11/6/07 - Nuggets @ Knicks - Postgame/Comments

Tuesday November 6th
7:30PM EST
TV: MSG, NBALP
Radio: ESPN 1050
Online Radio: The Game Live
Preview

I think this is a must win, 2-1 is a pretty nice record and beating a good team like the Denver Nuggets would show everyone were for real.

dam man we going up against The Answer and in my opinion the best small forward in the league Carmelo Anthony ....now we betta not mess up like we did on LeBron man if we do were done...and hopefully Stephon can guard Iverson and just stay in front of him...we cant let Camby shot that perimeter jumpshot neither hopefully Curry and Zach can go out and put a hand up...if we win 2nite it would defiantly be a good win 4 us....

We need to win this one. Can't forget how Denver tried to embarrass us last year. I know the players will not have forgotten. Lets just hope they have the heart to come out and get this win!

All the players are downplaying this "rematch", but I'm sure it's in some of their minds still, and it will fuel some of them a little extra. If we win this game, it'll be huge, because not only do we have to establish a home court advantage, but we have to beat teams like this to have realistic hopes of a Championship. Granted we have a lot of stuff to work on, but wins over teams like the Nuggets who don't live up to their talent but are still a good WESTERN CONFERENCE team can mean big things.

Knicks inability to guard the perimeter is really hurting us

wow exciting game!...great game but we can not turn the ball over so much...we got lucky we even won

damn what a finish. 2-1 baby! Keep them coming.

Stats
Stephon Marbury: 21 points, 9 assists
Jamal Crawford: 25 points, 8 assists
Eddy Curry: 24 points, 8 rebounds
Zach Randolph: 22 points, 17 rebounds

Don't forget Balkman. He really changed the game along with David Lee. They really played well and were instrumental in the Knicks win. Curry was surprisingly impressive in this game as well. If he can keep that up then we can have a great season but we definitely need him to do more than just score points.

What a game, there was no defense to start but the Knicks were up tempo and really on their guys in the 4th, especially Balkman. That guy is all hustle, he uses it to make up for a lot of things. Lee, of course, did his thing once again. The fact that we were down by 10 at the end of the 3rd and ended up outscoring the Nuggets 37-20 in the 4th to win by 7 is big, especially because AI went on a tear at one point in the game and we went down by double figures a couple of times, including 15 at one point in the first half. But it can't be overlooked that we still need to work on consistent defense, and free throws, which both teams struggled at. Here's the stat line for the Knicks:

Marbury - 21 points 9 assists. He hit some big three's when we needed it and took it hard to the rim when we were mounting comebacks. He played a great game.

Crawford - 25 points 8 assists 5 rebounds. JCraw has just been on through the first 3 games of the season. He hit plenty of timely shots for us tonight and got another nicee total for assists, but the 5 rebounds impresses me a lot too. He normally gets 2-3.

Curry - 24 points 8 rebounds. Eddy started out a bit rough, but a lot of the Knicks did, and he played huge in the 4th quarter. His chemistry with JCraw is as always fantastic and he seems to be running a lot better right now. He is going hard at the rim, going up strong, and with confidence.

Randolph - 22 points 17 rebounds. What more can you say? Was just a machine, and I love the fact that he isn't afriad to call for the ball in big situations and when he really wants it. He did that a couple times in the 4th, and delivered. And 17 rebounds, that speaks for itself.

Balkman - 11 points 4 rebounds 3 blocks. If they had a stat for hustle and game changing, this guy would've been off the score sheet. He is the reason this game turned around, and I was thrilled at how he kept Carmelo in check and took him almost fully out of the game.

David Lee - 9 points 7 rebounds. Same old D-Lee, came into the game with Balkman at the same time and was also a reason we stormed back.

I think it should be noted that Isiah only played 8 guys tonight, and he seems to be sticking to a short rotation. So far, I like what I see, but its only 3 games into the season. Still, great win for us at the Garden

HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS TEAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Just saw the replay and OMG what a game!! I was screaming on the cell phone my friend was like "wtf are u watching" and I told her THE KNICKS BABY THEY KICKING BUTT!!!

I'm happy for the win. The crowd as always makes it even more wonderful to watch. Zack is a beast with them rebounds!!

The Next Knick wrote:HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS TEAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

turn overs guys >_< we got lucky denver couldent get much points of turnovers or hit free trows or umm PLAY DEFENSE...lolz if it was a good team we would have lost

The Denver fans keep saying, oh the Knicks didn't win this game, Denver lost it, well thats a load of BS! We outplayed them and they couldn't handle our ZachAttack.

The Next Knick wrote:The Denver fans keep saying, oh the Knicks didn't win this game, Denver lost it, well thats a load of BS! We outplayed them and they couldn't handle our ZachAttack.

hell ya u can also tell em to suck it

The Next Knick wrote:The Denver fans keep saying, oh the Knicks didn't win this game, Denver lost it, well thats a load of BS! We outplayed them and they couldn't handle our ZachAttack.

Let them be bitter. Denial is always a result that occurs when they can't accept a defeat.

Knicks Always n Forever wrote:

The Next Knick wrote:The Denver fans keep saying, oh the Knicks didn't win this game, Denver lost it, well thats a load of BS! We outplayed them and they couldn't handle our ZachAttack.

hell ya u can also tell em to suck it

Seriously, what forum are they on anyway? Bitter, bitter.