Postgame: Kings 118, Knicks 114 (OT)

Since I’ve been this dejected about a Knick loss. This team is better than it played tonight (except Chandler).

The problem isn’t really the game but what it says about the future. There is no hope but a pipe dream at this point. Gallinari has shown flashes but, as of now, lacks the quickness to get to the basket and the finishing ability to consistently put it home. Wil played out of his mind tonight but it was an aberration, and largely came outside of the flow of an offense. This team has no real muscle up front (I’ve seen David Lee get pushed around enough in the last month for a lifetime) and no guard worth a damn. And no pick! Any hope for the future seems to me based on crossing your fingers that great players we didn’t draft will take the plunge and sign here, despite numerous better options when it comes to winning.

It might be that tomorrow I’ll feel better about the Chandler/Gallo/bit parts core. But right now I feel pretty empty inside.

By outside of the flow of the offense is that most of his points came in breaking down his defender one on one. And when Sac switched to a zone he couldn’t really do it any more. And when he tried he made a wonderful driving floater over three guys but that’s a ridiculous shot you don’t want players taking every possession. And you know what? No, he can’t score like did tonight every night. He can do that once every four or five games. Wil’s last ten:
2/9 – 35
2/6 – 6
2/5 – 19
2/3 – 15
1/31 – 27
1/30 – 13
1/28 – 14
1/26 – 20
1/24 – 9
1/22 – 28

I like Wil as a complementary player fine, and yes, D’Antoni absolutely shoudl have insisted they give him the ball tonight, but he’s not usually a scoring force, and his game tonight was absolutely an aberration.