it's funny watching the whole team doing the right thing then watching crawford still chuck up shots. nothings changed, he's got to go
I just don't get why Marbury is not in the game. PLEASE SOME OF YOU CALL WFAN radio (sports radio 660 AM) here in ny and push for Marbury to get back into the starting lineup.
WFAN - 718-937-6666
Houston won't be playing tonight because of an injured quad. Not a good sign for the comeback.
The Knicks first preseason game vs Toronto was a decent game to watch. It started out nice with the Knicks holding the lead untill the middle of the 3rd quarter. Coach Dantoni played some 2 units of basketball with adding a 3rd unit of an uptempo run n gun 3-guard play at times with Duhorn, Marbury, Crawford, or Nate.
The 2nd unit of Marbury, Nate, Chandler, and Malik played well on both side of the court they had no problem running an uptempo style of play always looking to push the ball.
Duhorn & Crawful seem to have problems passing in an uptempo system from having a habit of dribbling one, two, and three dribbles to much. I was looking for all the guards to push the ball up court as fast as they can through lob-passes or two to three passes up court without a dribble, but this was not done at anytime with Duhorn, Crawford, and Zach in the first unit. Q.Rich and Lee were the only players pushing the ball up court with lob-passes or getting the ball upcourt without dribbling it.
Toronto is a team that it is easy to run a fastbreak on, so Duhorn, Crawford, and Zach do need alot of work done to their game to get them up to speed in an uptempo system.
Zach Randolph first half of the game showed exellent chemistry with David Lee on the offensive side of the court. And their defensive rebounding was great too given Toronto one shot. The 2nd half of the game the Toronto guards, fowards, and center took it straight at Zach Randolph and changed the outlook of the game where Toronto was in control.
Important Notice:
The Toronto Raptors did not play Bosh, J.O'Neal, and Caldron in the last 8 minutes of the 4th quarter to beat the Knicks starters.