[Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] and coach Mike D’Antoni think fatigue is the [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...]’ problem. [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] just wants everyone to relax. A win could relieve some of the mounting pressure on all of them, and end a four-game slide. The Knicks attempt to avoid another poor performance against the [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] as they conclude their season series at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.New York (35-36) is proving to be a major disappointment since acquiring Anthony in a blockbuster deal from Denver last month. The team is 7-10 since his arrival, with six losses coming against teams with losing records.The Knicks became one of those teams Wednesday, dropping below .500 for the first time since November after falling 111-99 to Orlando. Stoudemire turned in a season-low 13 points while making 6 of 20 from the floor. “Amar’e’s tired,” D’Antoni said. “We’ve worn him down a little bit and it showed.” Stoudemire, third in the league with 25.8 points per game, agrees with his coach, but feels the entire team is suffering.“I think we’re all somewhat getting the fatigue factor setting in,” Stoudemire said. “But we’ll be OK.”Despite the struggles, New York is seventh in the Eastern Conference, 6 1/2 games ahead of ninth-place Milwaukee (28-42) with 11 games remaining. That’s the main reason Anthony, averaging 24.3 points since joining the Knicks, feels everyone should calm down. “We just need to relax,” he said. “I think it’s, we put too much pressure on ourselves. We’re losing games that we know we should be winning and we’re just putting a lot of pressure on ourselves. I think we’re playing too tense out there on the court, everybody just needs to relax. Just have fun.”The Knicks didn’t do that in a 100-95 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday, falling behind by 23 at the end of the first quarter and shooting 38.6 percent overall. New York, though, took the most recent meeting at MSG, winning 114-108 as Anthony scored 27 points with 10 rebounds in his Knicks debut on Feb. 23.While the Knicks are trying to pull out of a tailspin, the Bucks are seeking momentum for a playoff push. They’re three games back of Indiana for the eighth and final playoff position in the East with 12 games left, including one versus the Pacers on April 1. Milwaukee turned in its own poor performance Wednesday, losing 97-90 to last-place Sacramento after beating New York.“We just didn’t have the type of intensity and focus you’d like to see and understanding the enormity of the game, we were kind of passive,” coach Scott Skiles said.[Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] has been outstanding over the last three games, averaging 28.7 points on 63.0 percent shooting - 19 for 31 from 3-point range. That included 30 points Sunday while sinking 6 of 11 3s against the Knicks. The swingman is scoring a career-high 12.6 points per game on the season. [Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...][Only registered and activated users can see images. Click Here To Register...] is looking for a better effort after making just 2 of 7 shots for six points Wednesday. The guard came one assist shy of a triple-double in the last meeting with New York while also adding 14 points and 11 rebounds. He’s totaled 16 points while missing 15 of 20 field goals over his last two visits to the Garden.
As a result of the Knicks effort I have come to my lowest in a long time, similar to the Knicks. So aslong as their effort is ****, my effort will be ****.
Prediction ......IDk Ask 'Antoni
Mar 25, 2011, 15:21
StEpHoN_mArBuRy
AHAH fitting thread! Half ass gamethread for the half assed effort our Knicks give us!
On that note I hope we win tonight..
Mar 25, 2011, 15:23
la2ny
Me 2 I want to make a good one for 2morrow lol
Mar 25, 2011, 15:24
petescud
I'd like to see us make the playoffs this year....need to win tonight
Mar 25, 2011, 16:12
OGKnickfan
With a guy like Bogut on the opposing front-line and no plan to stop him [on 'Antoni's part], I don't think we can take out the Bucks.
No offense to those that believe, "no matter what."
Mar 25, 2011, 17:11
Lercher
Well, there is just 11 games left, we have some hard challenges ahead, not only Chicago, Orlando and Boston but also Indiana and Cleveland, the 76ers won't be an easy game either, so if we can't beat the Bucks tonight thinking of the playoffs becomes dreaming of the playoffs.
Mar 25, 2011, 18:21
KnicksFanFromQueens1985
This 4 game losing streak hurts bad. We need to get back to .500 tonight & build from there.
Hopefully we don't allow these guys to score 30+ during the 1st quarter. We only lost by 5 last game but that 1st Q pretty much did us in.
I like our chances tonight. Looking for Billups to step up as the veteran leader & right this ship.
Mar 25, 2011, 18:30
StEpHoN_mArBuRy
Oh god.. its Friday.... you guys know what that means...
Mar 25, 2011, 18:37
Pricey
this game is going live here to Australia. Great way to start the morning.... if we win
Mar 25, 2011, 18:48
KnicksFanFromQueens1985
Not off to a good start lol iy yi yi
Mar 25, 2011, 18:48
StEpHoN_mArBuRy
Wow... unreal
Mar 25, 2011, 18:49
YungMelo15
The BOO Birds are out early!!! Here we go with the BS early. Come on man, dont start the weekend off like this...
Mar 25, 2011, 18:54
la2ny
Anyone see the Basking Shark swimming by the kayaker in Florida?
Mar 25, 2011, 18:58
StEpHoN_mArBuRy
Might as well talk bout that.... Nah.. I didn't see it
Mar 25, 2011, 19:00
la2ny
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Originally Posted by StEpHoN_mArBuRy
Might as well talk bout that.... Nah.. I didn't see it
