BRIGGS wrote:What a radical change from night to night. It seemed like we were swarming and that Clev was forced to take bad outside shots. When someone drove past their man--there was a second defender waiting for him. Everyone gave contribution and we can say whatever about Cole A but he is a load in there. Hes the kind of guy at the YMCA that bangs you every single play and it wears on you.

Good post. It was clear that they executed much better last night. That is how they were supposed to defend. If they can avoid backsliding into lazy D and play as a unit, they can win games with that D.

Gotta give it to Fish playing Cole and giving him a chance to show what he can do. Clearly we need another Defensive C besides Dalembert. Cole really held it down last night. As did Wear, Acy n Jason. Good effort overall. We're gonna need that all year.

The perimeter D was much better. They closed down penetration as a team. There were fewer breakdowns. Better effort overall. Playing a deep rotation kept guys fresh.

And the Knicks didn't really play well, because Jason Smith working the triangle, Shump hitting jumpers and layups, JR hitting a dagger, and Melo using LeQ in the final seconds obviously doesn't count when LeQ's good passes are to nobody.

If we did get blown out, this board would be going effing nuts. SMH

I wonder if there's a YoutubeTravis thread yet....