loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:
The first half the kid looked scared which only reminded me of Fields in the first round of the playoffs against the Celts...Everyone is saying he came up against a great Heat defense but it was Chamlers and Coles...If you are honest, he looked over matched for the most part..They doubled at the top of the key like most teams do by it was essentially one on one defense that did him in...They played him physically and this may be a blueprint...I think MDA has to come up with a plan B for the playoffs...Let's be frank, lat night was a playoff game...

If you get hit everytime you touch the ball by people who weigh in excess of 260 lbs you would look scared too. Lin was mugged and mauled till his confidence was gone. HE didn't dare to run into the paint because the refs would let the Heat get away with murder.

U ever see the old Knick playoff games...Welcome to the NBA...

damn the expectations...

holfresh wrote:The first half the kid looked scared which only reminded me of Fields in the first round of the playoffs against the Celts...Everyone is saying he came up against a great Heat defense but it was Chamlers and Coles...If you are honest, he looked over matched for the most part..They doubled at the top of the key like most teams do but it was essentially one on one defense that did him in...They played him physically and this may be a blueprint...I think MDA has to come up with a plan B for the playoffs...Let's be frank, last night was a playoff game...

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:
The first half the kid looked scared which only reminded me of Fields in the first round of the playoffs against the Celts...Everyone is saying he came up against a great Heat defense but it was Chamlers and Coles...If you are honest, he looked over matched for the most part..They doubled at the top of the key like most teams do by it was essentially one on one defense that did him in...They played him physically and this may be a blueprint...I think MDA has to come up with a plan B for the playoffs...Let's be frank, lat night was a playoff game...

If you get hit everytime you touch the ball by people who weigh in excess of 260 lbs you would look scared too. Lin was mugged and mauled till his confidence was gone. HE didn't dare to run into the paint because the refs would let the Heat get away with murder.

U ever see the old Knick playoff games...Welcome to the NBA...

YEah and in those games both sides went at it. We are not allowed to even breathe within half a foot of Lebron and Wade without getting called. Do you actually watch the games or do you just hate on everyone so you can prove how we need Melo?

I watched it twice...

And you think we could play he same type of basketball as in the old Knicks playoff games? Tyson Chandler got atechnical for dunking the ball. Knock People down? He would get suspended for life.

nixluva wrote:No one game can define who a player is!!! This was one game and pretty much the worst game Lin has played as a starter! There could be any number of reasons he had a bad night but mostly if you play enough games your gonna have a few bad games.

Lin hasn't been fully developed as a PG yet. He has a lot to learn and there's been very little time to work on counter measures to what teams have been trying to do. The coaches will work with the team on how to deal with what the Heat and other teams have started to do to Lin. This is just the beginning of Lin's education so don't jump off the bandwagon and feed into this notion that he's been exposed and somehow his success was a flash in the pan. Haterz can't wait to tear Lin down! It's inevitable when a player soars as high as he has.

When Miami went on a 9-2 run last year after their dismal start everyone was talking championship and how great they were blah blah blah. We go on a 9-2 run and its still MDA can't do this, and Lin is a 6 game wonderboy, and we can't beat good teams -- We are the Knicks so we can't possibly do anything right even when we are doing it right. The ONLY issue now is Amare's play and that is worrisome. But I don't get this let's trash Lin after one game movement.

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

holfresh wrote:
The first half the kid looked scared which only reminded me of Fields in the first round of the playoffs against the Celts...Everyone is saying he came up against a great Heat defense but it was Chamlers and Coles...If you are honest, he looked over matched for the most part..They doubled at the top of the key like most teams do by it was essentially one on one defense that did him in...They played him physically and this may be a blueprint...I think MDA has to come up with a plan B for the playoffs...Let's be frank, lat night was a playoff game...

If you get hit everytime you touch the ball by people who weigh in excess of 260 lbs you would look scared too. Lin was mugged and mauled till his confidence was gone. HE didn't dare to run into the paint because the refs would let the Heat get away with murder.

U ever see the old Knick playoff games...Welcome to the NBA...

YEah and in those games both sides went at it. We are not allowed to even breathe within half a foot of Lebron and Wade without getting called. Do you actually watch the games or do you just hate on everyone so you can prove how we need Melo?

I watched it twice...

And you think we could play he same type of basketball as in the old Knicks playoff games? Tyson Chandler got atechnical for dunking the ball. Knock People down? He would get suspended for life.

There was more to it than just being roughed up a bit...He missed tons of open passes...He didn't see Amare cutting to the basket on three occasions, missed an alley hoop to Melo, missed another to Chandler...This was more than just having a dude in your side pocket all game....

I was responding to your thread title of why he looked scared. I am not saying he didnt play badly because he did. I didnt think this was winnable game because hey have much better chemistry and we are just starting to find ours. I am not very disappointed with this result.

nixluva wrote:Lin's gonna be sick when he sees the game tape cuz he's gonna realize how he could've done things much better. IMO Lin was "mentally" worn out! People don't appreciate that a kid going thru this much will hit a wall sooner or later. IMO that's what happened to Lin. He just hit a wall mentally. Kid need a little break to recharge.

+1 For the first game, it looked like Lin was not able to mentally stay in it the whole time and continue to make the right decision 90% of the time like he has thus far. Some breaks also went against Lin, for example when Battier guessed right on the fake pass and when several Lin shots rolled around and came out. Still, Lin after the game said he gave it all he had, which was not enough on this occasion. Another thing I liked was his stealing the ball from Wade with a minute left when Wade was trying post him up 1 on 1 and embarrass him further, and his drawing a charge on Wade on the fastbreak earlier in the game. Lin continued playing until the end but just wasn't able to come up with enough of the right decisions this time around. Lin's a good student, give him a second chance at a test, and I have a feeling he will come back with more right answers. Real Knick fans know he has the talent and the drive--even during the game, it was mentioned that Lin's agility and speed tests were the highest that the Knicks had ever measured. Ultimately, better to lose than to win at this stage of the season, and he will study this tape much harder because of the loss.

holfresh wrote:The first half the kid looked scared which only reminded me of Fields in the first round of the playoffs against the Celts...Everyone is saying he came up against a great Heat defense but it was Chamlers and Coles...If you are honest, he looked over matched for the most part..They doubled at the top of the key like most teams do but it was essentially one on one defense that did him in...They played him physically and this may be a blueprint...I think MDA has to come up with a plan B for the playoffs...Let's be frank, last night was a playoff game...

I did not think Lin looked scared but did think he made more wrong decisions than usual, possibly due in part to mental fatigue and in part to the fact that the Heat were allowed to beat him up in the 1st quarter without any whistles (although he has played through similar treatment before, I think he overcompensated/overadjusted this game by giving the Heat too much credit in the second half).

One example is how Lin and Melo were smiling on the court early in the 3rd quarter and looked relaxed when Lin was shooting a free throw, and how Lin drew 3 fouls within a few minutes early in the 3rd quarter when he attacked. For this game, he just couldn't keep it up and played too conservatively to keep his turnovers down in the 2nd half. There were also a few times when he should have pulled up for the teardrop or short jumper instead of driving all the way in. Also, Lin missed a few dishes that he normally would have seen. All in all, he was just a bit mentally not on his A game, and when you have the Heat swarming 100% against you, those split second decisions will cost you.

It could have also been a deliberate coaching decision/suggestion to have Lin pick up his dribble more when he perceived pressure in the 2nd half to avoid turnovers rather than attack, but we will never know. Ultimately it was just a series of decisions that were bad. There were times he should have passed, times he should have pulled up, and times he should have driven. If he was scared, he would have repeatedly made the same mistake, but this was not the case.