<div align="center">@ <font color="red">Miami Heat</font> vs <font color="orange">New York Knicks</font> Date: 2/22/05 Time: 7:30 pm eastern TV: MSG, Sun sports, NBALP Miami Heat <u>2005-2006 Statistics</u> Record: 33-20 Points Per Game: 100.1 Rebounds Per Game: 43.1 Assists Per Game: 20.7 Steals Per Game: 6.1 Blocks Per Game: 5.9 Field Goal PCT: .475% Miami Heat Head Coach Pat Riley Miami Heat Starting Line-up <font size="1"><u>(Dwayne Wade,Jason Williams,Antoine Walker,Udonis Haslem,Shaquille O'neal)</font></u> Key 6th Man Alonzo Mourning Bench Gary Payton Shandon Anderson Jason Kapono Michael Doleac Wayne Simien Dorell Wright <u>Miami Heat Keys to the game</u> Feed Shaq Early: If Miami Heat can look inside for Shaq early and score points off of it, then it may turn the Knicks attention towards him, which can open up scoring oppurtunities elsewhere, so feed Shaq Early! Score From The Perimeter: The Knicks have been known to be lazy and suffer from opponents' perimeter shooting and the Heat have a nice shooting team consisting of Walker, Wade and Williams, so Miami should look there too. Control The Paint: Most of Knicks offense has been feeding inside to Eddy Curry, but New York will have a tough task doing that going against guys like Shaq, Haslem and Mourning, so Miami should control the paint and the game. Team MVP Projected Stats: 24 points, 5 assists, 6 rebounds ---------------------------- New York Knicks New York Knicks 2005-2006 statistics Record: 15-37 Points Per Game: 95.5 Rebounds Per Game: 42.5 Assists Per Game: 17.6 Steals Per Game: 6.6 Blocks Per Game: 3.5 Field Goal PCT: .345% New York Knicks Head Coach Larry Brown New York Knicks Starting Line-up <font size="1"><u>(Jamal Crawford,Quentin Richardson,Jalen Rose,Eddy Curry, Jerome James</u></font> Key 6th Man Channing Frye Bench Trevor Ariza Nate Robinson David Lee Mo Taylor Malik Rose Channing Frye Jackie Butler Qyntel Woods <u>New York Knicks Keys To The Game</u> Take Advantage In The Crunch: The Knicks have proven in majority of their games that they can battle with a team to the 4th quarter, but most of the time Contain The Perimeter: The Knicks need to pick up the slack and play some defense. They've let their opponents shooting from the perimeter which made the Knicks struggle towards the end and the Knicks need to stop that. Team MVP Projected Stats: 17 points, 9 assists My Prediction: Eh, Miami is too much for New York to handle wether if it's in the paint or if it's in the perimeter, so Miami should win by at least 18+. </div>
I hope that isn't the starting lineup. Curry to Centre, Frye to forward. And isn't Marbury fit to play now? I'm pretty sure they are going to atleast try Marbury, from what I've heard. The field-goal % comparison is scary.
Francis has a game in New Jersey today and we have the Heat today. You have to wonder how both will play. My guess is bad.
