7:30 PM - MSG

I am expecting our team to come out and correct some of the mistakes that they have commited last night. the Griz are still in shock with Hubbie's retirement, and they are not playing good basketball right now. However, they are still a very dangerous team. Marburry should continue to play his game, he needs to continue to pass the ball to open shooters because that is when we are at our best. Who ever we have on the court as starters should bring their (A) game and help us continue that winning streak. New York pride baby.

Memphis should be fun to watch. Miller had a strong game last night and is very entertaining when he's on. JWill is one of my favorite players flat out and I'm always intrigued with Gasol's style of play as well. Bonzi is a total wild card. i'm also eager to see Swift in the Garden. Whatever the entertainment factor I want the outcome to be like last night's.

gazol is battling ankle issues and posey seems to be hurt too. THose guys truly carry the team.

their coach stepped down and bonzi nobrainzi is acting up again. oh, did I forget to say than wright is their starting center ?

watch out for miller!

I am going to see how good of a coach Lenny is tonight.

Most teams in the NBA play great at home and very tentatively on the road. This is because of parity and also comfort level. I don't think its fair to single out the Knicks as not being good on the road. Look at road records around the league. Very few teams are even .500.

That said, Memphis is a terrible matchup for the Knicks. Stro, Gasol, Posey, Miller and Jay Will (is he injured still, he didn't play last night?) are all tough.

One thing that gives me hope for tonight is that Seattle, another jump shooting finesse team like NYK, beat Memphis twice.

Posted by NYKDUNK:

There's a difference between losing the road and getting beat up on the road. The Knicks have been the latter. On the road, we've been fried, toasted, boiled, and then cooked. We've still managed to win some, but on the road so far, we've pretty much folded when the going gets tough.

Are you serious? They played Minnesota and Dallas to a stand still. They played Houston to a stand still. They played Indiana quite well, and lost by six. San Antonio made them look bad, but they are the best team in the league by far. Their only wretched road loss was to Toronto who was coming off beating San Antonio, and who just last night beat Miami. By fair, man. They've lost some tough road games and played well in 5 out of 7 of them.

Posted by crzymdups:


Are you serious? They played Minnesota and Dallas to a stand still. They played Houston to a stand still. They played Indiana quite well, and lost by six. San Antonio made them look bad, but they are the best team in the league by far. Their only wretched road loss was to Toronto who was coming off beating San Antonio, and who just last night beat Miami. By fair, man. They've lost some tough road games and played well in 5 out of 7 of them.

You're right. They did play those teams to a "stand still." They stood still while Nowitzki, etc. kept scoring. A little defensive effort and they could have won those games, not that I expect this bunch to. Anyway, I don't expect such problems at home.

[Edited by - nykdunk on 12/01/2004 14:11:33]

that was the layden-chaney era when we never won the 2nd game. They've done it with isiah-lenny. They've been a great home team lately so they have a great chance tonight despite having to go into overtime yesterday.

Posted by NYKDUNK:

Posted by crzymdups:


Are you serious? They played Minnesota and Dallas to a stand still. They played Houston to a stand still. They played Indiana quite well, and lost by six. San Antonio made them look bad, but they are the best team in the league by far. Their only wretched road loss was to Toronto who was coming off beating San Antonio, and who just last night beat Miami. By fair, man. They've lost some tough road games and played well in 5 out of 7 of them.

You're right. They did play those teams to a "stand still." They stood still while Nowitzki, etc. kept scoring. A little defensive effort and they could have won those games, not that I expect this bunch to. Anyway, I don't expect such problems at home.

[Edited by - nykdunk on 12/01/2004 14:11:33]

If you are expecting them to waltz into Dallas, Indiana, San Antonio and Minnesota and play better than they did against four of the top six teams in the entire league - you are expecting too much from this team. I know they're exciting, but you have to realize, they are very, very young and have only been playing together for two months and are still missing their best shooter. They are going to get better and to fault them for playing bad defense when they don't even have a passable backup center and they have a positive rebound, steal, field goal attempt and turnover differential is frankly ridiculous.