GAME THREAD - 11/2/05 - L -OT - Knicks (100) @ Celtics (114)

Peach_NYK_21

Starter
This is the Official Game Thread. All game notes,predictions,in-game observations etc. belong in this thread. All game threads are created by Peach_NYK_21, and Brian_Coleman_21

7:30 PM, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005​

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NEW YORK KNICKS (0-1)
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MARBURY---RICHARDSON---BARNES---DAVIS---CURRY
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BOSTON CELTICS (1-0)
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WEST---PIERCE---DAVIS---LAFRENTZ---BLOUNT

Knicks Team Stats
Knicks Team Notes

Celtics Team Stats
Celtics Team Notes

TV: MSG
RADIO: ESPN RADIO, 1050 am
 

pyotrveliky

Rotation player
interesting, starting blount and lafrentz. i bet frye will get a lot of playing time cuz he matches up well with lafrentz style-wise. no 6th man this year for ricky davis huh. o and did u make up the knicks 5 or did u read it somewhere.
 

Peach_NYK_21

Starter
well, i read that Q could have played against the nets but larry didnt want to chance it so hes more or less starting and currys going to start the only guess is at the PF.
 

ny3nyk

Rotation player
i think the knicks should be able to win this won. marbury can easily take delonte west any day and matt barnes and trevor ariza should have pierce and davis on lock. the only mismatch should be lafrentz's shooting range but frye should be able to guard him outside while curry defends blount down low. i predict a solid win for the knicks: 96-89
 

pyotrveliky

Rotation player
yeah, im saying is q the 3 or 2, with ariza or barnes at 3? do you know craw is starting or are you assuming. id rather have ariza/barnes for some D and bring craw off the bench to score.
 
i dunno, pierce and davis are knick killers...the big problem is gonna be containing them. The celtics are alot like the knicks, a young, athletic, offensive minded team. Remember when these guys embarrassed us last year on opening night at the garden? time to get them back. I think the knicks will win a close one.
 

Peach_NYK_21

Starter
pyotrveliky said:
yeah, im saying is q the 3 or 2, with ariza or barnes at 3? do you know craw is starting or are you assuming. id rather have ariza/barnes for some D and bring craw off the bench to score.

well crawford has started in most of the preseason, i assume he starts now
 

e_D

Benchwarmer
Either Larry likes Craw, or they're showcasing him to make a trade. He started most if not all the preaseason games, and i think logged the most minutes of any Knick. His FG attempts have gone way down, and when he does shoot, they're looking like either smart shots, or he takes it to the hoop.

On another note, remember our opener against Boston last year? Lets hope that doesnt happen again. =)
 

pyotrveliky

Rotation player
yeah it definitely wont. i dont think itll be a offensive outporing but we win this definitely. curry will be 15+ for sure
 

portega1968

El Cacique
Don't accuse me of being negative, but I would be surprised if the Knicks win this game, judging by their last preseason game.

We were blown away in last year's home opener, so I really want payback. Tney should be fixated on kicking the C's out of the Fleet Center.
 

portega1968

El Cacique
Since there will be an inactive list of 3 players for each game, who ya'll think will be inactive for this first game?

I'm guessing Jackie Butler, Mo Taylor and Matt Barnes. with the rooks barely getting minutes (assuming Q plays at least 25 mins).

This would result in a 9-man rotation

C - starter - Curry / backup - James
PF - starter - Davis / backup - Rose
SF - starter - Penny / backup - Ariza
SG - starter - Q / backup - Jamal
PG - starter - Steph / backup - Jamal

Steph will get minutes at SG with Jamal at the point when Q heads to the bench.
 

Trin_Starr

Starter
I think we might lose this one, not because we got beat - but because we beat ourselves.
Turnovers are going to hurt us. However, the good sign is that teams are not averaging more than 85pts when play us.

The turnovers will decrease as the knicks become used to LB's playing style
 

dasilva1079

Benchwarmer
I really hope the Knicks pull together and win this game against Boston, but after watching them play the last preseason game against the Nets am beginning to doubt it. Turnovers are killing them, defense has picked up pretty well, specially compared to last season but there is something wrong with the offense right now. Marbury and Crawford are on a leash and the flow of the offense is just not right. Don't get me wrong I love all the passing but when Jerome James ends up the play shooting a fall away jump shot its just not my idea of pretty. Larry needs to let Steph loose early in the game and not put him to work only in the fourth quarter.

Well basically its going to come down to the turnovers. If we can keep it down to atleast 20 I think we can win this game. If we keep it in the 30s like the last few games, forget about it...

Maybe I shouldn't judge by the preseason games though. Larry was playing around too much with the roster, trying to get a feel from everyone and thats why we didn't do so well in preseason. I'm sure he is going to get down to business when it really counts and rip those players a new one if they start turning it over.
 

dasilva1079

Benchwarmer
Oh I forgot to mention that there is no way the celtics are going to blow us out again like last season. Larry won't let it happen and we got Curry and James in the middle. They don't even have to block anything, all they gotta do is be a presence. Rick and Pierce will have to rely more on the jumper and we can keep pounding them down low.
 

NYKnicks15

Starter
according to the official game notes
the starters will be
C Eddy Curry
PF Antonio Davis
SF Anfernee Hardaway
SG Jamal Crawford
PG Stephon Marbury

Quentin is still questionable with his left hamstring, Im sure his heads not fully in the game either with the whole broken off engagement either...well see what happens though
 

pyotrveliky

Rotation player
crap i hope penny doesnt get that much time in SF. much rather see ariza or barnes in..especially against pierce/davis.
 

Peach_NYK_21

Starter
NYKnicks15 said:
according to the official game notes
the starters will be
C Eddy Curry
PF Antonio Davis
SF Anfernee Hardaway
SG Jamal Crawford
PG Stephon Marbury

Quentin is still questionable with his left hamstring, Im sure his heads not fully in the game either with the whole broken off engagement either...well see what happens though

i think the game notes guys have as much clue as anyone does... larry is really keeping this quiet, and ive been reading that Q will play, im just being hopefull with the start
 

nyk33334

Benchwarmer
portega1968 said:
too bad we don't have the penny and davis of ten years ago, because this lineup would've been a sure winner.

Penny '95- 21ppg, 7apg, 4rpg
ADavis '95- 8ppg, .6apg, 6rpg

wow penny. what happend to you?
 

NYKnicks15

Starter
its the official game notes for the media! how does the game not guy have as much clue as "anyone"? oh well we'll find out shortly i suppose :)

what happened to penny? his ability to run correctly and full speed all the time. its his knees/legs simple as that. i like penny i do, i wish he could be the penny of old, itd fit his ego if he was haha
 
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