Some excellent insight into what's been working well for the Knicks so far from probably my favorite basketball writer.

It’s not that Melo’s tendency to stop the ball has disappeared; the character of his ball-stopping has changed. Melo has shown a really nice, unselfish understanding of the spacing his post-ups create — of how he sucks in the defense, and how to use that sucking effect to create productive looks for the shooters and non-shooters (i.e., Ronnie Brewer) stationed around the perimeter. And all of the perimeter guys, perhaps inspired by the brilliant Jason Kidd, are whipping the ball around so quickly it barely appears to touch their hands before it has gone to the next guy.

Anthony’s second quarter on Sunday was borderline masterful. With about 7:20 to go, he caught the ball on the left block, with Thaddeus Young on his back, and noticed Jrue Holiday sneaking toward the foul line off of J.R. Smith on the right side of the floor as Philly prepared its help scheme. Instead of holding the ball or making an easier pass to a player on his side of the court, Melo immediately fired a skip pass to Smith, who touched the ball to Steve Novak in the right corner for a 3. About 90 seconds later, Melo caught the ball in the same place, noted Holiday helping off of Raymond Felton stationed just above Melo on the left side, and took a really smart extra dribble step toward the baseline. That tiny slide sucked Holiday in an extra couple of feet, and Melo promptly kicked the ball to Felton for a wide-open 3 that missed.

It went on like this. He blew by Young on a drive from the elbow for a layup. He backed Young down to the baseline again just before halftime, drawing in the near-side perimeter defender for a more compromising double team than Philly wanted, and kicked the ball out to initiate another series of swing passes that could lead to a Melo hockey assist.

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http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/41935/a-tale-of-two-offenses-the-surprising-knicks-and-the-slumping-thunder