man, the platehpus household just went NUTS!!!!! Right in front of his grandma, Francis hits a winning 3 to beat the Wiz by 1. Tied for 8th place again, I hope this is one of those games that propels us into a winning streak.
You beat me to it!!!! Knicks get 8th seed and with an Orlando loss to the Rockets, hold onto it by a game and a half. One of many great wins for us this season. Too bad I'm the only Knick fan in the MrJ household, so I went celebrated by myself. Parents were kinda angry too, but it was worth it.
MrJ, do you know what our situation is for our first round pick next year? To my understanding, the Bulls have the option of taking it but probably won't unless it's a lottery pick. Maybe that's not the case and they get it anyways, but if it is I hope we make the playoffs so we can get one good rookie in this years deep draft.
Man, I'm telling yall. If Isiah works with him and Francis gets some motivation ... he's the best player on Knicks. Francis > Marbury
Yup I believed since the day francis got on New York he is the knicks best player. He has always been better than marbury even when they both were superstars. He's just been injured now he can get back on top for the knicks and prove that franchise didn't dissa[era like everyone thinks even though he doesn't dunk all the time now
Just saw the replay, the shot was bananas, and then a kiss for his grandma afterwards. Knicks have taken hold of the 8th seed with David Lee, Q, and Crawford injured. Steve Francis has made the most out of his increased opportunities. I remember just a few years back he was comtemplating shutting it down for the rest of the year. I guess the time he spend with John Lucas really paid off for him.
Awesome shot, I really hope you guys hold down a playoff seed. I love seeing the Knicks in the post season it reminds me of when I was a kid. Good Luck!
What a fantastic play, this is great for Francis I thought his season was over after he had moved to Houston to rehab now he's had two +20 point games and a game winner since he's been back. Let's hope he can keep it up and help take us to the playoffs!
<div class="quote_poster">Franchise73187 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yup I believed since the day francis got on New York he is the knicks best player. He has always been better than marbury even when they both were superstars. He's just been injured now he can get back on top for the knicks and prove that franchise didn't dissa[era like everyone thinks even though he doesn't dunk all the time now</div> Absolutley false. Marbury TORCHED Francis everytime he played in Houston. Especially when Francis got voted in the allstar game over Marbury. Marbury literally ripped him a new one.
Francis 27 Marbury had since in his first game in NY so how did Marbury touch Francis. Recap New York vs. Houston -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GameCenter ? Box Score ? Full Play-by-Play ? Recap ? Shot Chart New York Knicks Jersey Backpack $23.99 Free Shipping Eligible! Rockets ruin Marbury's home debut with Knicks Jan. 8, 2004 SportsLine.com wire reports NEW YORK -- Chants of "Fire Chaney" echoed through Madison Square Garden on a night that was supposed to be all about Stephon Marbury's home debut and Jeff Van Gundy's return. In a game that turned into a blowout just moments after the opening tip, Van Gundy's Houston Rockets scored 23 of the game's first 25 points to humiliate the revamped New York Knicks 111-79 on Thursday night. "Awful, awful," Chaney said. "We played like strangers at both ends of the floor." The buzz that filled the building turned into boos in a matter of minutes as Chaney's team came out flat. The first "Fire Chaney" chant began with 6:49 remaining in the first quarter after the Knicks fell behind 19-2, and the chant was revived and got louder several times. "I didn't hear it. I heard a chant, but I didn't know what they were saying. I found out later," Chaney said. "It's a good chant. We stunk." The loss was the fourth in a row for the Knicks, their second straight since acquiring Marbury and Penny Hardaway in an eight-player trade with Phoenix. Marbury played poorly for the second straight game, scoring six points on 3-for-12 shooting. His lowlight came late in the third quarter when he went up softly on a two-on-one break and had his layup rejected on a spectacular leap by Steve Francis. "I would never think it would happen this bad," Marbury said. "We cannot dwell on this. After a win, this all goes away." Francis dominated the point guard matchup, scoring 27 points with six assists and three steals. Every Houston starter reached double figures, with Jim Jackson getting 21, Yao Ming scoring 15, Cuttino Mobley adding 14 and Kelvin Cato 10. The victory margin matched Houston's largest of the season. Moochie Norris and Keith Van Horn had 17 points to lead the Knicks. The Rockets made their first seven shots and eventually went ahead 23-2 after Francis dribbled through three defenders for a virtually uncontested layup. Marbury did not have an assist in the first quarter, and he didn't make his first basket until converting a tip-in with 10 seconds left in a first quarter that ended with the Rockets ahead 31-14. Van Gundy shook his head in disgust midway through the second quarter as the "Fire Chaney" chant broke out again. Van Gundy never endured that kind of treatment from the New York fans when he was the Knicks coach -- even after he quit with two seasons remaining on his contract. When he first returned to the Garden on the night the Knicks retired Patrick Ewing's number, Van Gundy got the second-loudest ovation. "The chant was totally unfair," he said. "We know all about the good part of coaching. In New York, that (the chant) is the bad part. That game had nothing to do with coaching." Van Gundy received another warm ovation before this game, sitting stone-faced on the bench while the crowd cheered. That reception, however, paled in comparison to the one Marbury received during player introductions. After what transpired in the first few minutes of the game, however, they were the last ovations of any kind. Marbury had the initials TYT written on his ankle tape, an acronym for "Take Your Time." But with the Knicks dropping to 14-23, team president Isiah Thomas trying to make more personnel moves and the fans already targeting Marbury's coach, patience at the Garden is in short supply. "Our fans were ready to be very supportive tonight and we just didn't get the job done," Knicks forward Kurt Thomas said. More than half the crowd was gone by the time the final buzzer sounded and Van Gundy knocked fists with Ewing, one of his assistants, before walking off wearing a satisfied smirk. "I was ready to go," Chaney said, "and I was surprised our guys didn't get up for a game that had a playoff-type atmosphere." Chaney took over as coach following Van Gundy's abrupt resignation Dec. 8, 2001, that stunned the Knicks organization. Publicly, Van Gundy said he had simply lost his focus, though he told his players he had personal issues he needed to address. Chaney has compiled a record of 71-111 with the Knicks. Allan Houston said he still hasn't gotten over the way Van Gundy left, noting that a player with similar problems would have been treated differently. "I'm not saying his situation didn't call for what happened. But players can't have personal things and say, 'I'm done.' In that way, I have mixed feelings," Houston said. Notes Houston, the league's leading foul shooter, missed two from the line in the second quarter -- just his ninth and 10th misses of the season. Jackson, an 89 percent free-throw shooter, was fouled on a 3-point attempt and missed all three foul shots. A fan behind the Houston bench got the dour-faced Van Gundy to laugh when he yelled to the coach: "Hey Jeff, you smile on Christmas?" AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service Copyright 2004, The Associated Press, All Rights Reserved The Knicks starting lineup watches the loss to the Rockets with the rest of the sold-out crowd.(AP) Scoreboard Final 1 2 3 4 T Houston ? 31 23 32 25 111 New York 14 23 23 19 79 HOU:S. Francis 27 Pts HOU:M. Taylor 9 Reb HOU:S. Francis 6 Ast NY:K. Van Horn 17 Pts NY:K. Van Horn 11 Reb NY:S. Marbury 10 Ast PLAYERS OF THE GAME New York Houston M. Norris S. Francis Pts Rebs Ast Pts Rebs Ast 17 2 1 27 8 6 Houston Rockets STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS S. Francis, PG 40 7-14 10-12 8 6 3 27 J. Jackson, SF 39 8-11 1-4 7 3 2 21 C. Mobley, SG 38 5-13 1-1 3 3 1 14 K. Cato, PF 27 2-6 6-6 7 0 4 10 Y. Ming, C 27 5-10 5-6 9 2 2 15 BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS M. Taylor, PF 27 5-9 5-6 9 1 3 15 E. Piatkowski, SG 17 1-6 0-0 2 0 0 3 S. Padgett, PF 15 1-1 0-0 1 1 5 2 M. Wilks, PG 8 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 B. Nachbar, SF 2 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 C. Weatherspoon, PF Did Not Play Totals 35-71 30-37 48 16 22 111 49.3% 81.1% Complete Box Score New York Knicks STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS S. Marbury, PG 41 3-12 0-0 4 10 2 6 K. Van Horn, SF 37 6-12 3-4 11 1 4 17 A. Houston, SG 26 3-11 1-3 5 0 2 8 D. Mutombo, C 25 2-2 2-2 6 0 2 6 K. Thomas, PF 16 1-7 4-6 2 0 4 6 BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS S. Anderson, SF 28 3-11 4-4 3 2 2 11 M. Norris, PG 26 6-11 1-2 2 1 2 17 A. Hardaway, SG 25 1-8 3-4 4 1 1 5 O. Harrington, PF 13 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 2 C. Trybanski, C 3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 F. Williams, PG Did Not Play Totals 26-78 19-27 40 15 21 79 33.3% 70.4% Complete Box Score OTHER GAMES Port 75 Final Min 96
I saw that shot on SportsCenter last night. It was seriously crazy. Francis is still one of my favorite non-magic players, even though I don't see him play too often, but man that shot was wicked. I like looking at the reactions of the people in the crowd in that picture above.
wasnt he spoce to be out for the rest of the year?? good for him though he was one of my favorite players a few years back
