That was a fun game thru regulation to watch.
was interesting when felton was telling Tyson and Melo they were shutting his lobs down and they would be coming quicker.
Knicks with Melo as "MVP" is tough when the flow of offense dies and we have to go one on one. These points get harder as the game goes and gets tighter.
Melo gets inflated boards on putbacks. Not saying its a bad thing, it just is.
Tyson played a real good game on offense doing his thing. BroPez had 11 rebounds and was very hard to defend. Dude is very large. If he can finish stronger around the basket he'll be even harder to defend.
So what happened? JR never got his grove from the outside and he took it to the rim. Nets took out the passing lane to Novak. KNicks did a good job against JJ. Tyson did a very good job as did RashWeed.
Knicks missed Kidd out there and was likely the difference. Reggie Evens was the difference for the Nets. It was playoff type ball and very tight score! Either team could have won.
Maybe some of the Knick Homers who laughed at Nets trading their pick and locking up Gerald Wallace for 4 years now understand the trade for them. It also gave them the Trade Exemption to sign Reggie Evens.
Nets from what I heard on the broadcast keeps Marshon Brooks on the bench because his defense is awful. He is not nearly as good as JR Smith but that role off the bench is an important one and Brooks will have to step it up if he is to make an impact.
That was "ACT 1" of the new rivalry since the "rebranding". The teams used a short bench and it played out like a post season event. The energy in the building was real good with Knick fans trying their best.
Our team has a lot of growing to do with Amare and Shump returning and Camby getting into game shape and in the rotation. Im afraid injuries will be a regular occurrence with our senior players but our depth should help us there.
We have lost 3 of the last 4. Time to turn it around.
Im not disappointed in the team, they lost a close game. The Rockets game bugged me out because we lost big. Close games are ok in my book. They sting more but its part of the learning curve. They have to learn to close out games.