ha, 3 days off between games 2 and 3 it's even worse than the first round. And there's no games Thursday. vbookie http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=77783
As bad as Novak is defensively he at least can be in the right spot to slow something down. Cope is struggling to even do that right now. JR is letting the ball stick to him, think him and shump should play together
Melos driving to the hoop but just has to get 2, instead of tryin to get the foul and the 2. Go up and just dunk it. Down 6 at half. Ray Felton is this offense right now
Lost the 2nd quarter by 11 points. Need to keep attacking the hoop and let Felton create. Indiana was very high team in fouling all year long, keep attacking and they will foul.
Easy adjustments for 2nd half: Run melo/shum around on screens when west covers them, he's slower. Close out on open Indy shooters, specifically on the PnR Let Felton create, don't hesitate on open 3s Challenge Hibbert. Go up looking for the 2, not the contact/foul
JR has played absolutely terrible after the elbow incident. Before that he was doing enough. Hibbert is singlehandedly stopping melo and jr. Offense has to go through Felton and force Hibbert to defend the pick and rolls. He drops into the paint, so it gives everyone room turnin the cornwe
Knicks down 16 now. Lost the 2nd quarter by 11, this one by 10. Their defense is atrocious, can't let Indy have 80 through 3. Silly turnovers too. You can't let Indy extend that lead when Hibbert sits. Woodson might have to go Riley/Phil/doc/etc and blast the refs. If Hibbert is gonna be given benefit of the doubt while protecting the rim it's over.
Dumbest team in the NBA...and thats always going to be a problem. Is Camby healthy enough to play? How the hell do you allow a team to out rebound you like this? Did Woody even bother to prepare for this team? Did he do any homework at all? Is this really the game plan against a big team? To challenge them down low and get blocked 75% of the time? To play Copeland against West? That was the game plan? Between the Rangers and the Knicks..its official..the stupid bug has entered the building. Dumb and dumber.
The only thing we have going for us is that the Pacers tend to play very dumb basketball too...and blow leads.
Okay pacers in the Yisman penalty where they won't show bonus for NY on the screen but the next foul is free throws for NY. Attack, attack, attack. Also guards/big men need to rebound much better.
