My opinion is the same as the guy from the Daily Knicks, Graham was his man when the play started and "Ntiikina should have been all over him every inch of the floor."
Nits admitted himself that he could have done a better job and that they knew Graham was most likely going to take the shot because he was the hot shooter. It was one play, we should be just as concerned about the other 8 3s he made for his career night.
The only thing Frank did wrong was NOTHING!
Fiz should have been yelling for Frank & MitchRob to double PJ up top so the inbound pass could've been thrown to Graham in the back-court, or MitchRob should have been up closer to the top of the key to foul PJ as soon as he touch the inbound pass, or make Graham drive inside to shoot a 2 ball.
The things that bothers and worries me the most bout the game was not the final play, but Fizdale's substitution coaching and the none play calling, especially the X n O play Fiz ran, having the ball, having the 102-100 lead, and having 33.2 seconds remaining in the game to make it a 4 pt Knicks lead. Did Fiz call a timeout after the Hornets scored a 100 pts from the FT line? NO!
Early in the third quarter, it seemed like the Hornets were going to get run out of the gym. They had been losing for much of the game, were struggling to score and had seen the Knicks' advantage grow to 15 points. Fizdale having a 15 pt lead and 6 min remaining in the 3rd qtr. takes Frank and Gibson tandem defense out of the game, and all of a sudden the Hornets 3s started falling, however, and in a six-minute span in the third, they drained as many triples to get back in the game.
Things stayed competitive the rest of the way, but with six seconds remaining, the Knicks held a two-point lead at 102-100. The Hornets had the ball, though, and that was plenty of time to make something happen. That's just what Graham did, taking a nice bounce pass from P.J. Washington and rattling home the three for the win as he fell down.
