SupremeCommander wrote:

dk7th wrote:

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:I can't wait for Paul Pierce to retire

i love his game. he is the truth.

he's a world class talent and a HOFer - but you love his game? and you call yourself a Knicks fan? did you also love Reggie Miller's game? Alonzo Mourning's? smdh

yes i love his game. i also love garnett's game. yes i am a knick fan. it's possible to do both.

loweyecue wrote:

Hersports85 wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I think we were up for the challenge tonight..we just lost. Sometimes you just lose with no blame. Celtics play'd extremely hard and the refs let both teams play. Pierce hit some tough shots and Melo didn't. He might have been fouled on some of those shots but he was playing so emotional and reckless the refs weren't gonna call that. Amare looked good on offense which was encouraging. We definitely missed Felton in a game like this. If not only to get the ball up in a quick manner. Prigs was brutal.

Good post.

Racking up moral victories again? We were up for the challenge? They messed with Melo and he took the bait. If not for JR Smith, this would have been an ugly blowout. Why can't we try to do something diff when Melo is shooting like that?

who said anything about moral victories? Great teams don't cry and bitch about one loss in the regular season. They lost. You think the Spurs care they got beat by us two times. Goals are bigger then beating one team on one night. You need games like this in the regular season to be better in the playoffs when the same situation comes around. Lets hope we are better prepared.

If not for JR Smith?? what did he do differently from the past 10 games? You act like his play and points today was a miracle. Melo did take the bait but he took the bait in the regular season. Lets see if he learns from it going forward.

And no team goes away from their stars in crunch time no matter how poorly they are playing. Where else would you suggest them go. Their two best offensive players got their shots but on ONE night missed most of them.

TeamBall wrote:

3G4G wrote:

Clean wrote:

TeamBall wrote:C'mon Melo...waiting outside the Celtics locker room?

LOL, melo was farther gone mentally than I expected.

If he did he's getting suspended Zach Randolph waiting for Kendrick Perkins style.

Hahn saying he was screaming at someone (probably KG) and had to be restrained

If the Celtics report this to the League office he's getting suspended. The on court altercations is only evidence of what may happen. You're not supposed to go to opposing teams locker rooms or even outside their locker rooms in threatening fashion.

Has Melo learned anything after 10yrs in the league?

FoeDiddy wrote:I think we were up for the challenge tonight..we just lost. Sometimes you just lose with no blame. Celtics play'd extremely hard and the refs let both teams play. Pierce hit some tough shots and Melo didn't. He might have been fouled on some of those shots but he was playing so emotional and reckless the refs weren't gonna call that. Amare looked good on offense which was encouraging. We definitely missed Felton in a game like this. If not only to get the ball up in a quick manner. Prigs was brutal.

Great and reasonable post. Every loss does not have to be the end of the world.

Vmart wrote:Bad loss, I'm calling it right now Celtics will take the division.

You've been waiting for the Celts to win a couple of games before you committed to this prediction? You've been saying the Knicks accept losing for a while now...didnt look like they were too pleased losing this one tonite...

FoeDiddy wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

Hersports85 wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I think we were up for the challenge tonight..we just lost. Sometimes you just lose with no blame. Celtics play'd extremely hard and the refs let both teams play. Pierce hit some tough shots and Melo didn't. He might have been fouled on some of those shots but he was playing so emotional and reckless the refs weren't gonna call that. Amare looked good on offense which was encouraging. We definitely missed Felton in a game like this. If not only to get the ball up in a quick manner. Prigs was brutal.

Good post.

Racking up moral victories again? We were up for the challenge? They messed with Melo and he took the bait. If not for JR Smith, this would have been an ugly blowout. Why can't we try to do something diff when Melo is shooting like that?

who said anything about moral victories? Great teams don't cry and bitch about one loss in the regular season. They lost. You think the Spurs care they got beat by us two times. Goals are bigger then beating one team on one night. You need games like this in the regular season to be better in the playoffs when the same situation comes around. Lets hope we are better prepared.

If not for JR Smith?? what did he do differently from the past 10 games? You act like his play and points today was a miracle. Melo did take the bait but he took the bait in the regular season. Lets see if he learns from it going forward.

And no team goes away from their stars in crunch time no matter how poorly they are playing. Where else would you suggest them go. Their two best offensive players got their shots but on ONE night missed most of them.

This isn't about missing shots, its about how poorly we reacted to mental pressure. Let's talk about great teams once we actually accomplish greatness, as of right now we have a fairly successful partial season. I'll wait till we get to the ECF or beyond before claiming greatness.

NUPE wrote:

3G4G wrote:Garnett and Pierce are first rate D-Bags but their games are beautiful to watch and it's not even debateable.

Pierce yea. Garnet, not at all.

Yes Garnett's too as I appreciate his intensity and play on the defensive end.

loweyecue wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

loweyecue wrote:

Hersports85 wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I think we were up for the challenge tonight..we just lost. Sometimes you just lose with no blame. Celtics play'd extremely hard and the refs let both teams play. Pierce hit some tough shots and Melo didn't. He might have been fouled on some of those shots but he was playing so emotional and reckless the refs weren't gonna call that. Amare looked good on offense which was encouraging. We definitely missed Felton in a game like this. If not only to get the ball up in a quick manner. Prigs was brutal.

Good post.

Racking up moral victories again? We were up for the challenge? They messed with Melo and he took the bait. If not for JR Smith, this would have been an ugly blowout. Why can't we try to do something diff when Melo is shooting like that?

who said anything about moral victories? Great teams don't cry and bitch about one loss in the regular season. They lost. You think the Spurs care they got beat by us two times. Goals are bigger then beating one team on one night. You need games like this in the regular season to be better in the playoffs when the same situation comes around. Lets hope we are better prepared.

If not for JR Smith?? what did he do differently from the past 10 games? You act like his play and points today was a miracle. Melo did take the bait but he took the bait in the regular season. Lets see if he learns from it going forward.

And no team goes away from their stars in crunch time no matter how poorly they are playing. Where else would you suggest them go. Their two best offensive players got their shots but on ONE night missed most of them.

This isn't about missing shots, its about how poorly we reacted to mental pressure. Let's talk about great teams once we actually accomplish greatness, as of right now we have a fairly successful partial season. I'll wait till we get to the ECF or beyond before claiming greatness.

Not stating we are a great team yet but pointing out the model to being great.

nycisgreat wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:

nycisgreat wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Hersports85 wrote:

FoeDiddy wrote:I think we were up for the challenge tonight..we just lost. Sometimes you just lose with no blame. Celtics play'd extremely hard and the refs let both teams play. Pierce hit some tough shots and Melo didn't. He might have been fouled on some of those shots but he was playing so emotional and reckless the refs weren't gonna call that. Amare looked good on offense which was encouraging. We definitely missed Felton in a game like this. If not only to get the ball up in a quick manner. Prigs was brutal.

Good post.

I dont really agree the knicks were pretty sloppy at times. woody left novak in there every time we had a lead and then the lead evaporated. the defense once again let us down

+10

I never said they weren't sloppy. I said they were up for the challenge. Two different things. Knicks were sloppy because of Celtics backcourt pressure. The other team sometimes has something to do with failures. I do think Woody had a poor game. One in leaving Novak in too long. He should have had Copeland in there who did soem nice things defensively in the first half. And two by not calming the team down when they started getting emotional. He can't be one of the guys in that moment. Same way he reacted in the Memphis game. Even if Refs are killing you..you can't make it seem to your team that it's the refs fault you are losing.

Don't let Prig off the hook too. Woody kept that guy on the court way to long.

I can't fault him on that. He had no choice. He can't play Kidd 40 minutes. Now Novak he had a choice and left him to be abused by Green and Garnett for too long. Especially at a time we had control of the game. It's like when we would get up by 8 or 9 he would let the Celtics off the hook with subs. But can't blame him with all the injuries. His rotation is funky right now. Felton & Shump are two of our younger and faster guards. We will continue to struggle vs Quick backcourts until they return.

JamesKPolk wrote:We struggle against physical defenses. Not only offensively but also mentally. This has happened numerous times, most notably with the Bulls (twice) and Memphis.

Melo played bad because he let Garnett get in his head. He really, really showed poor character today.

This is not just another loss. This is a disappointing loss because it shows we can't "handle the heat". This is tough, physical, playoff basketball and we have been psyched out and punked in every matchup with a team like this.

Melo was shooting poorly before he and Garnett got into it..BTW we did handle the Heat, twice...

Uptown wrote:

JamesKPolk wrote:We struggle against physical defenses. Not only offensively but also mentally. This has happened numerous times, most notably with the Bulls (twice) and Memphis.

Melo played bad because he let Garnett get in his head. He really, really showed poor character today.

This is not just another loss. This is a disappointing loss because it shows we can't "handle the heat". This is tough, physical, playoff basketball and we have been psyched out and punked in every matchup with a team like this.

Melo was shooting poorly before he and Garnett got into it..BTW we did handle the Heat, twice...

True but he did start taking pretty dumb shots and tried to beat KG himself down the stretch. Im sure he'll learn from this though