Game Thread: New York Knicks vs Toronto Raptors 7:30pm 2/22/2016

Is it too soon to fire Rambis?

Big difference with Rolo on the floor. Has a dunk and altered JV layup attempt. Knicks cut the lead to 7.

Lopez trying to wake up the team to start the 2nd half .. Bum coach Rambis experimenting coaching are doing the same bull Fisher did .. tried to build a rotation around TWO BUM Guards and a inexperience 7.3 rookie who is clueless of the paint area

Take Porzingis Calderon n Afflalo out the game until garbage time !!!

Knicks cut it to 7... Then TOR quickly goes in a 10-0 run... 36 of their 73 points in the paint. Nobody can stay in front of their man and nobody bothers to rotate and help the helper...

The KNicks are drowning without LT, DW, KP contributing on offense. Melo and RL are alone on an island. Guards are horrendous.

Kiyaman said:

Take Porzingis Calderon n Afflalo out the game until garbage time !!!

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Our whole team stinks. You can blame any group of guys, but this is a bad team. Only Melo and Robin Lopez have even bothered to show up and play since the All-Star break. There's a reason the crowd is already chanting "we want Jimmer"

Galloway hasn't taken a shot, Grant another DNP... KP is getting demolished on the floor. For some reason, Rambis won't coach. nY have 28 points since first quarter... Yet, Jimmer and Grant can't play? Calderon hasn't scored yet... Not sure why the bench cannot get in the game. Affalo is humiliating himself once again. Knicks done by about 20.

We may see Jimmer tonight the way this is going. 20 pt lead 4:40 left in the 3rd.

AFFlalo is a PRO BUM .. he dont play defense he has no offense plus Fisher n Rambis both give him 30+ minutes of playing time a game .. Dum Dum coaching, better yet BOO BOO the fool coaching

htr10 said:

Our whole team stinks. You can blame any group of guys, but this is a bad team. Only Melo and Robin Lopez have even bothered to show up and play since the All-Star break. There's a reason the crowd is already chanting "we want Jimmer"

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This is why Rambis is a mess... Calderon and Affalo cannot guard DeRozan or Lowry... Calderon and Affalo aren't scoring nor are they setting up teammates for buckets. So, why are they playing?

Second and third quarter... No changes... No rotation alterations... Run after run... Rambis doing nothing. Toronto guards running us out of building... How is it Rambis can't get JG or Jimmer minutes?

38/60 points from Melo and Lopez.

The ego of these coaches are sickening... Like JG has to prove something to a loser like Rambis to get court time... Affalo plays 40 minutes a night and is a complete waste.

Does Melo get a assist for the great pass to Derozan !!!

After 3 quarters... NYK guards have a combined 7 points and 4 assists.

36 and 11 for Lowry / DeRozan.

Kiyaman said:

Does Melo get a assist for the great pass to Derozan !!!

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Seriously? Melo has 23 points (on 16 shots) with 10 rebounds and 5 assists... Yet he's the bum bc of a bad turnover? Geez.

Rest of team has 7 assists... And, take away RL's 13 rebounds... Rest of team has 11 rebounds combined.

So... Melo with 5 assists and 10 rebounds... Rest of team (other than RL) have 7 assists and 11 rebounds.

Grant finally in... Drains a 3 and forces a turnover.

Since the Bargani trade to the Knicks ..
Raptors record: 134-85
Knicks record: 78-143

KP is the only big out there. Where should he be, under the basket. Where is he, the 3 pt line at the top of the key. He's made some shots but when Rolo is not on the floor, he should be in same spots Rolo would be in.

Kiyaman said:

Since the Bargani trade to the Knicks ..
Raptors record: 134-85
Knicks record: 78-143

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TOR got lucky... They dealt Lowry to Knicks... giving him away... Dolan vetoed deal... Lowry morphed into an MVP candidate.

Lowry abusing LG now.

NY goes on a mini run then Lowry tries for an Oscar and ref gives him a phantom call. Won't ever see a worse call than that. How a professional official makes that call is inexcusable.

If you fine players for flopping, start fining officials for getting fooled into calls.

Calderon doesn't score entire game... Affalo doesn't score in the second half. How often does that happen for a starting backcourt in the NBA?

Fredette really looks small out there, is he really 6'2"?