Thrilled that the Knicks finally won their first playoff series in 13yrs but need to clean up a few season long bad habits:
Why is Melo bringing up the ball when you have 3 PGs on the roster. You saw what it led to last night. Either the ball was stolen by the quicker Boston defender or it led to a Melo iso off balance shot with the clock expiring. Then you saw them put the ball in Feltons hands as he drove and kicked out to Melo for the wide open 3. Huge play
Whats with the notion of playing Kidd because he is a "finisher" in the 4th when the Celtics are desperate and kidd is 40. Bradley was running circles around them. Kidd is slow. Teams press Felton and the secondary ball handler doesnt get there quick enough to help
These periods of iso play will not fly in the later rounds. Celtics gave us a run for our money. If you do this against Miami you will be down 30before you blink.
Positives
Iman Shumpert is even exceeding my expectations. The smooth release, Speed, athleticism, finishing around the rim, steals, breakaway speed. He is becoming the as you would say in baseball "5 tool player" I had envisioned. He still has not been through one nba training camp. Not Bruce Bowen or Jared Dudley but Wade, Spree & GP
Felton has heart. He plays like this for the duration of his contract we are in good shape
One more thing like game 5 Prigiomi should not have sat for JR who gave us nothing but more iso chucking and bringing upnthe ball himself so he can do aome more iso chucking
Beat Indiana!