Game Thread: Knicks vs. Lakers- 2/2/09
by Seth on Feb 2, 2009 5:57 PM EST
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Good evening, ladies and gents. Tonight begins "Hell Week", as the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Garden for the only time this season. The last matchup with Kobe and friends resulted in sheer heartbreak, so we're all hoping things go differently this evening. There are some different forces at play in this one. One is that Andrew Bynum is out for quite a while with a torn MCL, while Pau Gasol (absent in the last matchup) will play. While we won't miss Bynum's ability to intimidate, Pau's outside touch and passing could cause problems. Bryant and Odom always bring their best against the Knicks as well, so I hope Jared Jeffries is healthy enough to play the pest. New York's also got home court and a nice head of steam on their side, which will hopefully be enough to steal the first of these three impossible games.
I'm probably going to miss the first half of this one, but will hustle back for the second. Keep the game thread alive in my absence, and drop them comments. Go Knicks.
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pretty psyched
for a regular season game in February for the first time in forever.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 7:43 PM EST reply actions
Completely unable to stop Kobe
The rest of their team has been non-existent except for Lamar. I’m interested to see how our bench will do. I like Harrington on Lamar but we gotta find a way to slow down Kobe.
Just got home
I hate 6:30 central time starts
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:00 PM EST reply actions
I should work less
such is life
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
how's the crowd?
i’m following online.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions
GALLO!
Active tonight. Very active
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:05 PM EST reply actions
Nice block on Kobe
Put that in the Wilson Chandler YouTube mix.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:07 PM EST reply actions
I think Kobe has decided to try to make it a special night
I’d like to see as much as that from Chandler as possible
Kobe's not going to be able to do it by himself
they’ve gotta do a better job on Pau.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:11 PM EST reply actions
doubling him
not a bad idea with Kobe off the floor
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
Ariza
that has to rank in the top three of the worst Isiah trades…
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions
Yeah
1) Steve Francis
2) Eddy Curry
3) Ariza
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
1 and 3 were the same trade.
which just makes it one really shitty trade.
also, we try not to say the words “steve francis” around here because every time someone types his name, a puppy dies.
It's so bad it ranks twice
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
hindsight is 20-20
but the Marbury deal absolutely crippled them.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
Of all of them
that was the most defensible.
the deal to get Crawford was worse.
the Malik Rose deal made no sense, either.
I don’t want to talk about that era anymore, it’s too awful.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
i believe the Rose deal got them the draft pick
that ended up being Lee though… so it wasn’t all bad.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:26 PM EST up reply actions
Kobe shooting a lot
usually means bad things for the Lakers.
Let him score 50 in a Knicks win.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:25 PM EST reply actions
He's got 27 and they're only up 7
it gets them out of the triangle when he goes off like that.
But the Knicks will need to execute well all game, low turnovers, good possessions, etc.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Kobe shooting a lot usually means bad things
But not tonight.
by Gils_Keloids on Feb 2, 2009 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
um, gonna have to put three guys on Kobe
c’mon guys, this is embarrassing.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions
it's not hard to make shots
when it’s all layups and dunks.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:35 PM EST reply actions
It's starting to get uglier
than DJ Mbenga and Chris Mihm’s baby.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:40 PM EST reply actions
Nate
needs to chill the fuck out. he’s forcing way too much.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:41 PM EST reply actions
Kobe layup/dunk count:
6.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions
All things considered
it could be worse than down 11.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions
thoughts
kobe = good at basketball
i keep thinking josh powell is rony turiaf. can’t decide whether it is racist to think all black 6’9 dreadlocks-having moderately tubby lakers power forwards wearing #21 look alike.
i thought they both were Chris Wilcox
shit.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
they're all
lee nailon
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i've arrived.
umm…kobe?
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i have to go pickup my roomate
hopefully i’ll be back by the 4th (or earlier).
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:03 PM EST reply actions
well that's a good start
(stalling)
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:04 PM EST reply actions
lee's arm
what gives?
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jared JEFFRIES.
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where the hell did THAT come from?
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
wow JJ
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Difference this year?
No way the team comes out with energy and aggression after being down 11 to the Lakers under the last coach.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:09 PM EST reply actions
now they've gotta stick with it.
and maim kobe.
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Derek Fisher
is annoying.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions
amongst the most annoying in NBA history
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
remember when i said they tend to put a hot girl sitting behind d'antoni?
check.
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depends on who you ask
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
yeah it's more
when he’s walking around a little bit to the right on your screen. she’s cute.
also kobe’s gonna make me throw up.
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Lakers defense
will be the death of them in the long run.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:19 PM EST reply actions
wow
kobe just bailed harrington out for a brainless shot.
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yo
anybody wanna contribute half a recap immediately after the game?
i’m thinking just an email of a few paragraphs or bullets on the events of the first half. first come first serve.
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events of the first half and
dick jokes. don’t forget that.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
yes yes.
speaking of which, i’m waiting for a second half cock appearance.
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It's time to unleash the Cock
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
everyone wants to see it
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
cock's out
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cheech and chong!
they look tired.
“tired”.
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And old.
They look old.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
"old"
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gotta get stops
c’mon.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions
is it a kick
if kobe dribbles through someone’s legs?
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fuck
4-point turnaround on nate’s rim-out.
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eh
they’re just not going to have enough tonight.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:29 PM EST reply actions
The Lakers are just better
nothing to be ashamed about there.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
nate's at odds with the rim again tonight.
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unless it turns into a blowout
we may be looking at 60 from kobe tonight.
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i wish we still had balkman
to elbow vujacic in the trachea
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or Chris Childs
to punch Kobe in the balls.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Or Anthony Mason
to punch everybody everywhere.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
or jackie butler
to eat somebody
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Or Qyntel Woods
to sic some dogs on someone.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
cock and one!
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cock and balls?
i like it.
nh
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what do we call it when he gets dunked on?
cock poster?
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Cock-blocked
c’mon now. that’s too easy.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Knicks aren't going to be any good teams
when Nate is 4-13.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:39 PM EST reply actions
Three Nate layups
in and out. That’s a huge difference in this game.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
dammit ariza
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Lakers don't need Bynum
when Gasol/Kobe combine for 5,602 points.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:42 PM EST reply actions
for what it's worth
gasol hooked gallinari on that drive. gallo still can’t handle him, but yeah.
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The Cock has been exposed tonight
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder how much it would take for Breen to call him "The Cock"
I can see it now “And the cock has a pair”
thanks for showing up tonight Du
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:46 PM EST reply actions
i wish isiah was coach right now.
seriously. he’d put roberson into clothesline kobe.
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yeah this is probably the first time all season
i wish that he was there.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 2, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Would you wear a Lakers jersey to a game...
try to goad him into a high-five, and then punch him right in his dislocated finger?
Blech
That’s all.
Blech.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions
Kobe's good
but I think we could have done a few things differently and won tonight. We gotta figure out how to pull down boards on bigger teams.
A few things
Like:
1. Stop playing one on one
2. PUT A HAND IN THE FACE
3. Tell Nate that he really needs to calm down sometimes
They have to play a perfect game
to beat a team like the Lakers.
Again, the Lakers are probably the best team in the NBA right now, and the Knicks are in Year One of rebuilding. No shame in losing to a team like this, especially in a way that suggests they could have won had things gone a little better (how many shots rimmed out? seven?)
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 2, 2009 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
That's a lot of what I was referring to
Those shots changed the complexion of the game at some points. We’d start standing around or get mad about them.
I don’t think Chandler realized he wasn’t going to stop Kobe until the 4th quarter.
Kobe is good
That must be the understatement of the night!
Thanks, Knicks fans, for chanting MVP for an opponent!
by Gils_Keloids on Feb 2, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
blah
oh well. the knicks aren’t supposed to beat the lakers. thanks for commenting, guys. keep it up.
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