On NBAPlaybook.com, Sebastian Pruiti writes and diagrams how The Knicks Use Defense To Get A Win:
The title of this post isn’t a joke, as one would assume. The Knicks were up by 1 with the ball and about 20 seconds left, but they turned it over. The Hawks were now breaking down the court with the chance for a win. How did the Knicks stop them? Let’s look:
Wilson Chandler meets Josh Smith at the top of his dunk attempt and gets the block. Now, his physical ability is what allowed him to get the block, [...]

This year the Atlanta Hawks picked up former Knick Jamal Crawford, who is second on the team in scoring and is the likely winner of the Sixth Man Of The Year Award for the most valuable player off the bench.  In addition, their should-be-All-Star power forward, Josh Smith, aka JSmoove, has taken his game to the next level by no longer settling for hoisting up three-pointers, thus greatly improving his field goal percentage (& shot selection).  As a result, the Hawks have taken that next step to where they’re almost up there with the big boys in the league.  No [...]

Maybe all the cold weather in New York this year has made the Knicks think it’s still Christmas, ‘cuz they’ve been non-stop giving out the gift of victories to any team that comes near them.  The New Jersey Nets, who had won only 6 our of 61 games, were on a path to be the team with the worst record in NBA history.  The previous record low is only 9 games (out of an 82 game season) held by Washington in like 1982 or something (their leading scorer was Fred Carter).  If the Nets kept at that 6 of [...]

Wow, the Pistons came out last night with less energy than a tortoise high on Madame Mary Jane.  I was offended ‘cuz I thought they were mimicking & mocking us.  Until I realized that they possess that wondrous ability to play basketball while half-asleep, which I thought was a unique New York talent.  Okay, okay, we actually won, so I probably shouldn’t use this as a chance to give the Knicks a front-handed insult.  So let’s accentuate the positive, ‘cuz the Boys In Blue (& Orange) did have moments where they played really well.
Wilson Chandler missed his second game, er [...]

First, considering the amount of effort the Knicks put into last night’s game, I’m not gonna put much effort into talking about it.  After all, my Momma always taught me that two wrongs make a right.  Or was it that when the going gets tough, just pretend it never happened?  I forget, but it was an important lesson.

For those who don’t know, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ center, a large man by the name of Shaquille O’Neal, had surgery on his finger which is causing him to miss the next month or so.  In addition they traded away their back-up 7+ footer, [...]

The Knicks did a really odd thing on Friday night: they won.  I know, I know, I wasn’t sure what it was at first ‘cuz it’d been so long since I’d last seen it happen.  But then I realized the happy looks on their faces looked awful similar to how our opponents tend to appear after they play us.  We beat the Washington Wizards in overtime (oddly, that night four different games went into overtime).  While the Wizards have sucked most of the season (I believe the last game we won, 10 games ago, was against them), they actually have [...]

Do I even need to say the Knicks lose anymore when I write about games?  Shouldn’t that just be assumed?  Hell, if I was the type to buy lottery tickets, wouldn’t y’all get annoyed with me if every day I turned to you, tapped ya on the shoulder & said, “Hey guess what?  I didn’t win the lottery again today.”  With the odds so stacked against you, you’d only mention the outcome if it was surprising.  So from now on, when I talk about the Knicks’ latest game, I’m not gonna mention that they lost and y’all can just assume [...]

Last night the Knicks lost to the Milwaukee Bucks.  Again.
The Good:
1. New point guard Sergio Rodriguez took over the starting gig from Chris Duhon.  Spanish Chocolate was a never-ending blur and managed an unbelievable EIGHT steals!
2. New undersized shooting guard, Eddie House, played point when Spanish Chocolate went out, which meant: Chris Duhon didn’t play at all!  Not a second!  And that was goooood.
3. The Knicks did a good job hustling and scrambling on defense, holding the Bucks to a mere 43% fg shooting.
4. Tracy McGrady did not just settle for easy jump shots and instead had a few nice [...]

The Oklahoma Thunder have made one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NBA history.  After winning only 21 games last year (or in a glass half-empty view, losing 61 games), they now are 5th in the ultra-competitive Western Conference.  They are in the middle of the longest current winning streak in the league (nine games), and they have third-year phenom, Kevin Durant, a legit MVP candidate.  It could be argued that Durant is second in the MVP race to only LeBron.  Plus, he’s in the middle of a streak of having scored 25+ points in 27 straight games.  At first [...]