Uptown wrote:You guys have it backwards. The adjustments will/should come in game 2. Each playoff game has its own identity. Miami has shown its game plan, front the post and overload the strong side (Melo's side). Miami will play the same exact way on Monday, so the ball is in the Knicks court to adjust. After watching film, Woodson now has to adjust to what the Heat are doing and we should see a different gameplan on Monday....

No, this is the playoffs. It's make or break. You make your adjustments when things aren't going your way e.g. - 2nd qtr on.

Got this from the other board from OrangeandBlue, great solution and no secret to fronting:

It's really simple. When they front Melo, Amare should cut to the top of the key, catch the pass, and Melo should cut towards the hoop. We didn't see this a single time.

Another thing we barely saw was Melo bringing the ball up. end quote

Also, what I noticed (as usual) is that Melo holds the ball to long. There were a few times where if he would have passed it earlier, or made a move earlier, we would have had easy points. By holding the ball he is just giving Miami time to double AND rotate. The doubling is to our advantage if he passes out, but he has to make those passes before the rotation - if possible.

Maybe adjustments were made and Miami was just too good?

Give the heat some credit instead of just assuming the knicks were inept.

MDA or Woodson, the Knicks were just 36-30 for the year.

Chandler sick did not help, but Jefrries is hurt, Davis is hurt, Lin is out, JR is still JR and Melo did not grow bigger balls in the course of one month.

We never had season with everyone playing good with the same coach and line up. "Small samples" is all we got.

Fans had hope. The Heat killed it.

Give them credit, they might be *******s but they are talented and well coached.

Their "Riley Cred" is defense first. They can be devastating. And they were.

The flopping is a league thing. I don't blame Lebron, he should gain every advantage he can via the rules.

When Van Gundy goes off on flopping its not the player, its the rules.

JVG is still a knick fan at heart. He went off on the refs pretty good!

Still love the dude! He can come back anytime!

Nalod wrote:
Lebron looks different. Focused and the best player on the planet.

The flopping is a league thing. I don't blame Lebron, he should gain every advantage he can via the rules.

When Van Gundy goes off on flopping its not the player, its the rules.

JVG is still a knick fan at heart. He went off on the refs pretty good!

Still love the dude! He can come back anytime!

smackeddog wrote:What adjustments could he have made? Amar'e was in foul trouble, BD hurt his back, Bibby hurt his ankle, Shump tore his ACL and Tyson was essentially a corpse out there. To top it off, the ref's made it clear that we weren't allowed to do ANYTHING- try to defend: FOUL!, try to drive: either no call for us or OFFENSIVE FOUL! go near a Heat player, they flop: FOUL! Set a pick: FLAGRANT FOUL! complain: TECHNICAL FOUL! Oh and my personal favourite- throw the ball to an official, as you are required to do: TECHNICAL FOUL!

The adjustments for game 2 are what we can judge him on.

+1

Plus I'm not gonna blame forcing ISO Melo on Woody. I blame that on scared players with no confidence. I thought these guys were basketball players, not robots. If Woody says give it to Melo but the pass is not there than do something else..don't force it. The ability to interpet when to pass and when not to pass the basketball was severely lacking in a group of guys who are being paid millions to play this sport. Even we are paying a group of incredibly incompetent ballers or these guys were intimidated, scared, lacked confidence, and deflated due to the way the refs called this game.

earthmansurfer wrote:

Uptown wrote:You guys have it backwards. The adjustments will/should come in game 2. Each playoff game has its own identity. Miami has shown its game plan, front the post and overload the strong side (Melo's side). Miami will play the same exact way on Monday, so the ball is in the Knicks court to adjust. After watching film, Woodson now has to adjust to what the Heat are doing and we should see a different gameplan on Monday....

No, this is the playoffs. It's make or break. You make your adjustments when things aren't going your way e.g. - 2nd qtr on.

Got this from the other board from OrangeandBlue, great solution and no secret to fronting:

It's really simple. When they front Melo, Amare should cut to the top of the key, catch the pass, and Melo should cut towards the hoop. We didn't see this a single time.

Another thing we barely saw was Melo bringing the ball up. end quote

Also, what I noticed (as usual) is that Melo holds the ball to long. There were a few times where if he would have passed it earlier, or made a move earlier, we would have had easy points. By holding the ball he is just giving Miami time to double AND rotate. The doubling is to our advantage if he passes out, but he has to make those passes before the rotation - if possible.

First, you will be abel to make minor adjustments in-game. But the major adjustments will come after film sessions and leading into game two.

You didn't need to look to another board for the adjustment you posted because I said the same exact thing in the game thread. I said, if they are fronting Melo high, you bring Amare up and play high-low with he and Melo which is an old UCLA play.....

nixluva wrote:

Uptown wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:

Uptown wrote:You guys have it backwards. The adjustments will/should come in game 2. Each playoff game has its own identity. Miami has shown its game plan, front the post and overload the strong side (Melo's side). Miami will play the same exact way on Monday, so the ball is in the Knicks court to adjust. After watching film, Woodson now has to adjust to what the Heat are doing and we should see a different gameplan on Monday....

No, this is the playoffs. It's make or break. You make your adjustments when things aren't going your way e.g. - 2nd qtr on.

Got this from the other board from OrangeandBlue, great solution and no secret to fronting:

It's really simple. When they front Melo, Amare should cut to the top of the key, catch the pass, and Melo should cut towards the hoop. We didn't see this a single time.

Another thing we barely saw was Melo bringing the ball up. end quote

Also, what I noticed (as usual) is that Melo holds the ball to long. There were a few times where if he would have passed it earlier, or made a move earlier, we would have had easy points. By holding the ball he is just giving Miami time to double AND rotate. The doubling is to our advantage if he passes out, but he has to make those passes before the rotation - if possible.

First, you will be abel to make minor adjustments in-game. But the major adjustments will come after film sessions and leading into game two.

You didn't need to look to another board for the adjustment you posted because I said the same exact thing in the game thread. I said, if they are fronting Melo high, you bring Amare up and play high-low with he and Melo which is an old UCLA play.....

If you have a varied offensive attack you don't need to see film to make the needed adjustments. The Knicks have a TON of offensive plays to choose from after a full season with 2 coaches. They've shown more of their offense in other games so we know they can switch to other plays and focus the attack on different players. This was just a bad job by Woody.

As we saw the last time we went to Miami and got the sh1t kicked out of us, it's pretty hard to adjust to Miami without a PG that can beat their press and break them down. Remember that game? It was kinda ugly - I don't remember the super adjustments nor did I see the varied offensive attack.