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Game Thread: Knicks vs. Cavaliers- 2/4/2009

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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.

by stingy d on Feb 4, 2009 6:04 PM EST reply actions  

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

by solanumbrella on Feb 4, 2009 6:15 PM EST reply actions  

I'm missing the game tonight, too

I don’t want to see LeBron get a quadruple double, anyway.

Listen to the Disciples of Clyde NBA Podcast. It's sleek and unique. It's rippin' and dippin'. It's weekly and, um, weekly.

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.

by Weasie on Feb 4, 2009 7:22 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:42 PM EST reply actions  

god-awful start.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:47 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:51 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Uhhh...

When Jeffries decides to take over on the offensive end, you know you’re in trouble.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 7:54 PM EST reply actions  

these foul calls

good lord

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:56 PM EST reply actions  

that hit me in the face

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:57 PM EST up reply actions  

yuck

good thing that’ll never happen

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:58 PM EST up reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:58 PM EST up reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 7:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Chandler's shots

they’re either beautiful or ugly, ugly, UGLY

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 8:01 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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions  

Lebron will score 100 tonight.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 8:16 PM EST reply actions  

Lebron will have 47 by the end of the quarter.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 8:17 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 8:25 PM EST up reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:25 PM EST reply actions  

Who is covering Lebron?

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions  

q for starters

chandler got some time too.

both failed. lebron just caught an alley-oop at the ceiling.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 8:27 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:29 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:33 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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:31 PM EST up reply actions  

5 point deficit

not terrible, considering that lebron was hitting jumpers and the knicks spent the entire first quarter asleep

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:39 PM EST reply actions  

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  

also

chris duhon MUST look for his own shot. the pick and roll fails because defenders can ignore him.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:40 PM EST reply actions  

that's cause

the guy won’t stand still. he puts me on edge too.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:50 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

by stingy d on Feb 4, 2009 10:51 PM EST up reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 8:57 PM EST reply actions  

wow

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:01 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:02 PM EST reply actions  

Steph would've hit it.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions  

jay-z in attendance?

him and wally szczerbiak are such good friends

by Barnesgasm on Feb 4, 2009 9:06 PM EST reply actions  

puff daddy

is here for lorenzen wright.

no, i don’t and will never call him p. diddy.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:08 PM EST up reply actions  

one of my first also

also blackstreet’s Another Level and Boyz II Men’s Evolution

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions  

nate just DANGLED.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions  

x2

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions  

mo/gibson/whoever it was

was moving his feet

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions  

i think spike is stoned

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:17 PM EST reply actions  

BANG

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

BOOM HEADSHOT

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:19 PM EST up reply actions  

shit.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

Lebron be teasin.

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:19 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions  

is your job

competitive swimming?

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions  

I wish I was like you guys

my facial hair grows way too much

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 9:26 PM EST reply actions  

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.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions  

gorgeous feed

plus a non-called lebron hack

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:31 PM EST reply actions  

this sucks

a quick chandler three just isn’t an appropriate response to falling down by 7

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:34 PM EST reply actions  

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.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions  

am I the only one who notices

that DLee is behind a LOT of our sloppy pass turnovers?

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 9:41 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:43 PM EST reply actions  

Hack-A-Lebron

You all did love him once. - The New York Knicks.

by THEWILLY on Feb 4, 2009 9:43 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:45 PM EST reply actions  

ARHTGG

this is killing me.

HE DID NOT STEP OUT.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions  

shit

come on. we need this miracle.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:51 PM EST reply actions  

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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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:52 PM EST reply actions  

yeah

too bad. harrington had a good look.

uh oh brons got a boo boo

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions  

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.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 9:58 PM EST reply actions  

well

that’s one way to do it.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 9:59 PM EST up reply actions  

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  

how about

the “quick miss two threes, rebound both, and then hit a layup”

by Barnesgasm 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.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

balls.

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by Seth on Feb 4, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

fuck.

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by Anthony Masons Haircut on Feb 4, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

that song "Take Me Home"

god that’s so humiliating to even LISTEN to.

by DocPym on Feb 4, 2009 10:05 PM EST reply actions  

yea i'd rather listen to q-tip

even though his song makes me cringe.

by stingy d on Feb 4, 2009 10:53 PM EST up 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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