New York vs. Milwaukee

[Mr. J]

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Knicks 20-32 / Bucks 20-29</div>
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Date: 2/16/05
Time 7:30 (Eastern Time)
TV: MSG, NBALP</font>

<font size="4">Season Stats</font>

Previous Games:
Knicks: 106-105L @ Philadelphia
Bucks: 107-83L @ Detroit

Knicks
Record: 20-32 (.385)
Standings: Fifth, Atlantic
At Home: 13-12
On Road: 7-20

PPG: 96.1 Opp PPG: 99.7
FG%: .447 Opp FG%: .469
RPG: 40.7 Opp RPG: 42.1

Bucks:
Record: 20-29 (.408)
Standings: Fifth, Central
At Home: 14-10
On Road: 6-19

PPG: 96.5 Opp PPG: 99.0
FG%: .447 Opp FG%: .459
RPG: 41.7 Opp RPG: 40.8


*BOLD leader in particular stat.
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<font color="DarkOrange">Knicks Starters</font></font>
PG: Stephon Marbury
39.9pg 21.5ppg 3.0rpg 8.2apg

Jamal Crawford
36.3mpg 18.3ppg 2.6rpg 3.6apg

SF: Tim Thomas
26.4mpg 10.2ppg 3.4rpg 1.3apg

PF: Kurt Thomas
36.6mpg 11.4ppg 10.0rpg 2.0apg

C: Nazr Mohammed<font size="4">???</font>
28.5mpg 11.2ppg 8.3rpg 0.5apg

<font size="3">Knicks Bench:</font>
Jerome Williams
16.3mpg 4.7ppg 3.6rpg 0.6apg

SG: Trevor Ariza
18.4mpg 6.1ppg 3.0rpg 1.4apg

Penny Hardaway
25.0mpg 8.1ppg 2.5rpg 2.2apg

Mike Sweetney
17.7mpg 7.9ppg 4.8rpg 0.6apg

Vin Baker
8.0mpg 1.4ppg 1.5rpg 0.4apg

Bruno Sundov
4.7mpg 1.6ppg 0.9rpg 0.1apg

Complete Knicks Stats

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<font color="Indigo">Bucks Starters</font></font>
PG: Maurice Williams
26.7mpg 8.9ppg 2.9rpg 5.9apg

SG: Michael Redd <font size="4">???</font>
37.9mpg 22.2ppg 4.2rpg 2.5apg

SF: Desmond Mason
35.8mpg 16.4ppg 4.2rpg 2.6apg

PF: Joe Smith
30.4mpg 10.6ppg 7.0rpg 0.8apg

C: Dan Gadzuric
21.6mpg 6.7ppg 8.0rpg 0.4apg

<font size="3">Bucks Bench</font>
Keith Van Horn
25.9mpg 10.9ppg 5.4rpg 1.3apg

Mike James
24.8mpg 11.5ppg 2.7rpg 3.8apg

Zaza Pachulia
19.2mpg 6.4ppg 5.0rpg 0.4apg

Kendall Gill
20.3mpg 6.1ppg 2.6pg 1.9apg

Erick Strickland
15.6mpg 4.5ppg 1.7pg 1.7apg

Toni Kukoc
18.0mpg 3.9ppg 3.1pg 2.8apg

Zendon Hamilton
10.3mpg 3.1ppg 2.7pg 0.4apg

Daniel Santiago
10.3mpg 2.0ppg 1.6pg 0.1apg

Complete Bucks Stats


<font size="3">?=Questionable</font>
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<font color="Red">Injuries:</font></font>
<font color="DarkOrange">NYK:</font>

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Allan Houston and Jamison Brewer

<font color="Indigo">MIL:</font>

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T.J. Ford, Marcus Fizer and Michael Redd

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<font color="Green">Matchups:</font></font>

vs.

PG: Marbury is coming off a streak in a little streak where he is averaging 30+ points. I don?t know if Maurice Williams will be able to stop him. Marbury has been on a tear and he had 32 points on Monday. Quite frankly, he has been unstoppable as of late. The only thing which I don?t want to happen is Marbury score 30 and allow 30. What is purpose of scoring 30 and give up 30 to your opponent? It?s like you never scored at all because it cancels out each other. I guess he did an alright job on Iverson because he only had 7 second half points. Marbury is 100% capable of playing great defense he just plays defense when he feels like it. Maybe with a minute left in the game, or maybe not even. We need Marbury to play to his full potential which he hasn?t been doing this season. Williams will make you pay if you provoke him and play that loosey-goosy nonchalant defense that the Knicks tend to play all the time.

vs.

Michael Redd may not play tonight. He has a sprained index finger which is crucial especially for someone who does what he does?shoot. Last time that weak perimeter defense of the Knicks cost them the game. As the Knicks were making a comeback, I believe they were down by a couple and Redd made an uncontested 3 to put Milwaukee up for good. Now that Redd is possibly injured and even if he does play, he will not be mentally ready. Crawford needs to take advantage of that and don?t settle for jumpers. That?s just common sense and if you notice every single preview I write that. When will he learn? Last time he mixed up his game, he had 40 points.

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SF: We shouldn?t even be seeing this matchup We should have my son Trevor Ariza in the lineup. Was that game winner that special? It was type lucky. It hit the rim hit high off the backboard and kind of dropped in. Does this mean that double T is clutch? Whoever thinks that shame on you. Hopefully he plays defense on Desmond Mason. Last time he killed us with his deadly first step. With the Knicks already at the bottom of the league, the last thing we need is Desmond to posterize one of us. He was the slam dunk champ, what do you expect. He has good defense and runs the floor very well. That means our transitional defense needs to be good today. I can see Tim Thomas just throwing a silly pass, Mason stealing doing a windmill, Knicks get booed. Let?s keep our fingers crossed and hope that Tiny Tim plays decent basketball.

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PF: Joe Smith and Kurt Thomas are in a matchup. The thing Kurt Thomas can not forget is Joe Smith?s midrange jumpshot. Just like him, he thrives off of the midrange jumper. The thing I am worried about is Kurt Thomas having to clean up after the perimeters messes. If he plays that nice low post defense that we are all used to seeing from him we can win. Hopefully he shows us a better game from yesterday when he made that blunder and literally gift wrapping the win for the Sixers. Kurt Thomas can thrive off the midrange jumper from Starbury easy. We don?t really need him to score. Just like most games all we need is a little bit of heart, some effort, and a lot of defense. Let?s see what happens between them.

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C: The last time we played him I remember him giving us a hard time on the boards. I think it?s simply because his name sounds funny. The Knicks are known for playing with effort when some big shot guy walks into town but, when the less talented but very capable athletes come by, they are no where to be found. We might very well get killed in this matchup. Nazr Mohammed, who suffered from a groin injury so sever he missed a point blank layup, definitely has quite a match tonight. Gadzuric is a monster on the boards plain and simple. He averages 20 minutes a game and check this out: He averages 8 boards a game. If he got more burn I think he can very well lead the league in rebounding. Herb must enforce crashing the boards tonight against the Bucks. Hopefully Baker doesn?t look as drunk as he did on other days and maybe Sundov can provide a little touch from the outside. Either way I know this is our toughest matchup hands down.

<font size="3"><font color="DarkOrange">Knicks Bench Summary</font></font>
Now with our only defensive guy out, we need everyone to chip in. Jamison Brewr is a great defender who doesn?t look to take bad shots in fact, he doesn?t look to shoot at all, lol. We need Hardaway and the rest of the guys to step up. Last time we hosted Milwaukee Sweetney was killing. He should always get fed on every possession because chances are he?ll make the shot or get fouled. Trevor Ariza who played poorly last meeting between these two, will probably try and make more of an impact in the game. Look for the bench to come out strong today though. I think that will be a bright spot for us.

<font size="3"><font color="Indigo">Bucks Bench Summary:</font></font>
The Bucks are obviously short handed if Redd decides to sit this game out again. They do have defensive minded point guard Mike James who is also capable of shooting the 3 as well. Also former Knick Keith Van Horn is making an appearance. I think Keith will try to show us we should?ve never traded him (I agree). He shoots 40% from the 3 and with lackluster defense from Tim Thomas, it?s like Van Horn is open. JYD needs to be big in this game to guard Van Horn. He has been recovering from an injury though and is only getting about 26 minutes a game which is far from his usual. Will Milwaukee play him more?

<font size="4"><font color="Green">Key Matchup:</font></font>
Will This Buck Be Money?
?Starbury?

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?Mo? Will?
This really shouldn?t be the key matchup because I don?t know whether Redd is playing or not. Anyway, Marbury?s defense must be key. Once you take out the floor general, you take out the team. He distributes the ball and he gets everyone involved. If Marbury plays no defense the Bucks play will automatically increase creating havoc for the Knicks at all positions. If Williams gets hot because of no defense we can easily lose this one at home.


<font size="4">My Prediction:</font>
I simply can?t see us losing a game to the Bucks and going on a losing streak before the All-Star break. I also think the fact we lost the last one and are playing at home is being preached through the hard headed skull of the Knicks. Anyway, since Redd is most likely out I?m taking us by the score of 105-98. We really should win this game regardless. It?s one of those season determiners. Most of us Knick fans have already determined our fate?the lottery but losing this game will automatically eliminate every shred of hope that was even available. Come on Knicks, at least give us something to cheer about.
<font color="RED"><font size="4">THIS GAME IS AT 7:30!!! </font></font>

 

[crazyrussianz]

omfg who0 saw dat crazieee pass by marbury to tim and that crazy shot by tim. OMFG crazieee shit he spun on one leg and tim scored a over the head shot backwards, Finally tim u are blooming

 

[KnicksUK]

102-87. There's no way we can lose this now. Good stuff. Might have been different if Redd had been playing. Kurt, Sweetney and Mabury are all 1 off a double double at the moment.

Good stuff Knicks!

 

[Mr. J]

Crawford played well. He did have 4 turnovers but he also had 6 steals and was 5-9 from 3. I also think that TT should have a seat. He just ate up the minutes of Ariza who had 4 minutes and 1 steal. LOL @ all the clowns who said Hardaway wont really help the Knicks and LOL @ all the clowns who were knocking Sweetney. Marbury shot poorly so he had no excuse but to dish. Nice pass from him. He did the same thing with the Suns to Jake Voshkul. Jason Williams also did something like that with the Kings. Anyway, we move up. Toronto loses (

), and so does Philly. Nets win a big one against the Kings. So does Boston. Our playoff hopes are still slim but, we should take one game at a time. We have a tough one against Detroit on Tuesday. This was a good win and it gives us some mommentum before the break. We didn't lose our lead and we ended up wining by 18. Did you notice that this was the bigggest margin of victory for us this season? Last year we had many 20's and a couple of 30 point wins. Anyway, good win for us.

 

[02civic]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting mrj18:</div><div class="quote_post"> LOL @ all the clowns who said Hardaway wont really help the Knicks and LOL .</div>

i think they/I were just knocking it because you were making him sound like he was among the elite players...like Indiana without JO or Miami without Wade.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting mrj18:</div><div class="quote_post"> @ all the clowns who were knocking Sweetney. .</div>

dont remember anyone knocking him. He's doing alright this year. but 8 and 5 for a 22 year old isnt earth shattering. He has potential..but only time will tell. He's not a sure thing, not like James, Wade, Bosh, Carmelo, but he's still pretty decent.

 

[Mr. J]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting 02civic:</div><div class="quote_post">i think they/I were just knocking it because you were making him sound like he was among the elite players...like Indiana without JO or Miami without Wade.</div>
I was never pointing any fingers, and I didn't overrate him I kept everything in perspective. I don't think I overrate him more than some of you overrate Bosh

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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">dont remember anyone knocking him. He's doing alright this year. but 8 and 5 for a 22 year old isnt earth shattering. He has potential..but only time will tell. He's not a sure thing, not like James, Wade, Bosh, Carmelo, but he's still pretty decent.

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As we have seen in this league, nothing is a sure thing. I wouldn't consider Bosh on the same level as James, Wade, or Melo either, I think he's pretty decent though.

 

[Nylex]

Yay, another win. Ok, I know it doesn't mean that much any more, but still.

 

[VintageNYK]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Nylex:</div><div class="quote_post">Yay, another win. Ok, I know it doesn't mean that much any more, but still.</div>

Actually, it does, a lot. Because we are only 2.0 games behind the Nets.

 

[jbbHardaway]

why don't use marbury on 4 quart?