Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers- 2/4/2009
First of all, those 90's Cavs jerseys were the goddamn truth. I mean it.
Second of all, those same Cavaliers (and their newer, less MS Paint-looking threads) are invading the Garden and you know what that means: we'll be hearing more speculative Lorenzen Wright rumors than we'd like to. In all seriousness, LeBron James is the baking soda to the New York media's vinegar, and the next 24 hours or so promise to be nothing short of volcanic. Will LeBron show up in a Yankees cap? Will he announce that he's dating Janel McCarville? (Go ahead, click the link. I had to research it too). Knowing James, there's bound to be some juicy quotables for tomorrow's morning editions and blog entries. I'm also wondering if this is the week the NBA's superstars have picked to exploit the Garden as a soapbox for MVP candidacy. Perhaps LeBron will drop 50, 15, and 15 for a team-friendly twist on Kobe's unilateral explosion. Maybe KG will top them both by notching 0 points, 25 assists, and 60 rebounds punctuated by ramming his head clear through the basket support despite flu-like symptoms, because it's all about Ubuntu, kids.
More than anything, though, I'm wondering if the Knicks will show up tonight. From the outset, this seemed like New York's slimmest chance at snatching a win out of "Hell Week". While they've hung with LA and beaten Boston, the Knicks haven't even survived a half against the Cavs. I was at one of those two blowouts (The Bron's first visit to MSG this season), and can vouch that the thing was over roughly seconds after tip-off. On the bright side, the loss I attended and the subsequent re-smashing in Cleveland were both immediately following Donnie Walsh's salary-slashing roster massacre of '08. Since we last saw the Cavs, Harrington and Thomas have meshed into the rotation, Jared Jeffries has carved out some sort of nice for himself, and The Cock has engorged The Rooster has crowed. Our Knicks look sharper than they did immediately after the trades, and maybe they've got what it takes to shock the Cavs and steal the King's spotlight. That or it'll be another blowout. One mustn't forget that, just like Kobe, Bronsky's got a mild-mannered, weirdly somnolent European big man by his side. And just like Pau, Zydrunas Ilgauskas may shoot, pass, and rebound his way into a big second-banana game.
Either way, I invite you to come by tonight's game thread (tipoff's at 7:30), and join us for some fanaticism, wit, and Amanda Bynes photos. I'll be here to comment along and to recap what should be an interesting night. Also, make sure to fawn over Lorenzen Wright at the superb Fear the Sword this evening. With luck, we can trick Cavs fans into thinking he's the guy we want in 2010 so they'll beg Danny Ferry to give him a massive extension in '10 instead of you-know-who. It's just crazy enough to work.
Anyway, go get 'em, Knicks.
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good luck fellas
won’t be able to run my typeface-mouth, but i will be watching.
and seth, i’m sorry you had to see that first lebron game. i think it’s my fault. in any case – we better step up tonight.
Thanks, University of Scranton!
For not fucking carrying MSG. Also, thanks ESPN! for hyping this game more than anything ever, then NOT playing it.
Either way, won’t be posting. Instead, I’ll be listening to “Body Bags” by Cassidy feat. Cory Gunz on loop.
Go Knicks.
"I'll probably go get lifted right now with Greg. Hey, and come back tomorrow and try to get another win."
-Renaldo
I'm missing the game tonight, too
I don’t want to see LeBron get a quadruple double, anyway.
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by DiscipleofClyde Dan on Feb 4, 2009 6:39 PM EST reply actions
I'll be watching the gamecast for the first quarter and a half
I expect the phallic humor on the thread to be through the roof to hold me over until I get home.
west and pavlovic both out
szczerbiak is starting. remember that he torched the knicks the last time the cavs visited new york. we’ll see how that goes when he’s the only shooting guard.
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god-awful start.
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um, so
10-0?
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 7:49 PM EST reply actions
a basket!
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LeBron already
1/7th of the way to 63, which if my math skills serve me correctly would be two more than Kobe the other night.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 7:53 PM EST reply actions
he's already out-rebounded him
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these foul calls
good lord
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that hit me in the face
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yuck
good thing that’ll never happen
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something pisses me off about Varejao
anybody else feel that way?
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 7:57 PM EST reply actions
"something"
more like “everything”.
by the way, somebody needs to call lebron’s two-finger pushoff at the beginning of every drive.
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Nate time!
aka either a 10-point swing in favor or against the Knicks is about to come.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 7:59 PM EST reply actions
gorgeous pass to start things
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Lebron 16, Knicks 15 3:38 1st Quarter
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:00 PM EST reply actions
lebron's got 20 in the first
if he’s gonna hit his jumpers, then kobe’s record is gonzo
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Lebron will skin Clyde after the game and wear his face. Officially becoming the most powerful being in the universe.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
nice
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
great episode
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i am at work
and that picture, this game, and knowing i am making money is what is keeping me going right now.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
Al taking over
let’s go!
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:24 PM EST reply actions
al harrington's going for 62 tonight.
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al harrington has been going for 62 every game of his life
this is just the first time its plausible
q for starters
chandler got some time too.
both failed. lebron just caught an alley-oop at the ceiling.
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unlike Kobe
there’s no Gasol to back him up. LeBron can’t win this game by himself.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
So far, so good
Although the Knicks have been sloppy at some points, they’ve actually been in it throughout the game, unlike against the Lakers, where they decided to let Kobe take over and expected him to just slow down at some point. Obviously, he didn’t. Let’s see how they tightly they can handle LeBron for the rest of the game… because their D is OK, but he’s still been taking over.
Got it on my Wii since I don't have any of my old systems at college. Total lovefest.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
just like kobe last night
somebody needs to mow over lebron tonight. on offense, not defense. just headbutt him right in the trachea on a drive to the basket.
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But then he might die and what are we supposed to do in 2010?
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
yeah let's not get crazy now
i’m looking more for something that will temporarily stun LeBron rather than inflicting long term pain.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
he'll recover in 2 years
his health is as far from mind as it can be. end him.
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or...

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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
Cock!
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:30 PM EST reply actions
cock's gotta take z to the basket
if he draws that matchup. he’s quicker than that big goof
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5 point deficit
not terrible, considering that lebron was hitting jumpers and the knicks spent the entire first quarter asleep
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only the Knicks
would allow that to happen.
if this team was even adequate defensively, they’d be a 5-6 seed.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:40 PM EST reply actions
i still love him.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
also
chris duhon MUST look for his own shot. the pick and roll fails because defenders can ignore him.
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that's cause
the guy won’t stand still. he puts me on edge too.
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jill martin is an idiot
i can’t take her smiling and wishing to god that the pople she is interviewing would shut up. i want jill martin to lose her job.
gotta run out
should be back by the 4th…hopefully.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 8:43 PM EST reply actions
harrington doesn't seem to have forgotten his mission
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wow
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chris duhon you cannot be serious.
you drive to the basket and hit JARED JEFFRIES for a jumper. take it yourself! jesus.
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puff daddy
is here for lorenzen wright.
no, i don’t and will never call him p. diddy.
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right on. I bought the single for All About the Benjamins. It was my first CD. Puff Daddy and the Family.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
one of my first also
also blackstreet’s Another Level and Boyz II Men’s Evolution
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nate just DANGLED.
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x2
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mo/gibson/whoever it was
was moving his feet
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i think spike is stoned
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BANG
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shit.
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Is it me or does Gallo's eyebrows and his semi-chin strap make him look.... confused.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
kid needs to hit the razor
take it from someone with experience: don’t grow a beard if you can’t do it right.
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Yeah me and him are on the same level when it comes to facial hair. I have to shave everyday though because of work.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
is your job
competitive swimming?
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I wish because then apparently it wouldn't matter if I smoked or not.
I have an internship at Amex Tuesday Thursday and Fridays. I work at the school Wednesdays (right now) and Friday nights.
I fit the Knicks in school somewhere in there.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
If I was a competitive swimmer of course, I don't know how that would work at a Disney Park.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
ditto
considering that i can grow a sick stache (but don’t for obvious reasons), sometimes i wish it was 1984. i’d probably would’ve gotten laid more.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that's me alright
I keep a stache because it looks OK on me, but my beard can grow to abnormal levels. One summer ten years ago I let it grow to see what would happen. Never again. The Grizzly Adams look definitely is unsexy.
what happened to Lee?
seems like he got all his scoring done in the first five minutes of the first.
-19 when he’s been on the floor. ouch.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:29 PM EST reply actions
pick and roll ain't working
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gorgeous feed
plus a non-called lebron hack
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this sucks
a quick chandler three just isn’t an appropriate response to falling down by 7
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Lebron and Kobe I can deal with.
If Pierce goes over 30 someone is getting shot.
You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.
definitely a casual passer
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BOOM
let’s go let’s go let’s go let’s go.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:42 PM EST reply actions
back off lebron!
what is this!?
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it's tough to hold superstars under 60
when it’s pre-determined that they’ll get 20+ foul shots.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:45 PM EST reply actions
hard foul
shoulda happened in the second quarter
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ARHTGG
this is killing me.
HE DID NOT STEP OUT.
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shit
come on. we need this miracle.
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Duhon
does he only miss clutch free throws? he seems to make every other.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:52 PM EST reply actions
also
lebron traveled
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yeah
too bad. harrington had a good look.
uh oh brons got a boo boo
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to be honest
we shouldn’t get down after the Knicks lose games like this.
this team is good enough to go to the playoffs. what they have to do is worry about the games against teams like the Raptors, Warriors, Clippers, Pacers, Bobcats, Bucks, T’Wolves, etc.
the losses to Indy, Minnesota at home, Oklahoma City and the 17 losses to Philly are what’s killing them right now.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 9:57 PM EST reply actions
I'd go for the three
that “quick two and foul” shit NEVER EVER works, and I’ve been watching basketball for 20+ years now.
well
that’s one way to do it.
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it works in college
but yeah, definitely not the pros.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
this was pretty much the only winnable game of the three games this week
oh well. Atleast we didn’t lose in Indy or vs. the Hawks. We can get out of this 21-28, hope the Blazers stumble over us, and come out of this week 22-28.
And look, he’s got his triple double.
balls.
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fuck.
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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions
Tivoed the Game
So I can’t take part in these awesome chats.
But once I saw that Gallinari was guarding Gibson for a couple of plays, I couldn’t wait to check out the chatwrap . . . only to be crushed with disappointment.
Please tell me how nobody pointed out that Cock was on Boobie tonight?
by Serious Garbage Time on Feb 4, 2009 11:46 PM EST reply actions

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