Next 5 games all against the teams right above and below us.
Toronto
Washington
Boston
Philly
Bucks
We win the next 4 and playoffs are pretty much a lock. Can't wate for the TT vs. Van Horn game. Should be great.

I don't think beating Raptors w/out Rose and Alvin Williams and Boston, Philly and Washtington is too much to ask. We should be able to do that.

Posted by simrud:

Next 5 games all against the teams right above and below us.
Toronto
Washington
Boston
Philly
Bucks
We win the next 4 and playoffs are pretty much a lock. Can't wate for the TT vs. Van Horn game. Should be great.

I don't think beating Raptors w/out Rose and Alvin Williams and Boston, Philly and Washtington is too much to ask. We should be able to do that.

Three out of the 5 should give us lil trouble. TORONTO AND BOSTON should be easy games. Washington will give us problems and Philly won't have AI shooting 2-19. And the bucks game will be like a playoff game.

yeah, for some reason washington has been playing well as of late. i think philly at philly will be tough if iverson picks it up. he will remember last night. toronto should be easy but we will see. do not underestimate boston either. pierce loves torching the knicks in any shape and form. the difference is having tim thomas guard as oppose to sprewell but he still is one of the most dangerous scorers in the league. but the knicks need to have their swagger back. iverson did not have a good game but our leading scorer for most of the year, houston, had a worse game. he should have his rhythm back in the next couple of games then we will have an arsenal of weapons. marbury must have the mentality he had the last game and refuse to let his team lose. that is what stars are supposed to do.

Last night's game is enough for me

Posted by raven:

Sorry guys, but I think we suck too much right now to think any of this games gonna be easy.

I could be wrong, chemistry could be back (I'd be glad to be wrong ).

My point is we're still very fragile. Stronger than we looked like on the road trip, but weaker than what we were before the break. Hopefully, that'll change prety soon.

I agree....one win does not make all of our previous reasons for losing go away. No game is going to be a cakewalk.

Friday's game at Toronto is probably gonna be the biggest one so far this season. It could give us some cushion or put us behind them. Very important to win. We'll definitely go at least 3-2. I truly think we can go 4-1 in the next 5....even 5-0 if Marbury gets on another hot streak (and based on last nights game, that might be the case.) That would certainly get us back on track.

[Edited by - VDesai on 03/04/2004 17:27:51]

Posted by simrud:

A 6 game winning steak after a 6 game loosing streak would sound about right, this is a .500 team after all.

don't you wish simrud. me too man. it is feasable, so we'll see. the toughest game i think will be milwakee, but we seem to be clicking alot better. ah, get your legs under you & we'll be alright. one more thing, tt and naz seem to be rebounding alot better. is it me?

In aLL reality we have to road games and 9 home games left. Toronto game should have never been that hard but we won and that is what counts. I'm afarid of us playing teams with healthy rosters on the road. Toronto has the worst offense in the freakin league 103 pts from them is nothing foe us to tip our hat on just yet. I wouldn't be suprised under Lenny we get our butts handed to us on the road with our matador defense,by starting off so bad, didn't they know how important this game was for Lenny? The next 7 games are gonna be like playoff games we could lose all those games easily or win them. Great watching the knicks having to play their best to make the playoffs. The milwaukee game is a must see!

[Edited by - playa2 on 03/06/2004 07:59:41]

so far so good...this is an excellent chance to put some ground between us and the other teams...

yeah mostly because now it's not all Houston in the 4th quarter. Now it he has Marbury there incase he's off and vice versa. Usually when houston was off in the 4th quarter we lost.

No game is going to be a cakewalk.

But.............

Knicks have cake-walk schedule for March madness compared to the competition:

Miami; 15 games; play 8 teams under.500; current March record 1-1

Toronto; 15 games; play 8 teams under.500; current March record 1-3

Cleveland; 15 games; play 7 teams under.500; current March record 2-1

Philly; 15 games; play 9 teams under.500; current March record 0-2

Boston; 14 games; play 6 teams under.500; current March record 2-0

NY; 14 games; play 10 teams under.500; current March record 2-0

Great watching the knicks having to play their best to make the playoffs.

I feel you Play-Dawg....only time will tell