Now would be a good time to post Allan Houston’s game 5 shot, but we did that last year.
1. HEY PHILLY FANS — What happened to the whole “Lou Williams is more of a factor in Philly than Melo is in New York and he comes off the bench!” and “We’re leading the Atlantic and we don’t even have a star player!” thing you were running with earlier in the season? Your team just openly admitted to being afraid of the Heat, and tanked in Detroit yesterday to ensure an 8th seed.
2. New Jersey Nets R.I.P. Not sure if they ever actually had fans (well, if the Charlotte Bobcats have fans, the Nets probably have a few, right?), but shout out to 1991-1995 New Jersey Net, Kenny Anderson. He has the same name as a prominent nose manualling skateboarder, and he’s from Lefrak City, Queens. Good luck with the whole Brooklyn thing. (How awful are those Brooklyn Nets logos? A basketball with a backwards hat? Are you kidding?)
3. As far as realistic expectations for the series go, the Quartersnacks Sports Desk regrettably falls in line with the most popular prediction going around now, which is Heat in five (Knicks take game 3 at MSG.) Hopefully, that’s completely wrong. Weirder things have happened…
“Damn…Jeff Van Gundy is on my leg.” — Alonzo Mourning
Saturday, April 28th, 3:30 P.M. on ABC
(Oh, and don’t call anyone assigned to the QS Sports Desk to skate this weekend.)
This Knicks team is uncannily similar to the ’99 team. A lockout-shortened, rollercoster season, a head coach fighting for his job (JVG and now Woody), a seemingly “incompatible” roster with “no chemistry” (Spree, Houston, and LJ were all supposed to be unable to mesh, just like Stat, Melo, and Tys), injuries to key players (see Ewing, Patrick), and a top-seeded Heat team facing a new look Knicks team in transition (okay, the heat are 2 this year, but bear with me). Heat in 5 isn’t a bad prediction, but even though the first round in ’99 was 5 games, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Knicks can make this a 7 game series or even upset the Heat. Every other insane storyline has gone down this season- why not one more? Man, I’m excited.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCdq1s5ekI
Fuck that. Knicks got this.
how about the celtics…
that fucking arena for the nets in brooklyn is making the area cost more money im gonna miss my bodegas
I could see it going five. But, I could also see a sweep, and not be surprised by it.
The Nets are better of with Brooklyn luck than the “garden state”.
1) That’s not an official logo of the Brooklyn Nets
2) Quit trying to sound like Chris Nieratko with this Jersey Pride bullshit. At least he’s good at it.
3) The Nets name is from when they played in New York, hence the reason why the Nets came back into the city. And don’t try to play the New Jersey “Americans” card with me if you even know what I’m talking about.
4) Yes, I’m from Brooklyn (not Williamsburg, not Greenpoint)
5) Let’s go NYK !
Rondo and Paul Pierce is going to shit on all of you
33 pt loss? I think we all know the outcome of this series.
Yeah were fucking up.
Let’s face it, the knicks are not that good. It’d be great if they could push this series to seven (or even 5 for that matter) but even before Amare went balistic on a fire extinguisher, New York just didn’t matchup with Miami. Melo’s isolation style of play is just a recipe for disaster. This team is much better when they move the ball and play defense. Just watch, when the off-season comes either Melo or Amare are going to be traded. They just can’t co-exist.