Knicks vs. Warriors - Valentine's Day 2007

Projected Starting Lineups

Smallball


Marbury, Crawford, QRich, James, Curry

 

Knicks might win coming off last nights result

 

Um get barnes out of there and put sjax...or is jax injured?

 

Can't wait to watch Jerome James destroy Harrington on the block -- ouch

 

<div class="quote_poster">Dale_TheOne Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Knicks might win coming off last nights result</div>

Saw that. Very good win for the Knicks, but it could've taken some of the energy out for tonight's game.

Nelson will have the Warriors running, so the Knicks better have their legs.

 

<div class="quote_poster">boogielew Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Um get barnes out of there and put sjax...or is jax injured?</div>

Jax can play.

"INJURY REPORT
Warriors: Baron Davis (left knee surgery) is out. Mickael Pietrus (sprained right ankle) is a game-time decision. Jason Richardson (fractured fourth metacarpal, right hand), Zarko Cabarkapa (back surgery) and Patrick O'Bryant (assigned to NBDL's Bakersfield) are on the inactive list.

Knicks: Kelvin Cato and Mardy Collins are on the inactive list."

 

I will be wearing a grocery bag over my head so if the warriors lose tonight, no one will know who I am...

 

<div class="quote_poster">Warriorfansnc93 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I will be wearing a grocery bag over my head so if the warriors lose tonight, no one will know who I am...</div>

^^^---- Not a bad idea

 

Jason ... I couldnt see any other reason BArnes would start over Jax.... I would like to see a starting line up as such :

Biedrins, Powell, harrington, jax, ellis

But i guess that would kill our depth..... or Nelson's plan

 

I'd go:

Monta
Az
Jax
Powell
Beans

 

<div class="quote_poster">boogielew Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Jason ... I couldnt see any other reason BArnes would start over Jax.... I would like to see a starting line up as such :

Biedrins, Powell, harrington, jax, ellis

But i guess that would kill our depth..... or Nelson's plan</div>

Boogie, I'm going by warriors.com and they have been wrong before or Nelson changed it up at the last minute.

If Barnes does start, I would suspect it's because Nelson thinks he can play point forward.

Either that or Nelson is tanking. The Knicks are one of the teams we are close in regards to 2007 draft picks.

I just heard Tom Tolbert on KNBR talk about the Celtics and tanking. He said he couldn't believe the Celtics fans were chanting Kobe for MVP when the Lakers were there because the Lakers and Celtics were mortal enemies from past playoffs. He also was said Celtic fans were chanting Oden, Oden, Oden or Durant, Durant, Durant when their team fell behind in the game. I guess 18 straight losses will do that to you.

It's hard to fathom Warriors fans chanting Oden or Durant, but if the Warriors are down 20 in the first quarter tonight, then maybe they will start going Oden, Oden, Oden or something like that.

 

Good Job Barnes! Single handedly bringing the Knicks back into the game

 

You'd think a 31 point lead was safe....

 

Wow, Jackson is going crazy. He has 36 points 7 assists, he's 16-26 from the field, he has 8 boards, and a block and a steal.

I suppose the Knicks is the only team that is worse or just as bad defensively than the Warriors. The Warriors are shooting 60%. That is insane.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Gohn Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">You'd think a 31 point lead was safe....</div>

Uh...maybe Nelson/the Warriors didn't want a repeat of the Denver/NY incident earler in the season? The lead looks safe and secure now though. Yay a win.

 

Nice, they won. It would have been embarrassing to lose that way. Even I would be embarrassed.

 

That was ugly at the start of the 4th. Turned it on and saw that they were blowing the Knicks out and then its only 14.....then 9....egads!! Thankfully, the Knicks/Isiah are idiots and put the starters back in, Francis/Curry/Crawford, and they promptly jack up jumpers, throw away easy passes, and worse, don't get back on D, and the Warriors run them off the court. How stupid is that? Lee, Robinson, Balkman get you back into the lost game and you take them out just when its only 11 with 4 mins left?

Jax was unreal. Ellis was really efficient. Key though at crunch time was probably Azubuike, tough rebounds and nice passes.

 

When Jackson is shooting well, this was why I appreciate his game. The rest of his game really opens up and he gets 8 assists and only 1 turnover. That's pretty good guard play for a guy that can attack from outside and also drive it inside some.

He's usually 1:1 assist to turnover ratio much like Al Harrington. So I guess we got a break!

And I like AZ for the same reasons. He's another pretty well rounded swing who can turn it on at times.

Foyle = 5 offensive rebounds (he shot only 4 attempts and made 2 which means he wasn't collecting the majority of his own misses like a certain head-band wearing player.), two blocks, + 3 assists. Sounds like he had a productive game for such small playing time.

But speaking of that headband wearing player, AH had a nice game. 9 defensive rebounds, 2 steals, a block, and almost 50% shooting. He had 6 assists, but at the cost of 5 turnovers. I guess you get what you can take. At least he didn't seem one dimensional with 2 rebounds, 0 steals, 0 blocks, and more turnovers than assists like 2 assists, 4 turnovers.

And I figure with AH's game, it won't be a miscommunication with a player who was supposed to receive the ball, but something he was trying to do like force the issue or he simply lost the ball.

 

The moment Barnes takes more than 2 dribbles he should be benched. How come he thinks he can break down any player... it kills me.

 

Yeah..i was doing my hw and when I started watching Barnes kept forcing the issues. He threw a pass into traffic and tries to hand it off to Monta which both lead to turnovers. Another play on D and what is this the 5th 6th 7th game in a row he commits a foul and lets the player get a 3 point play? This guy needs to know his role. He acts like he's the go to guy and is the one every leans to. Everytime he touches the ball i just know what he's thinking..."step back shoot the three". When does he ever pass up a 3 even when he's cold. Barnett always says when you're cold from outside step up and shoot the 2 but Barnes repeatedly shoots the damn 3. On a lighter note...we WON