CrushAlot wrote:Chris Herring ‏@HerringWSJ · 3h
Amare/Melo/Chandler lineups have outscored opponents by 17.7 pts per 100 plays in March. Same group got beaten by 10.1 per 100 plays in Feb.

By starting they build chemistry. No in and out and looking over shoulders. This is what I plead for last season. Much better than watching Melo go 1 on 5

Bonn1997 wrote:

OasisBU wrote:The question is - will we be playing Indiana or Miami and can we compete if we do make it in?

With this back-court, I don't see how.

Give j r smith credit over the last 3 it shows definitively that Smith is the starter and Schumpis the back up

playa2 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:the Knicks will get the 8th seed.

I Thought they should trade everybody and get draft picks....LOL

SupremeCommander wrote:lol - the Knicks win 35% of the time and can make the 8th... what a joke the East is

I don't even care about all of that at this point. Just for the pride of all NY I would like to see this team make the playoffs. It's crazy that this team should have such a poor record. The talent level isn't bad enough to warrant such a poor record. Now we see when players perform closer to their career talent level this team is competitive. They should've been playing this way all year. I don't care why it's happening now. They just need to suck it up and keep winning. For those who think this team is really as bad as this record in terms of the talent level, just look at the way so many of the teams core players were underperforming as per their career production. That just shouldn't have happened.

Now they seem to have collectively found a bit of chemistry, focus and effort. They just need to keep this up and finish this season off strong.

Chandler is involved in effective on both OFF and DEF, in addition to his rebounds
STAT is providing a huge spark on OFF, REBOUNDING, BLOCKS, hitting the 17footer, highly efficient, and is in the best shape we have seen him since last seasons run
Pablo and JR is in their best shape for this season
Pablo has confidence in his shot while shooting a great % on 3pters with great shot selection and is by far the best facilitator, directing the players to the right spots
JR is still far from his top shape he was in last season but he is much better than the start of the season
Iman's stats were not impressive but he had a huge impact on the game with his DEF

Melo is moving the ball and trusting this team mates in addition to him hitting a better FG %
Felton is playing decent and Tyler provides good rebounds and DEF with his mobility/athleticism

Will we make the 7th or 8th seed?
Will we advance, beating Pacers or Miami, unlikely but ANYTHING can happen if we get in, I would prefer making the 6th seed to increase our % to advance...

Things missing...
Only thing missing is Tim Hardaway JR not hitting the shots he was earlier
I would like Murry to regain his confidence and be used in the final possessions to make stops on DEF, rather than seeing Felton or Pablo on DEF
Would also like to see Tyler get more minutes and build on that confidence like Copeland did to close out the season, his combination of athleticism, mobility, DEF, and rebounding can have a bigger impact
Would like to see Earl Clark get more minutes as he is the best SF/PF we have outside of Melo

Build on this confidence and lets just pray for the best, we don't want to hand Denver a lottery pick
Also by winning we gain more value for possible off season trades, especially with Tyson, Iman, and the team as a whole....