500 @ Mecca Post Game Thread

[Grinditout]

7-1, sloppy game but once again our defense carried us. Camby looked better than he did last week. Hope Novak can get out of his slump soon.

[god shammgod]

Wally Szcerbiak is a Knicks announcer now?

Congrats on another strong win fellas. Ray's numbers are solid over all. Not good shooting but he's clearly playing better in the first stretch than he did all year in Portland.

you're gonna break down and watch. i see it coming.

[Brooklyn_Yards]

KnicksNow trolling lol

[NYKat]

Melo: was aggressive when we were sluggish offensively in the first half, didn't let refs get to him, really leading this team well and great game on the boards. MVP.

Novak: missed a lot of shots, appears to be rushing, appears to getting a little better defensively.

JR: I LOVE the way he's playing right now, grabs boards, really moves the ball well, looks to get Vak going, and shooting it efficiently and playing great defense. Best ball of his career.

Chandler: Great job shutting down Hibbert, could stand to rebound better, but pretty average game from him. not good not bad.

Felton: didn't shoot it great early, but was aggressive, and shots fell when he settled down later on, ran the offense adequately as usual.

Camby: Huge offensive rebound and block, does his job in limited minutes, really highlights our depth.

Brewer: Just solid all around, good shooting, solid defense and rebounding. Very impressive bounce back effort. Very impressive.

Sheed:Extremely efficient with his minutes, decent shooting and great rebounding. This was a genius pickup.

Overall: I just love our ball movement and defense, our outside shots didn't fall today, but this was just another day at the office, workman like win, that you need to be elite. Pacers were pretty poor overall, and we weren't high energy either, against a good team, we need to be more focused, but we need to be credited for never letting up defensively and continuing to protect the ball.

[Thugger HBC]

Wally Szcerbiak is a Knicks announcer now?

Congrats on another strong win fellas. Ray's numbers are solid over all. Not good shooting but he's clearly playing better in the first stretch than he did all year in Portland.

Come back home sir.

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[MSG]

KnicksNow trolling lol

I like your sig

[ORANGEandBLUE]

I'm glad the team won, but they game was pretty boring. Both teams shot terrible.

The negative: Anthony & Smith shot way too many off-the-dribble one-on-one type shots. Novak's teammates were looking for him, but he was not hitting ANYTHING. It's like Copeland has practiced less since he's made the team. He needs to put in more work, or send him to the D-League. If not, NY should think about dropping Chris Copeland and adding Kenyon Martin. Chandler's 7.7 total rebounds/game is not good. The Knicks got out-rebounded again (at least that was the case a halftime; I don't know the second half rebounding totals). Neither Chandler or Stoudemire are going to help correct this situation.

The positive: Brewer came up with a lot of lose balls and played well overall. Woodson increased is 9-man rotation to 10 players. Camby got minutes and played well. The team had low turnovers again. The Knicks opp FG% defensive was good, although I think it had a lot to do with Indiana's ineptitude. I liked how the offense ran when Anthony, Smith, and Felton went to the bench. There was a lot more play calling/execution, and better ball movement. Defensive overall was better (but as I said the Pacers helped).

General observation (on the Knicks' season so far): I think players tend to play their best year with the Knicks in their first year, because they are motivated and have something to prove. Once they play good one year, their production usually drops off because they lost the motivation. It looks like Chandler and Novak are in this same scenario. Smith never had a good season with NY, so this might be that year. The Knicks need more players who are highly motivated every single year.

It's hard to really disprove this when there's so much roster turnover.

I will say though, JR absolutely undermines your point, and the way you try to avoid it is a blatant cop-out.

And Chandler played very well today.

[god shammgod]

i don't think novak is trying less. just the opposite, he's trying too hard. rushing shots when there's more time. he'll settle down.

[Quick Kick]

Game was over at halftime. If you only have 30 points by the midway point, you aint winning.

Melo needs to get more calls and Novak needs to snap out that slump.

7-1, bitchsicles. Lets do it again on Tuesday, Mardi Gras stylee.

[HoneyNutMelos]

Love the Trophy fathead posted on the locker in the locker room.

[Capn'O]

I thought Chandler had a decent game today. Certainly, on D. He was out most of the second half. Should have mentioned Brewer. That guy does a little bit of everything.

I didn't mind ISOball so much today because NOTHING else was working when they did this. JR was a straight nut but the plays where Melo put his head down and bulled his way in happened when the offense had gone cold. I can live with that.

[Capn'O]

i don't think novak is trying less. just the opposite, he's trying too hard. rushing shots when there's more time. he'll settle down.

Agreed. He's trying to be Steve Novak when, in fact, he already is.

[Nyk4lyfe]

Is it just me or did Novak improve a lot defensively this season? He's obviously still not a good defender but you can see alot more effort coming from him on that side of the court.

[fdr2012]

General observation (on the Knicks' season so far): I think players tend to play their best year with the Knicks in their first year, because they are motivated and have something to prove. Once they play good one year, their production usually drops off because they lost the motivation. It looks like Chandler and Novak are in this same scenario. Smith never had a good season with NY, so this might be that year. The Knicks need more players who are highly motivated every single year.

Just no. That's a ridiculous hypothesis that makes ZERO sense. Kidd/Camby/Sheed/Prigs aren't playing well because they are "motivated" due to getting a new contract. They are playing well because they are pros who know who to play and Woosdon knows how to use them.

The credit for JR Smith goes to Woodson. With JR, it was always about getting his head right. I don't think Chandler suffers from a lack of motivation. It's more about focus. Same this for Novak.

You're just looking for things that aren't there.

[mpharris36]

i don't think novak is trying less. just the opposite, he's trying too hard. rushing shots when there's more time. he'll settle down.

i agree...if you have noticed he has tried to develop a "quick" release jump shot which i think has effected his normal shot.

[NYKat]

Woodson REALLY should have put Camby in during the Memphis game in hindsight...

In fact, I think Woody lost us that game, but he'll learn from that

[Capn'O]

My god. A lot of trashing of a guy that isn't even here. Pretty weak sauce.

[Knicks_Fan2]

I'd be interested in seeing an analysis of how many shots Melo misses right at the rim and gets the board--it seems to significantly reduce his fg%.

Was at the game today and, from jump, you could see that we were a significantly better team and we were going to win.

[j4remi]

Bout to type up my word heavy analysis and post it up, if Thugger's down, I'll edit it into the OP for those who missed the game...these things take a while though.

[GratefulDead]

My god. A lot of trashing of a guy that isn't even here. Pretty weak sauce.

You really think he's not here?