<div align="center"> @ <font color="navy">Indiana Pacers (38-34)</font> @ <font color="darkorange">New York Knicks (29-43)</font> Time: Tue, Apr. 5, 2005, 07:30 P.M. Eastern Time TV: NBALP Place: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY --- Ballers: <font color="navy">Scot Pollard</font> ( C), <font color="navy">Dale Davis</font> (PF), <font color="navy">Stephen Jackson</font> (SF), <font color="navy">Reggie Miller</font> (SG), <font color="navy">Anthony Johnson</font> (PG) Top bench baller: <font color="navy">Fred Jones</font> Coach: <font color="navy">Rick Carlisle</font> (99-55 overall in two seasons with Pacers) --- Ballers: <font color="darkorange">Kurt Thomas</font> ( C), <font color="darkorange">Mike Sweetney</font> (PF), <font color="darkorange">Tim Thomas</font> (SF), <font color="darkorange">Jamal Crawford</font> (SG), <font color="darkorange">Stephon Marbury</font> (PG) Top bench baller: <font color="darkorange">Malik Rose</font> Coach: <font color="darkorange">Herb Williams</font> (interim coach) <font size="6"><font color="blue">Top</font> <font color="gold">Ballers</font>:</font> <font color="navy">Reggie "Knick Killer" Miller: 41 points, 4 assists, 0 turnover.</font> <font color="darkorange">Jamal Crawford: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.</font> <font size="6">purpleb0n9's <font color="blue">Team</font> <font color="gold">Analysis</font>:</font> <font color="navy">- Indiana:</font> The Pacers are coming off impressive wins over the Heat and Wizards, both teams who'd been hot themselves. It's amazing really how they can still keep their winning ways despite losing their two best players in Jermaine O'Neal and Ron Artest for the regular season. Stephen and Reggie have since stepped up big time for this team, burying clutch shots and making key plays. Their role players have been really good too, with Dale rebounding, Scot defending the paint, Anthony running the offense, and Fred co. coming big off the bench. Coach Rick is arguably doing his best coaching in his career. Will he get his 100th victory as a Pacer? Against the Wizards, Reggie looked like he wanted to save his best for this game, scoring just 12 points after dropping 31 points on Dwyane Wade and the Heat. No doubt he's ready for this one. <font color="darkorange">- New York:</font> The Knicks are struggling big time, losing their 6th consecutive in Milwaukee to slip 6.5 games behind the Sixers for the final East playoff spot. Stephon has been doing all he can to carry this team, but is it chemistry?, he can't seem to get his teammates to play with him. The key for them is to be aggressive and take good shots on extra passes. I doubt they'd lose had Jamal not gone 3 for 17 in the Bucks game. They have the talent to play this game, all they need is a little mantra from Larry Brown, "play it the right way". <font size="6">purpleb0n9's <font color="Blue">Predict</font><font color="Gold">ion</font>:</font> Reggie will come out firing in his last performance on the MSG, but I think the Knicks will escape with a 113-108 victory.</div>
Real nice job on this. Tuesday is the 6th though, not the 2nd. Also, the Pacers got this one. And they won't score that much either. But the prediction is nice.
Nice preview. How I wish that prediction for Reggie would come through! After all these years of murdering Knicks' faithfuls time after time, I can feel a sigh of relief coming from Knicks Analyst and his boys, safe in the knowledge that this will be Reggie's last killer performance against their beloved Knicks. Let's go Reggie, drop 50!
Man Reggie?s last game at The Garden, will he get booed or maybe the Knicks fans will show class and give him an ovation he deserves. Even though Miller has always killed the Knicks he has shown the people of NY many amazing performances so it's crazy that this is the last time the Garden will ever get to see him. Well this should be a good game and I truly think that Reggie will astonish the Garden crowd one last time.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Silky Smooth:</div><div class="quote_post">Man Reggie?s last game at The Garden, will he get booed or maybe the Knicks fans will show class and give him an ovation he deserves. Even though Miller has always killed the Knicks he has shown the people of NY many amazing performances so it's crazy that this is the last time the Garden will ever get to see him. Well this should be a good game and I truly think that Reggie will astonish the Garden crowd one last time.</div> What do you mean show class? Why would it not be classy to boo him?
Because he has been playing for 17 years and this will be his last game playing at the Garden the mecca of basketball. In other words its called respect.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Silky Smooth:</div><div class="quote_post">Because he has been playing for 17 years and this will be his last game playing at the Garden the mecca of basketball. In other words its called respect.</div> So? We all respect him, but what about the years of torcher he's done to us? This is also a regular game too. When you come into the Mecca of Basketball and have been doing that for all these years, inasmuch as the fans might respect you, you should expect to get booed.
hate As much as us knick fans have hated reggie for all of these years we still respect him as a competitor. One of the lasting images I will have of the knicks in the 90s is Reggie doing the choking symbol with his hands. I will be sad to see him go as much as I have despised him.
Nice preview. Very original in the way you put the players on the court. Reggie's last day at the Garden is going to be a special one indeed. I predict that he goes for 50 and the win because he needs to go out with a bang. I also predict that when Reggie is subbed off for the last time in the game he will get a standing ovation from the Knicks (Wishful thinking I know....) BTW does anyone know if Spike is gonna be at the game? It wouldn't be right if it was Reggies last game and Spike wasn't there.
i like the preview.it looks good. i think reggie will have a big game becuz its his last time playin at MSG, so i think he will give a bif performance to make the knicks fans to despise him more.
Thanks guys I'll sure do more more of this... Oh nooo Reggie is still at 10 points with 2 mins left in the third q. Hopefully he'll blow up for 20 pts in the last.. Stephen Jackson's stats (33 pts, 6 of 10 3pt) should have belonged to Reggie.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting CourtVision:</div><div class="quote_post">BTW does anyone know if Spike is gonna be at the game? It wouldn't be right if it was Reggies last game and Spike wasn't there.</div> Is that even a question, of course!
^ Yeah he hugged Reggie after the game ended. Too bad the Knicks lost... but I think Reggie was more satisfied ending his last farewell there with a win than a huge performance in a loss.
