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[TheoShmeo]

New York Knicks: No hope, no moral victories, no life, no more Spike.

Pound these assholes.

[JohnnyTheBone]

Plaster these pricks.

[Huntington Avenue Grounds]

[TheoShmeo]

Tix price falling on Stub Hub. Just picked up 4 at less than face.

[CJM]

[Boston Brawler]

Need some more Sad Spike tonight.

[JohnnyTheBone]

Pierce ripping the bench a new asshole. From the Herald and Globe, respectively:

"I've been a little disappointed in the second unit, because the starters come out and make a lead, and it evaporates really quickly when we start subbing and put the second unit in," Pierce said after yesterday's practice. "I was a little upset, because it was like deja vu. Even though you're up 20, you don't want to see that continually happen. I just wanted them to know that it's about competing, and I didn't feel that they were competing on the high level you need to compete in the playoffs.

"It's not even about a defensive scheme or an offensive scheme. It's about competing a little more. That's what I was most upset about."

"I think they're thinking too much,'' Paul Pierce said of the second unit. "Instead of going out there, playing with reckless abandon and playing scrappy, they're trying not to mess up. I think if they just play hard and play defense, rebound the ball, be a unit that gives us energy, they'll be fine. But when they get to thinking about where to be offensively and defensively, they get really hesitant and passive and that's not a recipe for success.''

[CreedBratton]

Win

[ifmanis5]

[Toe Nash]

Tix price falling on Stub Hub. Just picked up 4 at less than face.

Those die-hard Knicks fans!

[Jed Zeppelin]

Pierce ripping the bench a new asshole. From the Herald and Globe, respectively:

"I've been a little disappointed in the second unit, because the starters come out and make a lead, and it evaporates really quickly when we start subbing and put the second unit in," Pierce said after yesterday's practice. "I was a little upset, because it was like deja vu. Even though you're up 20, you don't want to see that continually happen. I just wanted them to know that it's about competing, and I didn't feel that they were competing on the high level you need to compete in the playoffs.

"It's not even about a defensive scheme or an offensive scheme. It's about competing a little more. That's what I was most upset about."

"I think they're thinking too much,'' Paul Pierce said of the second unit. "Instead of going out there, playing with reckless abandon and playing scrappy, they're trying not to mess up. I think if they just play hard and play defense, rebound the ball, be a unit that gives us energy, they'll be fine. But when they get to thinking about where to be offensively and defensively, they get really hesitant and passive and that's not a recipe for success.''

That's actually a really good summation of what's going on out there for the bench. Delonte is probably the biggest culprit, passing up wide open shots and forcing bad passes into the post. He's trying to manage the game, when he really should be taking charge along with Green who has been the only useful bench player thus far. Everything is too tentative. Give the ball to Green down low and let him go to work or kick it out for open jumpers. Keep it simple and they'll do a much better job.

[bball831]

I'm interested to see what kind of performance the Knicks have in them. Are they going to come out on cylinders and fight to stay alive or are they going to lay down like dogs?

[Ed Hillel]

I would expect the fans to be about 65/35 Knicks fans to start and will end up about 65/35 Boston by the end of the game.

[TFisNEXT]

Finish this sorry team. Get some rest before the 2nd round.

[Sheets]

Pierce ripping the bench a new asshole. From the Herald and Globe, respectively:

"I've been a little disappointed in the second unit, because the starters come out and make a lead, and it evaporates really quickly when we start subbing and put the second unit in," Pierce said after yesterday's practice. "I was a little upset, because it was like deja vu. Even though you're up 20, you don't want to see that continually happen. I just wanted them to know that it's about competing, and I didn't feel that they were competing on the high level you need to compete in the playoffs.

"It's not even about a defensive scheme or an offensive scheme. It's about competing a little more. That's what I was most upset about."

"I think they're thinking too much,'' Paul Pierce said of the second unit. "Instead of going out there, playing with reckless abandon and playing scrappy, they're trying not to mess up. I think if they just play hard and play defense, rebound the ball, be a unit that gives us energy, they'll be fine. But when they get to thinking about where to be offensively and defensively, they get really hesitant and passive and that's not a recipe for success.''

Awesome. The Truth.

Edited by Sheets, 24 April 2011 - 01:31 PM.

[Soxaholic]

Let's wrap this thing up today.

Also, a big "boo-urns" to this game and the Sox game starting at the same time.

Edited by Soxaholic, 24 April 2011 - 01:40 PM.

[Toe Nash]

We all thought that Ray Allen broke the record for threes made all-time back in February against the Lakers, but if you count both players' playoff careers, he's actually tied with Reggie Miller entering today's game at 2,880. Wonder if any announcers will mention it.

[mikeford]

[Sheets]

We all thought that Ray Allen broke the record for threes made all-time back in February against the Lakers, but if you count both players' playoff careers, he's actually tied with Reggie Miller entering today's game at 2,880. Wonder if any announcers will mention it.

That's interesting. So, no, I doubt they'll mention it.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

Just drill these fuckers.

[stp130]

No sweeps yet.

YET.

[bball831]

Ok Lou, nice shot, but get off the TV. Time for a sweep.

[Ed Hillel]

lol, it looks like a funeral crowd there.

[mikeford]

LOL, nice start Amare.

[Ed Hillel]

1 foul on each NY big in the first 30 seconds.

[mikeford]

Our big man with no knees > your big man with no knees

[Ed Hillel]

Anthony has Amare wide open underneath and puts up a brick instead.

Good effort to save that NY!

[Beomoose]

Ray!

[bball831]

Melo can have that shot all day long.

[Ed Hillel]

If Melo wants to take those all game I'm fine with that.

[mikeford]

Oh yeah knocking a dude into the cameras, totally not a foul

[Ed Hillel]

WTF, Anthony is all over Pierce. He was slapping him.

[mikeford]

AWFUL foul call. Turiaf flails his arm under KGs and its a foul on KG? GTFO

[Beomoose]

Lisa just spent 1:50 saying absolutely nothing informative about Stod

[bball831]

Very interested to see how the 2nd unit responds to Doc and Paul calling them out.

[mikeford]

Flagrant eh?

[bball831]

That was flagrant? WOW

[PedroKsBambino]

Agree with VG and Jackson---it's legit call because there's no play on the ball, but it's a pretty marginal playoff call.

[Ed Hillel]

LOL 3 second call with 22 seconds on the clock.

[bball831]

Ref incompetence at it's best.

[mikeford]

NBA OFFICIATING!
3 seconds... 22 seconds on the shot clock

[radsoxfan]

Defensive 3 seconds after 2 seconds? WIll they reverse it? Haha

This has been a problem all season. The refs just call it by the old "illegal defense" rules

[mikeford]

Let them fucking play, jesus christ

[Ed Hillel]

Shit.

[bball831]

Baby must play better tonight. Big opportunity here for him.

Edited by bball831, 24 April 2011 - 02:53 PM.

[Ahriman]

Any hard foul by the Celtics in this series, Breen loses his shit about the physical nature of it and questions whether or not its a flagrant.

Also, every graphic is about the Knicks, the pregame pieces, everything really.

Terrible job having what essentially amounts to a Knicks home announce team doing a national playoff game.

[PedroKsBambino]

I'd rather have Billups coaching my team than D'Antoni. Not remotely sold that he's anything other than a JV Paul Westhead....fun system, but not one you can win with.

[Ed Hillel]

Why don't they mention that Amare has a bad back because he is a fucking moron?

[Ed Hillel]

They're gonna get dominated on the glass with KG out.

[Soxaholic]

Let them fucking play, jesus christ

No kidding. Hopefully this isn't the way they'll call it all game. The refs tried taking over in last year's Finals too, and it totally sucked the life out of the games.