Official Knicks-76ers Game Thread

[Mr. J]

<font size=""5""><div align="center">Halftime</div></font>
<div align="center">Knicks 49 / 76ers 33</div>

<font color=""DarkOrange"">Knicks Leading Scorers:</font>
Eddy Curry

12 points (5/5 FG)

Matt Barnes

10 points (5/7 FG)

Stephon Marbury

6 points (3/6 FG)


<font color="Red">76ers Leading Scorers:</font>
John Salmons

11 points (4/8 FG)

Andre Iguodala

7 points (3/9 FG)

Chris Webber and Samuel Dalembert

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<font color="Red">Hot @ Half Player</font>[imgr]http://www.nba.com/media/playerfile/eddy_curry.jpg[/imgr]
Eddy Curry --->
We brought him in for scoring downlow and he is scoring very well. So far, Curry has yet to miss a shot and is 5-5. He also has 7 rebounds in only 13 minutes. Hopefully Larry Brown got to him. We'll see how he can do in the second half.

Prediction: My, my, my, how the tables have turned! Looks like the Knicks are looking for revenge after Philly smacked them one week ago. With the Knicks up by 16 and there being no Dirk Nowitzki on the other team, I'll take them winning at the end 96-82.

 

[Bleed Green]

LoL, Mr J you put knicks/knicks. Barnes is really trying to make the team. Hes grabbing rebounds and drawing fouls. Curry is playing like a beast. That butler comment looks like it steamed him up. Im glad theyre murdering Philly. payback time.

 

[Knicks Analyst]

Sorry I forgot to make the thread.

Curry looked great in the first half. Barnes is definitely making a strong case for himself, I hope Larry keeps him on the roster. Marbury made some awesome plays on transition defense.

Good first half, just watch those damn turnovers!

 

[Mr. J]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GotSkillz92:</div><div class="quote_post">LoL, Mr J you put knicks/knicks.</div>
Haha, I fixed it

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We're playing good defense, but we're playing terribly on offense. They're way too many turnovers and miscommunications on offense. Is this a chemistry thing or what?

 

[Bleed Green]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">Haha, I fixed it

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We're playing good defense, but we're playing terribly on offense. They're way too many turnovers and miscommunications on offense. Is this a chemistry thing or what?</div>
You got to remember that these players have only practiced together and have only played a few games together. the rookies and the vets are not communicating together and the lineups always change. Q is gonna be behind when he comes back.

 

[Mr. J]

Well, we win this game, but I'm not very satisfied with our 34 turnovers. We won't be able to survive in the regular season giftwrapping passes to the defense the way we did. Fouls weren't too good for us, especially for Frye. That game reminded me of Vegas. The man is simply a butch. Period.

Other than that, I was pleased with our effort, especially on the defensive end. We held the 76ers to 70 points. That's 44 less points than what they scored on our previous meeting. We also held them to just 27.7% from the field and 11.8% from downtown. Most of their shots were contested and the 76ers just struggled to get shots off––well at least succesful ones off. We also outrebounded them 52-40.

I think our real test will be against New Jersey though. They're a better team overall and with them currently trailing Boston, they'll have a chip on their shoulder. We need to protect our homecourt and keep the defensive intesity high if we want to win that game on Friday.