doing was chucking up 3s.

All of this stuff combined is going to naturally lead to a better offense. To me, therefore, it is more of a matter of players knowing their roles better and /ate not being in the game. Not that I dont like Nate.

Marv wrote:last 5 games: knicks shoot 121 3's, hit 54. that's 24 attempts per game, converting at .45 clip. record is 4-1

5 games before that: knicks shoot 171 3's, hit 57. that's 34 attempts per game, converting at .33 clip. record is 0-5

This suggests that mike clamped down on the number of 3’s and under what situations they take them.

I see this as crucial for this team.

fishmike wrote:

Marv wrote:last 5 games: knicks shoot 121 3's, hit 54. that's 24 attempts per game, converting at .45 clip. record is 4-1

5 games before that: knicks shoot 171 3's, hit 57. that's 34 attempts per game, converting at .33 clip. record is 0-5

This suggests that mike clamped down on the number of 3’s and under what situations they take them.

I see this as crucial for this team.

no.. Knicks are winning cause they are awesome and thats obvious factorial. Anyone with common sense can see this.

cosign

eViL wrote:good observation marv.

i think the clamp down on 3's is the result of the clamp down on the rotation. it looks like our guys are way more comfortable in the offense now. the passing has improved. the movement has improved. perhaps with each player understanding that he'll have more minutes and more opportunity, the urge to launch immediate threes is lessened.

i think clamping down on guys making shots & clamping down on Duhon not playing like garbage has been a huge factor as well... i think clamping down is key, we need to keep clamping down to stay on the winning trail.

martin wrote:

TheGame wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Marv wrote:last 5 games: knicks shoot 121 3's, hit 54. that's 24 attempts per game, converting at .45 clip. record is 4-1

5 games before that: knicks shoot 171 3's, hit 57. that's 34 attempts per game, converting at .33 clip. record is 0-5

This suggests that mike clamped down on the number of 3’s and under what situations they take them.

I see this as crucial for this team.

no.. Knicks are winning cause they are awesome and thats obvious factorial. Anyone with common sense can see this.

Who came up with that "its factorial" line anyway? I remember that was big about two years ago.

how could you forgot Vaseline-dude?

Oh, Marbury started that. I thought it was like Islefan or someone playing off Marbury.

nixluva wrote:

TheGame wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Marv wrote:last 5 games: knicks shoot 121 3's, hit 54. that's 24 attempts per game, converting at .45 clip. record is 4-1

5 games before that: knicks shoot 171 3's, hit 57. that's 34 attempts per game, converting at .33 clip. record is 0-5

This suggests that mike clamped down on the number of 3’s and under what situations they take them.

I see this as crucial for this team.

no.. Knicks are winning cause they are awesome and thats obvious factorial. Anyone with common sense can see this.

Who came up with that "its factorial" line anyway? I remember that was big about two years ago.

Sounds like a Steph'ism!

The Knicks have mainly just played the right way. Using more of the MDA halfcourt gameplan. Pick N Roll, off ball movement, passing and taking OPEN shots in rhythm. There's more to MDA's system than many players think. Once you understand the nuances and where to go etc. things open up and the teams becomes more efficient.

I'd like to add that they ae winning because they are using DEFENSE to ignite their offense. They are switching, rotating, aggressively attacking the ball, and getting in the passing lanes. More steals, more disruption, and more confidence as a result.

I think their shooting percentag drops when they get discouraged by the other team scoring too easily. When they play solid D, their confidence goes up and they convert more open shots.

I don't have any stats to prove this, but it's obvious to me just from watching the games.