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Game Thread: Knicks vs. Mavericks- 11/16/08

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Good afternoon, everybody. Hope everyone's had a good weekend and that those of you who caught the Knicks-Thunder matchup enjoyed the game and Mase's recap. I know I did. Tonight, the Knicks face a more enigmatic foe: the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs regularly own New York and have long been among the NBA's elite, but have fallen on hard times, managing only a 2-7 record while their old friend Devin Harris tears it up in New Jersey. It still feels weird to say this, but much like the Spurs loss, this is going to be a trap game for our Knicks. Dirk Nowitzki is a hell of a matchup for the Knick frontline, and Jason Kidd is one of the first true point guards the backcourt's had to face. Regardless of record, the Knicks are expected to drop this game (check out the ESPN preview). A win tonight might garner some respect for a team that most believe to be in the midst of an ephemeral autumn honeymoon on their way to another losing season (do I believe that? I still have no idea). The good news is that the Mavs currently give up 99.4 points a game, which is supposed to be an advantage for D'Antoni's squad, which is unbeaten when hitting the century mark. Jamal Crawford's historically been off his game against Dallas, but needs to lead the charge tonight to help get a win.

So it'll be the Knicks' burden tonight to defend their homecourt and step it up against a team that's more dangerous than the numbers might tell you. I'm back in action for the recap (quit groaning) and this here's your game thread for discussion and emotion. Tipoff's at 6. Get them W's.

For the Mavs side of the tale, stop by Mavs Moneyball, where this game is regarded as just about a must-win.

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oh man

the schedule going forward is so frightening.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:02 PM EST reply actions  

mike d'antoni

will be mic’d tonight. msg will have quite a bit of editing to do.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:08 PM EST reply actions  

Z-Bo from 27 feet

looks great when it falls, makes me slam my head on the table when it doesn’t.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 6:19 PM EST reply actions  

hot shooting in general.

everybody’s got that j working early in the first.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:20 PM EST up reply actions  

wow

you’re were shitting when you said Dallas didn’t defend…

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 6:20 PM EST reply actions  

If Wilson even has a prayer against Dirk

…it’ll be by denying him the ball.

Meanwhile, the Knicks cannot miss.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:24 PM EST reply actions  

Zach

is absolutely ridiculous right now.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 6:29 PM EST reply actions  

jumast tuned in.

lucky enough to see quentin richardson pick up the coveted “mardy collins triple hockey assist”

by Barnesgasm on Nov 16, 2008 6:31 PM EST reply actions  

the mavs

its good to see that guys like gerald green and jj barea are getting regular minutes. in part because i like them and in part because it means the knicks dropped 35 points in the first quarter.

by Barnesgasm on Nov 16, 2008 6:36 PM EST reply actions  

i love j.j. barea

i’m pretty sure he cut my hair once.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions  

35-26 after the first

Gotta assume this 60% shooting won’t hold up, so the transition defense and rebounding must improve. It’ll be interesting to see how Randolph builds on this unbelievably hot shooting, and if Crawford starts taking it to the hole.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:36 PM EST reply actions  

two questions:

how did brandon jacobs get to msg so fast?
how many times has brandon jacobs’ baby been on msg?

by Barnesgasm on Nov 16, 2008 6:47 PM EST reply actions  

another question

where’s his son’s huge “BJ” chain?

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 6:50 PM EST up reply actions  

i really wish this team

would make fucking free throws.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:02 PM EST reply actions  

wow, dirk.

shot won’t count, but damn.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 7:09 PM EST reply actions  

eh

let him get his points. the rest of the team isn’t doing shit. he can’t beat them by himself.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:11 PM EST up reply actions  

Wil

heating up…

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:34 PM EST reply actions  

Singleton

even nobodys have career nights against this Knicks “frontline.”

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:36 PM EST reply actions  

big shot Nate

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:48 PM EST reply actions  

breen's right

zach’s gotta let his shots come to him.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 7:57 PM EST reply actions  

the 26-footers are bad

but the long 2-pointers are even worse. i mean shit, if he’s going to shoot from there, he might as well take two steps back. he needs to get back in the paint like he did against OKC.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:59 PM EST up reply actions  

QQQQQQQQ!

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 7:59 PM EST reply actions  

dammit

please can somebody get a rebound?

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:03 PM EST reply actions  

Somebody's gotta do something

about these Kidd post-ups. Maybe let Duhon take him one-on-one.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:04 PM EST reply actions  

not counting the trio of

MJ/Reggie/Mourning, i think Kidd might be my most hated.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 8:06 PM EST up reply actions  

c'mon Zach

what the fuck.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 8:09 PM EST reply actions  

HUGE shot

from QRich. Nice to see him having a solid quarter.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:09 PM EST up reply actions  

freakin out over here

we haven’t really played a close game all season.

by Barnesgasm on Nov 16, 2008 8:15 PM EST reply actions  

This shit

is driving me up a fucking wall.

"I'll probably go get lifted right now with Greg. Hey, and come back tomorrow and try to get another win."

-Renaldo

by solanumbrella on Nov 16, 2008 8:16 PM EST reply actions  

foul to give

be really aggressive on the inbound cause the mavs don’t have any timeouts left.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:18 PM EST reply actions  

shit

seven-point lead goes to shit in 90 seconds.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 8:18 PM EST reply actions  

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

why you don’t go two for one i don’t know
that was overwhelmingly sad.

by Barnesgasm on Nov 16, 2008 8:18 PM EST reply actions  

overtime

i just pooped out my liver

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply actions  

whew

i’ll take OT, but they should’ve closed this out.

Ewing with the step...YES! and the foul!

by Anthony Masons Haircut on Nov 16, 2008 8:21 PM EST reply actions  

that's probably ballgame.

which sucks, going into a tough stretch of games.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:27 PM EST reply actions  

damn.

recap coming later. tough night, everybody.

by Seth on Nov 16, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply actions  

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