GT: Knicks (21-15) @ Trail Blazers (20-18) 1/11 10p. EST

dweezy · Post #41 » by **dweezy** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:00 pm

J9Starks3 wrote:The "small ball" has nothing to do with the size of our players...

PG: 6'1 205 lbs
SG: 6'7 210 lbs
SF: 6'10 225 lbs (Gallo) / 6'9 225 lbs (Williams)
PF: 6'8 225 lbs (I swear Chandler is better than 6'8)
C : 6'10 240 lbs

....outside of the Lakers & PORTLAND, there isnt many teams that run a starting 5 much bigger than us.

Curryy · Post #42 » by **Curryy** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:39 pm

Aldrige is gonna be a pain in the you know what. But I have faith in my #based team!

GO KNICKS

EchelonNYK · Post #43 » by **EchelonNYK** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:45 pm

Beat those Blazers tonight so i can stick it to my cousin Brittany that lives out there!!! #pause

Purdman · Post #44 » by **Purdman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:12 pm

Easy win coming for the Knickerbockers... a bounceback blowout.

Prediction: Pain...and 113-95 Knicks

johnnywishbone · Post #45 » by **johnnywishbone** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:36 pm

Some pretty good match ups.

Look for Miller to try to hurt Ray in the post.

Chandler vs Batum - beginning of the season everyone was saying Batum would be the player Chandler is playing like. Chance for both Batum and Chandler to make a statement.

Aldridge vs Amar'e - LaMarcus wants to prove he is coming up.

Portland is very good at home 12 - 4. So we certainly have our work cut out for us - Roy or no Roy.

Knickplaya · Post #46 » by **Knickplaya** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:46 pm

Games like this is where we should use Mozgov. I believe if we play Mozgov 20 minutes tonight, we can still win. Mozgov needs to get game experience to develop, so he can help us when we need him vs the Lakers

RutgersBJJ · Post #47 » by **RutgersBJJ** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:29 pm

Fields needs to contain Wesley Matthews, he is their best offensive player. I think if we can get Aldridge to be suckered into going 1 on 1 with Amare throughout the game this should be an easy win for us.

Curryy · Post #48 » by **Curryy** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:04 pm

Knickplaya wrote:Games like this is where we should use Mozgov. I believe if we play Mozgov 20 minutes tonight, we can still win. Mozgov needs to get game experience to develop, so he can help us when we need him vs the Lakers

Do you understand Mozgov is essentially a D-League caliber player at the moment and you want to feed him to Camby & Aldrige?

Si?

ok lets do it!

BigUgly · Post #49 » by **BigUgly** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:17 pm

Excited for this game should be a good one. I expect a well played game by our heros. And Curryy can you please change your name and avy you are better than that

darthkiller · Post #50 » by **darthkiller** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:32 pm

Knickplaya wrote:Games like this is where we should use Mozgov. I believe if we play Mozgov 20 minutes tonight, we can still win. Mozgov needs to get game experience to develop, so he can help us when we need him vs the Lakers

blazers have one of the best frontline in the league. aldridge and camby would wtf destroy mozgov , it would be bad for his confidence. we need to use mozgov against the warriors frontline or something to get his confidence up.

tangotai · Post #51 » by **tangotai** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:25 pm

I've got frontrow seats at the Rose Garden tonight. Go Knicks!

Post #52 » by **knicks742** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:56 pm

tangotai wrote:I've got frontrow seats at the Rose Garden tonight. Go Knicks!

Are they giving away front row seats at the Rose Garden? You are the third person who is going to sit front row at this game.

farzi · Post #53 » by **farzi** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:00 am

knicks742 wrote:
tangotai wrote:I've got frontrow seats at the Rose Garden tonight. Go Knicks!

Are they giving away front row seats at the Rose Garden? You are the third person who is going to sit front row at this game.

They have a sellout streak that's in the triple digits, and still hold the longest sellout streak in sports history at 814.

cgmw · Post #54 » by **cgmw** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:05 am

I saw a game at the Rose Garden two years ago (vs. Miami) while taking a cross-country road trip. It's a great atmosphere, very un-New York. More than anything, it's like a college crowd.

A west-coast back-to-back at Portland, then at Utah will be one of the most difficult challenges of the season for the Knicks.

My hope is that the Blazers have an emotional let down after playing their hearts out in overtime vs. the Heat; while the Knicks play with a chip on their shoulder after getting their tails whipped by LA.

WashWalshBallz · Post #55 » by **WashWalshBallz** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:42 am

Aldridge has been beasting lately and should put up another big game tonight against our small frontline. Despite the injuries, the Blazers have been playing tough and are very good at home. And of course Andre Miller is going to go off on us again and be a handful for Felton. Just so many factors making this a tough one to win.

Prediction: Knicks win by 17

Bigmo5246 · Post #56 » by **Bigmo5246** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:03 am

WashWalshBallz wrote:Aldridge has been beasting lately and should put up another big game tonight against our small frontline. Despite the injuries, the Blazers have been playing tough and are very good at home. And of course Andre Miller is going to go off on us again and be a handful for Felton. Just so many factors making this a tough one to win.

Prediction: Knicks win by 17

at your name

Pedro Pistolas · Post #57 » by **Pedro Pistolas** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:24 am

Curryy wrote:
Knickplaya wrote:Games like this is where we should use Mozgov. I believe if we play Mozgov 20 minutes tonight, we can still win. Mozgov needs to get game experience to develop, so he can help us when we need him vs the Lakers

Do you understand Mozgov is essentially a D-League caliber player at the moment and you want to feed him to Camby & Aldrige?

Si?

ok lets do it!

Neither Camby / Aldridge are that effective scoring inside , so I honestly don't see the issue. We're going to get merked on the boards again if we play small bal exclsuively. I doubt Mozgov will stop Camb/Aldridge from grabbing rebounds but I know know one thing, his length/height/quickness will make it harder for them.
THATS THE IDEA!
Yes, we're weak in this certain area but why should we make it easy for them?

Childs2Dudley · Post #58 » by **Childs2Dudley** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:36 am

Another tough game where we need size.

Another game where Mike will play Bill Walker at center.

Bigmo5246 · Post #59 » by **Bigmo5246** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:09 am

Childs2Dudley wrote:Another tough game where we need size.

Another game where Mike will play Bill Walker at center.

Walker's too big bro. Douglas will be center

Knicks_Fan2 · Post #60 » by **Knicks_Fan2** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:24 am

Sorry gents--it's not happening tonight--

alanhahn Alan Hahn
Anthony Randolph has flu-like symptoms and will not dress for tonight's game vs POR.