New York Knicks (22-15) @ Utah Jazz (25-13)

Post #1 » by **FJS** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:07 pm

Wednesday 12th, January 2011
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 pm at Midwest.

TEAM RECORD: 22-15
HOME: 10-7
AWAY: 12-8

C Amare Stoudemire PFWilson Chandler SF Landry Fields
SG Toney Douglas PG Raymond Felton

TEAM RECORD: 25-13
HOME: 13-7
AWAY: 12-6

C Al Jefferson PF Paul Millsap SF Andrei Kirilenko
SG Raja Bell PG Deron Williams

BENCH:

- Williams - Turiaf - Mason - Walker - Randolph - Rautins - Mozgov

- Miles - Watson - Fesenko - Price - Okur - Elson - Hayward

Post #2 » by **FJS** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:16 pm

STATS

22-15
TEAMS LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME

26.2ppg

REBOUNDS PER GAME

9.0 rpg

ASSISTS PER GAME

8.8 apg

BLOCKS PER GAME

2.4 bpg

STEALS PER GAME

1.9 spg

25-13
TEAMS LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME

21.8ppg

REBOUNDS PER GAME

8.9 rpg

ASSISTS PER GAME

9.3 apg

BLOCKS PER GAME

2.0 bpg

STEALS PER GAME

1.4 spg

Post #3 » by **FJS** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:17 pm

They still have to play two difficult games before playing vs us in wednesday.

They have to play vs Lakers today and vs Portland. Both games on the road.

When we have a few games off we are losing badly...

Neon Black · Post #4 » by **Neon Black** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 7:38 pm

Got tickets to the game...hope I'm not as pissed about this one as I was going to the Hawks game, I definitely feel uneasy.

Sloanfeld · Post #5 » by **Sloanfeld** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 8:30 pm

Amare always rapes Millsap, don't expect Jefferson fares much better.

Reckless · Post #6 » by **Reckless** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:50 am

Sloanfeld wrote:Amare always rapes Millsap, don't expect Jefferson fares much better.

Amare rapes pretty much everyone, but if we put Millsap on him it probably won't end well.

This is a game I wish we had a healthy Okur, Knicks offense will put up points on us, can we keep up?

red4hf · Post #7 » by **red4hf** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:26 pm

It will be interesting to see who guards Amare....... DOuble him and hope the Knicks aren't making threes thar day......

Hopefully, Memo is back for this one.......

HammerDunk · Post #8 » by **HammerDunk** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:11 pm

The only silver lining to this game is that they play Portland the night before. If it weren't for that, I would expect them to blow us out. Given the game the night before, the Jazz have a chance, but I still expect a loss, continuing the trend of losing to good teams at home.

Post #9 » by **FJS** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:22 pm

Some day this trend has to end.

I believe!

Post #10 » by **DelaneyRudd** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:26 pm

I think tonight is a win.

outerspacefella · Post #11 » by **outerspacefella** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:35 pm

- Stoudemire will have his stuff done
- Okur returning this game only will hurt because Amare's a physical beast and Memo will be out of game shape
- Knicks quick and tricky wing game bothers me more than Amare's game...
- This is one of this games that if you really know the Jazz, you just know the most probable output is a loss...
- Of course Deron Williams always can decide to come back from whatever hell he's been living lately...

Lava Rock Kid · Post #12 » by **Lava Rock Kid** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:44 pm

4 days off we will start off even worse than he have been. Blowout loss on our home floor. Fans boo home team.

leorn · Post #13 » by **leorn** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:27 pm

yeah--the Jazz are 0-2 on 3 days or more rest. It feels like the last two times it took us out of rhythm. Maybe this time it can get us back in rhythm :crosses fingers:

BarneyGumble · Post #14 » by **BarneyGumble** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42 pm

Raymond Felton looks fat in that picture. Maybe he will eat at Training Table before the game.

Soul Patch · Post #15 » by **Soul Patch** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:45 pm

I have a feeling that Hayward and Millsap are both going to play extremely well. Maybe even a Fes sighting.

The59Sound · Post #16 » by **The59Sound** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:06 pm

Soul Patch wrote:I have a feeling that Hayward and Millsap are both going to play extremely well. Maybe even a Fes sighting.

I think both yours and Lava Rock's scenarios will be correct (except for Fes).

Jazz get blown out in the first half; Hayward and Millsap lead a third quarter comeback; the team runs out of steam in the 4th and we lose by 20.

babyjax13 · Post #17 » by **babyjax13** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:13 am

I can certainly see Hayward doing well.

Reckless · Post #18 » by **Reckless** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:17 am

DelaneyRudd wrote:I think tonight is a win.

tonight is a win, wait what? someone tell Delaney to stop drinking

Ern III · Post #19 » by **Ern III** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:36 am

Mike D'Antoni started Toney Douglas (against the smaller Suns) the game before last and Shawne Williams against the Lakers last contest. I'll be interested to see what he does against Raja Bell, should he even start for Utah. It might even be Turiaf instead of either, to contend with Jefferson.

Frankly, I think it's time for Sloan to throw this version of Gordon Hayward to the lions out of the gate on a permanent basis. He's looked particularly unfazed of late. I think his defense is advanced of the typical rookie, too. Superior to Miles' (whom does his best work against others' reserves anyway), mostly because he's at least on an athletic par with anyone on the roster not named Evans or Price.

A left-field pipe-dream it may be but I would absolutely love to see Sloan start Williams-Bell-Hayward-Kirilenko-Jefferson(Millsap's better, but who'd guard Stoudemire?) with a mandate to run (as you wish, D-Will), and feature Millsap and Miles almost exclusively as his second-unit offense. Combined with the hustle of the Jazz's reserve back-court, the Knicks, at altitude, on their second of a back-to-back, could be run right out of the building. Their game on our terms. And vice versa, things going well.

Soul Patch · Post #20 » by **Soul Patch** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:48 pm

There aren't a lot of players that can guard Amare. Nobody on the Jazz can, he's too quick for Jefferson and Okur, too strong for AK, and too athletic for Millsap. He'll get his.

I know it'll never happen but I want to see Fes start over Jefferson. Jefferson has a pretty lax playing style, doesn't go hard to the hoop or foul hard to set the tone of the game early. Fes does both of those things and he doesn't need a lot of time to do them. Start him to get the ball rolling sub in Jefferson and let him go to work in the post.