Turiaf, despite his sore knee, gets Shaq, unless D'Antoni goes conventional and starts Mozgov again.

You gotta protect Stat from fouling Shaq. He gets Garnett.

Landry Fields, who can run with him all day long, gets Ray Allen.

If it goes conventional, Wilson Chandler can also get Garnett.

Gallo matches up against Paul Pierce.

Rondo? No problem. Ray Felton got him.

Tony Douglas gets The Midget (Nate) and that's the way it goes.

Landry Fields showed early signs and went 5-10. Stoudemire had 27 and The Mayor went for 19. Felton was solid with 17. Gallinari went 0-6 from the field. Knicks shot 44 per cent collectively and 9-27 from three. 24 assists and 10 turnovers.

Pierce has 25 and Garnett had 24. Davis 16 was huge of the pine. They shot 48 per cent and had 33 assists.

The Knicks have balance in the starting five but need someone to match up with Big Baby on the second unit.

Nate will not be a problem. Too many distractions plus Toney Douglas equals a silent night from Nate.

Shawne Williams can ger Marquis Daniels.

Von Wafer? Get real.

Bippity10 wrote:Gallo and Wilson normally do okay on Pierce but he always finds a way to score against us. I thought Landry did a good job on Ray the first time and should be okay this time around. I don't remember a ton about the game but I vaguely remember getting made at Amare for continually giving up jumpers to Garnett of teh pick and pop. He must do a better job then next time around. Shaq had 10 and 7 but don't really remember how he played outside of a couple early dunks. If they come at us with Garnett, DAvis and Shaq which they sometimes do, we will really need to work on defending without fouling. With that line-up we need to try to run them out of it and Felton will need to control the pace so that Rondo can't turn it inot a slugging match.

Pierce is a sneaky scorer and will generally find a way to score against most anyone. He managed to score against teams featuring Lebron and Kobe and Joe Johnson in tough playoff series. Hopefully we make him work and don't fall for too many of his head-fake jump into you moves.

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:Gallo and Wilson normally do okay on Pierce but he always finds a way to score against us. I thought Landry did a good job on Ray the first time and should be okay this time around. I don't remember a ton about the game but I vaguely remember getting made at Amare for continually giving up jumpers to Garnett of teh pick and pop. He must do a better job then next time around. Shaq had 10 and 7 but don't really remember how he played outside of a couple early dunks. If they come at us with Garnett, DAvis and Shaq which they sometimes do, we will really need to work on defending without fouling. With that line-up we need to try to run them out of it and Felton will need to control the pace so that Rondo can't turn it inot a slugging match.

Pierce is a sneaky scorer and will generally find a way to score against most anyone. He managed to score against teams featuring Lebron and Kobe and Joe Johnson in tough playoff series. Hopefully we make him work and don't fall for too many of his head-fake jump into you moves.

Gallo does a good job of not letting Pierce get the easy ones. He stays with him, he doesn't go for the pump fakes and forces him to do a lot of one on one work. The Celtics strength is ball movement so it works to our advantage if Gallo frustrates him enough to force him to go one on one.

Pierce is an All Star. Respect is due. Kvetching over him as a "knick killer" is the inherited mindset of a loser.

Listen carefully to your new Captain Raymond Felton

Q. Serby: When can Knicks fans expect a winner?

A. Felton: You got a winning team now.