Crapers @ KNICKS - 5.16.13 - 8:00 PM (TNT)

[Clyde_Style]

Woodson is a joke. The only suspense I feel for tonight's game is the anticipation of what wickedly stupid things he'll do.

[ag3]

Notes:

-JR Smith is an asshat and we were fools to believe in him. Put your season in the hands of a nutjob like that and this is the kind of thing that happens. The Elbow that will be remembered forever.

-Kidd should be shelved. 5 mins max. Priggs and Cope should get increased minutes. Both are gamers and both can knock down the 3. That's exactly what we need in this series against Indy but instead Woodson puts in JR/Kidd who are shooting like 10% combined from three. JR's minutes should be reduced as well. This change should have been made two games ago.

-If we stick with Woodson, we'll continue to be a 50 win, 2nd round exit team like the Hawks under him. There are regular season coaches and then there are playoff coaches. Guess which one Woodson is?

Agree. Woodson is looking like a George Karl part 2.

[Illuminatos]

LOL listen to these scrubs Jared Max and Robin Lundberg trying to be funny on the air. I bet they're enjoying this right now.

[sol537]

I think we have a shot to win this game, but I don't like our chances to win this series because we all know what we need to see and we all know this is what Woody will give us instead:

-Automatic double teaming of post even if it's George Hill is posting up Chandler.
-30 Minutes, 0 for 4, -15 +/-, 1 Assist, 4 blow-by's for JKidd
-35 Minutes, 3-17 for JR Smith, 1 for 15 in first 46 minutes, 2 for 2 in last 2 minutes.
-8 Minutes, Pablo Prigioni
-5 Minutes, Chris Copeland, garbage time
-15 Minutes, Amare, 4pts, 1 reb, 1 tech, 2 blown rotations, 5 offensive rebounds given up
-A whole lot of this...

-and this...

[Grinditout]

Who do you think gets more than 5 minutes of playing time, Prig, Cope, or Novak?

[Iron Mantis]

Who do you think gets more than 5 minutes of playing time, Prig, Cope, or Novak?

Hopefully All will.. Woodson likely knows the backlash and outrage of losing this game because of failure to play them may cost him his job.

[Clyde_Style]

Who do you think gets more than 5 minutes of playing time, Prig, Cope, or Novak?

My bookie said the odds are 3-1 that those three will get at least 5 minutes combined.

[Stannis]

I got it! There are 3 games left in the series. 2 home games. 1 away games. The Knicks have to win these 3 games in order to win the series! Knicks got this!

[Lotsix]

series isnt over but this needs to happen starting tonight:

kidd plays no more than 5-10 minutes
JR is benched if he starts 0-5/6/7
Copeland/Novak/camby must play
ENOUGH ISO's
Run the damn high pick and roll
Play Amare 15 minutes
Play that 2-1-2 zone that gave trouble to indi game 4 but get the damn boards
Somebody has to b*tchslap Chandler and tell him to Wake the F up and stop making hibbert look like moses malone
STOP DOUBLE TEAMING THE POST, let hibbert west go off but dont let up these open 3's

this is not impossible....win one at home and put all the pressure on indi

[Stannis]

Lotsix,

I like the list you made. But in my opinion, Kidd shouldn't even play 1 minute.

[QueenzAllDay]

Let's go D'Antoni offense tonight, Woody!

The Let's Go Offense:
Starters:
Felton
Prigs
Shump
Melo
Tyson

Bench:
Kidd
JR
Cope
Vak
Martin/Amare.

LETSGOLETSGOLETSGOLETSGO

Make them run sprints with the ball everytime. Drive and kick. Score buckets. Make it a 100+ game.

[HerSports85]

1. Hit some shots/ score about 90pts

2. Gang rebound

3. Stop doubling every play

Win game.

[Hijinks]

if we lose this series with amazing jason closing it out, he should be perma banned

That's brutal. If it wasn't for him, we might not even have the luxury of division title and second round appearance and not a complete joke anymore.

And besides, the chances of us winning the series is literally around 3%. Go figure.

If you consider the fact the the Knicks are the higher seed, odds are probably better, but still not great.

I guess he is refering to that 3% number of teams that have come back from a 1-3 deficit in the playoffs.

Sounds silly but you really gotta take one game at a time. I'm not confident in this team to beat Indy 3 times in a row (way too inconsistent). But i would atleast like them to take the game tonight and show some effort in Indy. If they lose there, the pacers wouldn't get to celebrate on our floor.

[MetaKnick13]

Let's see if the miracle can happen.

[Red Vines]

Another crazy thought: Woodson will certainly play Pablo more tonight, starting him. But what is Pablo's mindset at this point? (1) You know he's upset with how Woodson has handled his minutes and (2) He may not want to come back to play for this coach. Does it affect his play? He's got to be thinking, "Oh, NOW you need me...as if it wasn't obvious the entire season how valuable I am...you're an [how do you say idiot in Espanol?]"

[Lotsix]

forget 3 in a row man.....you find a way to win tonight, put the pressure on INDI to close it out at 6. If for whatever reason they choke and lose that game the mental games start before game 7...just win one and then take your shot game 6....it isnt so ridiculous, hit shots, rebound as a team....most importantly this (Please Use More Appropriate Word) chandler must wake up....im sick of watching this scrub slow a$$ statue hibbert look like hakeem on the offensive end and dwight on the defensive end(albeit hes getting called for no fouls when we drive) pick n rool quick jumpers from the FT line......run this with Felton+Melo along with Copeland/Amare(so they can draw these trees out from camping under the rim) this is not impossible if woodson gets his head out of his a$s it can be done but you must swallow your pride, not play kidd so much and play your bench......god damnit

[bigfnjoe96]

Another crazy thought: Woodson will certainly play Pablo more tonight, starting him. But what is Pablo's mindset at this point? (1) You know he's upset with how Woodson has handled his minutes and (2) He may not want to come back to play for this coach. Does it affect his play? He's got to be thinking, "Oh, NOW you need me...as if it wasn't obvious the entire season how valuable I am...you're an [how do you say idiot in Espanol?]"

My gut tells me he'll be professional about it & bust his @$$ tonight & do what ever it takes to help this team win

[Lotsix]

and for the love of god, STOP DOUBLE TEAMING WHOEVER IS IN THE POST, they were double teaming that mahimi or whatever the scrubs name is...if you give and player open looks from 3 they will start hitting them.....if chandler cant defend hibber 1 on 1 or kenyon cant so be it i rather that than wide open 3's.......woodson needs to stop being so damn stubborn and adapt like he did with the high screen n roll game 2.....(watching this game at home w my boy) only game we won we watched at my house the 3 games we lost we watched at his house.....lets goo

[Red Vines]

Another crazy thought: Woodson will certainly play Pablo more tonight, starting him. But what is Pablo's mindset at this point? (1) You know he's upset with how Woodson has handled his minutes and (2) He may not want to come back to play for this coach. Does it affect his play? He's got to be thinking, "Oh, NOW you need me...as if it wasn't obvious the entire season how valuable I am...you're an [how do you say idiot in Espanol?]"

My gut tells me he'll be professional about it & bust his @$$ tonight & do what ever it takes to help this team win

I do too but I think he could play even better if he knew the coach had 100% confidence in him.

[Lotsix]

all it takes is one shot/one game and tides can turn......JR did hit 6 of his final 12 shots, ppl will say it was in garbage time but thats besides the point, seeing the ball go in the hoop can get you going. Win this and pickup some steam going foward, the hardest win to get is the 4th one. They just beat us twice in a row, lets return the favor and come back to an electrified garden game 7. one at a time