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holfresh
Posts: 38679 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 1/14/2006 Member: #1081 |
11/10/2012 5:55 PM
http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/collins-thinks-highly-of-knicks/?ref=basketball
Roughly 10 days into the 2012-13 season, the New York Knicks are the only unbeaten team in the N.B.A., having defeated Dallas, 104-94, to improve to 4-0. Two of their four victories have come against the Philadelphia 76ers, a 100-84 victory in Madison Square Garden on Nov. 4 and a 110-88 win in Philadelphia the next night. Sixers Coach Doug Collins offered unsolicited praise for the Knicks before and after his team beat the Celtics in Boston, 106-100. He shifted from discussing his team’s defensive shortcomings to extolling the Knicks, who are responsible for his team’s only losses through five games. “I’m not going to overreact to two losses to New York, because I think right now, arguably they could be playing as well as anybody in the East,” Collins said. “If Miami is 1, then they’re 1A. They played great against us on both ends of the floor.” The Knicks were ranked No. 1 in the N.B.A. through three games in point-differential, points against and turnovers. The three Knicks’ victories were by an average of 19.3 points a game — Miami was next at 10.2 — and all four wins have come by at least 10 points. Their defense was allowing 85.3 points a game. Coach Mike Woodson starts two point guards. The Knicks averaged a league-fewest 12 turnovers a game over their first three games and then turned it over only nine times in their victory over Dallas. Woodson “has them playing very good defense,” Collins said. “If they can keep moving the ball and defending, they’re going to be really good.” Collins said the Sixers were sluggish in the first meeting between the two but then jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the rematch. The lead didn’t last. “They just blitzed us,” Collins said. “They had two great games against us.” He added: “They’ve got what I like to call a decorated team. I always look for things like that. Kidd has won an N.B.A. title and a couple of gold medals. Carmelo has won an N.C.A.A. title and a couple gold medals and a bronze medal in the World Championships. Chandler won an N.C.A.A. title and a gold medal. Felton won an N.C.A.A. championship. To me, that carries a lot of weight because that means they have played and won big games.” |
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mrKnickShot
Posts: 28157 Alba Posts: 16 Joined: 5/3/2011 Member: #3553 |
11/11/2012 1:59 PM
Rankings at this point are pointless. Lets talk at the 20 game mark.
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Bonn1997
Posts: 58654 Alba Posts: 2 Joined: 2/2/2004 Member: #581 USA |
11/11/2012 6:12 PM
This is the first time in over a decade that I thought the Knicks might have a better season than the Yankees.
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