Posting and Toasting - Knicks at Kings~https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/29802/posting_fave.png2014-03-27T11:54:07-04:00http://www.postingandtoasting.com/rss/stream/35769892014-03-27T11:54:07-04:002014-03-27T11:54:07-04:00Video: All nine of J.R. Smith's threes
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<p>(Plus some other fine plays.)</p> <p>This video comes from the inimitable <a href="https://twitter.com/oakleyandallen">Oakley & Allen</a>, and it shows each of J.R. Smith's nine three-pointers Wednesday night against the Kings, plus some other nice stuff like that alley-oop to a reverse Tyson Chandler dunkydunk. On second look, a few of these J.R. touches came off more complex action than I described in the recap. You see a couple basic trailing threes and kick-out threes from the post or simple penetration. You also see some space created by nice on-ball stuff like that scissor-y double pick for Pablo Prigioni or the multiple screens set for Raymond Felton curling up from the baseline. J.R. was hot all night, but plays like those got him the cleanest looks.</p>
<p>That huge block and trailing bucket in transition is still my favorite, though. Good game.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2014/3/27/5553774/video-all-nine-of-j-r-smiths-threes-in-sacramentoSeth2014-03-27T02:18:47-04:002014-03-27T02:18:47-04:00Recap: Knicks 107, Kings 99
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<p>They "won"!</p> <p>This wasn't that kind of <a href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Knicks</a> game. No, not that kind either. The other other kind. The kind where they win, but only after needless trouble and exhaustion. That kind. We have seen this game maybe half a dozen times this season, and at no point has it been pleasant, but all the Knicks needed was a W to gain ground on the <a href="https://www.peachtreehoops.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Hawks</a>, and they got that, so they did, however yucky it may have been.</p>
<p>Even down a few men-- <span>Isaiah Thomas</span> included-- the <a href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Kings</a> devoured New York's defense by taking the usual routes. The more they pushed the ball up the floor, the more they used screens, and the more they let <span>DeMarcus Cousins</span> go to work on Amar'e Stoudemire, the more they ate away at New York's lead, which had once been 24 points. <span>Travis Outlaw</span> and <span>Ben McLemore</span> each enjoyed a half of unmolested jump-shooting, and even sad, <a target="_blank" href="http://t.co/zVnLKDu1JD">trodden</a> little <span>Ray McCallum</span>, whose 3-14 shooting in his first career start marks what might be FARTDOG's greatest failure of the season, made some plays down the stretch.</p>
<p>But the Knicks' saved their lead the same way they built it: threes and threes and threes and long twos and more threes. Aside from an Amar'e boost, New York's early offense was just <span>J.R. Smith</span> burying in-rhythm threes and <span>Carmelo Anthony</span> connecting out of isolation or as the decoy in a pick-and-roll (often run by J.R.). In the second half, they only dialed that up. I count 34 of the Knicks' 44 second-half points coming from Smith and Anthony. Each wild Kings run met its demise at the hands of a J.R. or Melo jumper (or both). They cut it to 14 in the mid-third quarter, then Melo sunk a tough, long three to snuff a 10-0 run. They cut it to 11 toward the end of the third, but J.R. dropped a three in right before the buzzer. They cut it to seven early in the fourth, then Melo drilled a tough fadeaway over Rudy Gay. They cut it to four, then J.R. caught an elbow three from <span>Raymond Felton</span> and Melo followed with a pull-up two. They cut it to two on a Cousins and-one, then J.R. did it from downtown again. Eventually, the Kings just stopped cutting. Some lovely pick-and-roll play from Melo (including a splendid dish-off to Amar'e) and a ballsy Tim Hardaway jumper put the game away for good. It should have been put away for good about an hour prior, but whatever, it's a win, and wins hold ostensible value right now.</p>
<p>Some notes, mostly about Clyde:</p>
<p>- Every once in a while, Rudy Gay's name is funny. Like when some running Clyde commentary goes: "McLemore reluctant to shoot this time, but not Gay!".</p>
<p>- You see, he was explaining that Gay was more inclined to take shots than Ben McLemore was, but it sounded like he was inappropriately alluding to McLemore's heterosexuality. Listen, I'm trying to enjoy these games.</p>
<p>- Both Felton and <span>Pablo Prigioni</span> got shed like snakeskin every time they defended a ball-handler, but snaps to both for facilitating much of that 22-40 combined shooting by J.R. and Melo. Nothing complicated. Just heady dribbling and identification of the trailer on the break and crisp extra-passing when the ball swung out of a pick-and-roll or a post double team. My favorite play of the former kind was J.R. violently swatting a McCallum layup (it felt like four or five promising McCallum drives ended up getting shat upon) then racing up the floor to receive a lay-off pass and splash a right elbow three. When I typed "splash," I pictured a meatball being dropped into a bowl of tomato sauce, which is a terrific image that I highly recommend imagining.</p>
<p>- Some nice movez: Melo making <span>Derrick Williams</span> look like a big toddler with a quick shake and drive from the left elbow for an easy blow-by dunk and <span>Iman Shumpert</span> doing two nice things off the dribble, which is two more nice things than he's done maybe all season. <a href="http://giant.gfycat.com/OptimalQuestionableDartfrog.gif" target="_blank">This </a>as some fantastic timing and keen sense of the defender's balance from a guy who's shown exactly none of that in previous opportunities. (Thanks, BJabs.)</p>
<p>- Clyde: "The clever Isaiah Thompson!" "The Pizza Man!" 0-2 on names, 2-2 in my heart.</p>
<p>- I'm not gonna lie, I got a little distracted as the <a href="https://www.indycornrows.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Pacers</a>-<a href="https://www.hothothoops.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Heat</a> game was ending during the early second quarter of this one, and I thought the Knicks were losing for a few minutes there when they were actually up double digits.</p>
<p>- Clyde said <span>Jim Todd</span> is a good dresser. I would like to witness a conversation between those two people. That could hold my undivided attention for ohhhhhh 14 consecutive hours.</p>
<p>- This wasn't J.R.'s most passing-est game, but whenever he's on, he gets generous, and his four assists included when perfectly-thrown lob to a slipping <span>Tyson Chandler</span> and a reverse dunk.</p>
<p>- Clyde would never get a tattoo. He claims he has neither the pain tolerance nor the patience. Clyde doesn't need a tattoo anyway.</p>
<p>- Clyde, after Stoudemire got a technical: "Stoudemire got a technical!"</p>
<p>- I'm sorry these are all about Clyde.</p>
<p>- I am not remotely sorry these are all about Clyde.</p>
<p>- <span>Cole Aldrich</span> got a sudden spurt of minutes when Chandler got in foul trouble. He, too, got burned by Cousins a few times, but he also stopped him at least once at the rim (a "block", but Cousins just lost the ball) and ripped a nice dunk 'n' holler off a patient feed from Pablo.</p>
<p>- The Kings shot fourteen free throws in the third quarter, which mattered. That was their primary second-half lead-eating weapon before they figured out how easy it is to attack the Knicks later on.</p>
<p>But the Knicks won. They scored more points. As LadyKnick mentioned, and as is their wont, the Knicks made it way too hard on themselves, but they won. Aaaaaand now the schedule gets tougher. <a href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Suns</a> on Friday.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2014/3/27/5552066/knicks-107-kings-99-why-do-they-make-it-harder-on-themselvesSeth2014-03-27T00:39:25-04:002014-03-27T00:39:25-04:00Final Score: Knicks 107, Kings 99
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<p>No losing streak!</p> <p>Well, we've said it before: The standings only see wins and losses, not big leads and narrowly avoided collapses. The Knicks let the Kings mess with them Wednesday night, but they hit some huge shots and came out of Sacramento alive. This was a genuinely tight game after the Knicks led by as many as 24, but Sacramento never pulled all the way even.</p>
<p>Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith carried the Knicks' late-game offense almost by themselves, dropping numerous pull-up and trailing jumpers to reach 36 and 29 points apiece and keep a series of Sacramento runs juuuuust short of a full comeback. Smith's nine threes tied the seemingly unbreakable Knicks record held by Melo, Toney Douglas, Latrell Sprewell, and John Starks.</p>
<p>The Knicks are now two games back of the Hawks and three games back of them in the loss column for the eighth seed, so that somehow continues to be a thing. Recap later/in the morning!</p>
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<p>SACTOSEGABABA</p> <p>Hey there. We get/have to watch the Knicks play another late-night road game this evening. They're in Sacramento to face the Kings, who are bad. Of course, the Knicks just gave up 51 points in a quarter to a bad team, so that word doesn't mean much. The Kings <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2014/3/26/5548130/kings-knicks-preview-isaiah-thomas-injury-carmelo-anthony">will be without Isaiah Thomas</a>, so you can look forward to some other guard having a career night, I guess. Not Jimmer this time! All of the Knicks who were available last night are available tonight, including Amar'e Stoudemire, who will start even though this is the second of a back-to-back.</p>
<p>Tip-off tonight is at 10 EST. This is your game thread. This is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sactownroyalty.com">Sactown Royalty</a>. Please don't post large photos, GIFs, or links to illegal streams in the thread. Stop losing, dummies!</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2014/3/26/5551820/game-thread-knicks-at-kings-3-26-14Seth2012-12-29T00:44:55-05:002012-12-29T00:44:55-05:00Kings 106, Knicks 105
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<p>Woof.</p> <p>Oh man. Nuh-uh. No way I'm writing up a full recap of that one. In short: The badly depleted <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a> played the shittiest first half and change of basketball they've played maybe ever. Wanton fouling, awful live-ball turnovers, and reprehensible perimeter defense combined with outrageously accurate shooting by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/">Kings</a> saw the Knicks down by 27 at one point. The humiliation was only intensified by that lady in the Sacramento Crowd shrieking like Xena the Warrior Princess every time the Knicks had the ball. It was no fun, but at least things were mellow. (New York also missed a bunch of free throws along the way, but it didn't seem to matter guhhhhh).</p>
<p>New York magically erased that deficit, though, actually pulling a few possessions ahead in the fourth quarter with some brilliant shooting and just the natural regression of Sacramento's offense. The Knicks could have actually put it away down the stretch, but blew some late possessions on isolation fade-aways. The game concluded with the Knicks-- up two-- running a nice lob play from <span>Jason Kidd</span> to <span>Tyson Chandler</span> only to have Kidd's lob get picked off in mid-air. The Kings raced the other way, missed a couple desperate shots and threw some awful passes in a totally slapstick possession, then somehow found <span>James Johnson</span> on the perimeter. Johnson, who had not hit a three all season, drilled the game-winner as time expired, at which point I swallowed my uvula.</p>
<p>And that's how a loss that didn't hurt turned into a thrilling victory, then suddenly turned into a loss that did hurt quite a bit. Like LeopardSuit said in the thread, I wish the Knicks just went ahead and took the blowout. Would have saved me some hormones. At least we got to see a big game from Tyson Chandler (despite all those missed free throws), a brilliant/possibly rotation-altering performance off the bench from <span>Chris Copeland</span> (he started over Ronnie Brewer in the second half and totally validated that decision), and a much-improved second half from <span>Pablo Prigioni</span> after he coughed up so many possessions early on. Steve Novak shot well, too, and J.R. Smith put up decent numbers despite hogging the ball a bit and going ice cold in crunch time. So much good in that second half. I guess just don't go down by 27 next time?</p>
<p>But yeah, against all odds, that one ended up stinging a lot. Never has the Curse of Friday Night Knicks been more potent, and now we and the Knicks get to steep in this one for three days before the next game. There's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUvEyclQjdI">only one alternative</a>.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2012/12/29/3813866/kings-106-knicks-105-i-would-have-rather-lost-by-60Seth2012-12-28T21:25:09-05:002012-12-28T21:25:09-05:00Knicks at Kings
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<p>The Knicks finish their road trip in Sacramento.</p> <p>Good evening, friends. We're some minutes away from New York's third and final game of their West Coast road trip. They're in Sacramento to face the <a href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Kings</a> tonight, looking to finish said road trip 2-1.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Knicks</a> will be without [deep breath] <span>Carmelo Anthony</span> and <span>Raymond Felton</span> and Amar'e Stoudemire and <span>Iman Shumpert</span> and <span>Rasheed Wallace</span>. I haven't seen anything about the starting lineup, so I guess we can assume that James White and Kurt Thomas will start once more.</p>
<p>The Kings WILL have <span>DeMarcus Cousins</span> available in some capacity, which is a bummer since he's very good and missed the last two games. It'll be on <span>Tyson Chandler</span> to keep Cousins away from the rim and off the glass, a difficult task but one for which I'm certain Tyson is prepared. Like I mentioned before, the Kings are very bad, but they're a winning team at home and have good enough shooters to punish the shorthanded Knicks if their perimeter defense is typically sluggish. New York probably should still win, but it won't necessarily be easy.</p>
<p>This is your game thread. This is the most excellent <a href="http://www.sactownroyalty.com">Sactown Royalty</a>. Please don't post large photos, .gifs, or links to illegal streams in the thread. Go the Knicks!</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2012/12/28/3813428/game-thread-knicks-at-kings-12-28-12Seth2012-12-28T17:49:42-05:002012-12-28T17:49:42-05:00Pre-Game: Knicks at Kings
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<p>The Knicks finish their road trip in Sacramento.</p> <p>Evenin'. We've got a late one tonight. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a> will finish their three-game Western road trip with a 10:00 EST contest in Sacramento. <span>Carmelo Anthony</span>, along with all the other people who usually don't play, will miss his second straight game because of a hyper-extended knee.</p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.sactownroyalty.com/">Kings</a> are quite bad and kind of a mess. <a target="_blank" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/demarcus-cousins-reinstated-kings-suspension-playing-vs-knicks-201657221--nba.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">It's not clear at this point</a> whether the perpetually semi-suspended <span>DeMarcus Cousins</span> will play in this one, though the most recent suggestions were that he would. The rest of the Kings-- while quite bad and kind of a mess-- do pose a threat to the defensively troubled Knicks. Sacramento's team offense isn't good, but they've got enough Jimmers and Salmons and and Thorntons and misspelled former Knicks GMs running around to light New York's backcourt up if the usual switching/pick management problems abound. Also, like the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/">Suns</a>, the Kings are a winning home team at 8-7.</p>
<p>So, the depleted Knicks might have some more trouble in Sacramento tonight. Hopefully, they won't, and if they do, I hope they'll find a way to survive like they did in Phoenix.</p>
<p>After this: Sweet, sweet rest. A three-day break to close a tightly packed month of December. See y'all before 10 if I can keep myself awake.</p>
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