Chandler had made 16 straight free throws, but now misses the first. Drains the second. Tyson foouls gay with 21 seconds, and Chandler fouls out.
Knicks lose again. Well the surprising part of this team is not how their play now, but how they played to start the season.
This loss also drops us to 5-6 in the Atlantic Division. Brooklyn is 9-3 in the Atlantic. First tiebreaker is head to head which we split. Next is Atlantic Divsion record which we are losing badly now. We are 1/2 back the Pacers for 2nd place in the East now. If Brooklyn wins in Houston, then we will be tied with them with them having the tiebreaker. We are only 1.5 games up on Chitown.
Biggest disappointment right now is Felton. Having trouble running the offense, having trouble defending, having trouble scoring. He disappeared in the second half, partly due to foul trouble, partly due to poor play.
Mike Woodson's biggest test now. Team is losing badly and not playing consistently at all. Got Jrue coming up on Sunday who absolutely torched us once already.
I miss Jared Jeffries, he's what we are missing right now. Hopefully K Mart can bring that same hustle. He's playing for a contract and is a good defender on the pick and roll. For his size he is also a decent rebounder. He was active for the Clippers last year
Knicks have exceeded my expectations so far. I wasn't sold on them when they were 18-5. I am not panicking now after seeing 18-19 since 18-5. If they make the playoffs as a top 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, I will regard them as successful. Don't be so hard on them. Lots of veterans and I am sure they will shine once playoffs start.
Yep. They've been a .500 team since midway through December. The hot start must have been a fluke. Honestly, if they don't turn it around, I don't even see them getting home court in any playoff round.
Hey a good start. Shump started on Jrue and was pestering him and now switched to JR on Jrue now that Shump is out. Also, less switching on pick and rolls, more Tyson coming out to hedge and better rotations defensively. Some good little changes so far. The big thing is if the KNicks keep this up all game long
Amare replaces Tyson up 13-9. We go down 16-14. Novak then replaces Kidd and now we are down 18-14 with 2:30 left in the first
Also offense is nice looking, just missing open shots. Everyone is getting what they want, nobody is hitting
Ahh now Amare gets going and his post game looking nice. Woodson getting into Amare for his defense I assume. Evan Turner having a great 1st quarter. Novak hasn't been a defensive liability, Amare has looked better than his first 2-3 minutes in the game.
Ugly 1st quarter, but we lead 24-22. Not too many open shots for the 76ers, but when they pushed the ball the Knicks had trouble. Evan Turner had fun the second Chandler left the paint/game. Knicks had some open looks they just missed.
STAT cleans up the boards twice! and then his good defense and hustle led to a Novak 3. Novak drilled this 3 with someone in his face. Brilliant. Quick 7-0 run Lineup was Smith, Prig, Novak, Amare, Chandler. Woodson has not played the 3 of Melo, Chandler, Amare a minute together yet.
