NASTY NASH IN YO AREA, CAUSING THE HYSTERIA

NEW YORK GETS TO SEE WHAT MDA COULD HAVE DONE FOR US IF HE HAD A GUY THAT WAS EVEN MAYBE HALF THE TALENT OF NASH

LAKERS GET TO SEE THAT MELO DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MDA AND HIS FANCY PANTS!!

IT'S A CHRISTMAS SHOWDOWN, ONE FOR THE AGES!!!

How amped am I for this match-up?

I rank it at number 1 of all games so far this season

Only way it can be better is if Woodson is planning a secret Amar'e comeback and he comes out of the tunnel to start the second half!!!

TeamBall wrote:Should I be worried about Melo guarding Pau? Or is he rarely gonna be in the post anyway?

Nah, but the Lakers should be worried about Melo.

I believe both Melo and Kobe with compete against eachother with a burning desire to perform with greatness during a Nationally Televised viewing. Better yet a Christmas Day Holiday. Melo Anthony vs. Kobe Bryant? This could become a good one. Two scoring phenoms going at it. Almost as exciting Jordan vs. Starks and/or a little more exciting than a John Starks vs. Reggie Miller matchup. Melo vs. Bryant can become epic. Could be on the verge of of enjoying a Christmas day thriller. Which ever player out performs the other, his team then has a strong chance of winning. It's Kobe Bryant vs Carmelo Anthony time. I have my money on Carmelo Anthony this stage of their careers. But ready for war when going up against the closest thing since Jordan himself in Kobe Bryant.

Jason Kidd vs. Steve Nash. An all-time classic matchup right here.

Tyson Chandler vs. Dwight Howard. These two big men battle down low against one another each and every time. Tyson Chandler usually comes out on top too. For some reason, has Howard's number. Ready for a physical contest between these two big men. Hopefully our refs allow these two BIG's to slug it out down low. Fight for the boards. Allow them to box out and body up one another. That's basketball.

Brewer vs. Artest is also a good matchup. Defense. Defense and more defense. Which ever team gets offense out of these two should consider it as an early Christmas day bonus. Great defensive matchup here.

With all that said, I simply love our bench with the likes of J.R Smith, Steve Novak and maybe even Marcus Camby. Pablo can always be trusted with the rock. Kurt Thomas always brings his lunch box to work and Copeland seems to be a rising role player off the bench.

Win or Lose, I just wanna see our Knicks compete. A win would wrap up the Christmas heading into our family dinner around 7 or 8:00.

NYDiva wrote:Knicks/Lakers & the Heat/Thunder game is must-see-TV for me.

Same here.

I can't really get into the Brooklyn/Boston game. Therefore I'd rather spend time with the family leading up to the Knicks game before wasting time watching the Nets/Celtics play it out. Two Atlantic Division teams in which I couldn't care less about.

Houston and the Bulls? I'll watch it during Christmas dinner and pull for a Houston win due to Chicago being an Eastern Conference team, but other than that? I won't be tuned in as in focused on a Rockets/Bulls matchup.

Clippers and Nuggets at 10:30? I'll be getting ready for sleep by that time. Hopefully with my daughter sound asleep due a fun and long Christmas day.

5 games during tomorrow. Only two games in which I'll get up for. Knicks/Lakers. Immediately following our game is the OKC @ Miami. With all that said, I'd love to enjoy that Miami-OKC matchup, but I won't be able to enjoy that game unless our Knicks take care of Los Angeles.

Overall? A great day of NBA basketball. Our Knicks are one of the top NBA stories as well.

OGkush121 wrote:Funny statistic, MDA's Lakers are at the moment a better defensive team than Woodson's Knicks.
However Woodson's Knicks are at the moment a much better offensive team than MDA's Lakers.

See the irony?

Back on topic:
It's obvious, isn't it? It's going to be Melo vs Kobe again, and I honestly expect the same (although not as easy) result, hopefully the c.u.n.t that is Howard won't knock Melo down again out of frustration. If that doesn't happen then I expect both of them to have 30+ points EASILY, probably atleast 1 of them is going to hit 40 provided we don't see an injury or a very early blowout.
That said I'm obviously rooting for Carmelo & The Knicks and am just as positive about it as last time.

It's going to be a great game to watch, some wonderful matchups all around and if the Knicks win I can then easily enjoy the other games on schedule :).

Go Knicks!

holfresh wrote:Are breaking out the Christmas orange uni's???...Or is that home gear???

This christmas uni's are for today's games.