New Knicks!
For the first time in maybe 4 years, last night I watched a Knicks game basically start to finish. And I loved it.
It turned out to be a great game. The Knicks were down double digits early before they stormed back to take a narrow lead at the half.
The game went into the fourth quarter tied when Amar'e Stoudemire the King took over, popping off for something like 18 points and leading the Knicks to a 113-110 win over the Raptors. As great as Amar'e was in the fourth quarter, the victory came courtesy of an improbable 3-pointer from Raymond Felton that danced on the rim for 3-5 seconds before it finally went down.
The Garden crowd was on its feet for the Knicks' final possession, and it erupted when Felton's shot went through the knitting.
It was a really incredible sight. For now at least, basketball is back in New York City. I don't know enough about the game or the league to say whether the Knicks are for real, but they've certainly proven that they can beat bad teams, even on the road.
Think about all the games the Mets have lost to the Nationals or Marlins or whoever else in recent years -- after some early difficulties, to this point in the season, the Knicks haven't been doing that.
For far too long the Knicks weren't just bad, they were organizationally despicable. They've parted ways with a lot of those players (perhaps all of them?), Isiah, mercifully, is gone, and in Stoudemire they have a very good, very likable centerpiece.
So start spreadin' the news: the Knicks are back. Will they win a championship this season? No. But if nothing else, they should offer some hope to Mets fans watching their new management group take the fiscal discipline approach in the short-term. If we can net our equivalent of Amar'e Stoudemire, it will all be worth it in the end.
- A.F.O.M.G.
It turned out to be a great game. The Knicks were down double digits early before they stormed back to take a narrow lead at the half.
The game went into the fourth quarter tied when Amar'e Stoudemire the King took over, popping off for something like 18 points and leading the Knicks to a 113-110 win over the Raptors. As great as Amar'e was in the fourth quarter, the victory came courtesy of an improbable 3-pointer from Raymond Felton that danced on the rim for 3-5 seconds before it finally went down.
The Garden crowd was on its feet for the Knicks' final possession, and it erupted when Felton's shot went through the knitting.
It was a really incredible sight. For now at least, basketball is back in New York City. I don't know enough about the game or the league to say whether the Knicks are for real, but they've certainly proven that they can beat bad teams, even on the road.
Think about all the games the Mets have lost to the Nationals or Marlins or whoever else in recent years -- after some early difficulties, to this point in the season, the Knicks haven't been doing that.
For far too long the Knicks weren't just bad, they were organizationally despicable. They've parted ways with a lot of those players (perhaps all of them?), Isiah, mercifully, is gone, and in Stoudemire they have a very good, very likable centerpiece.
So start spreadin' the news: the Knicks are back. Will they win a championship this season? No. But if nothing else, they should offer some hope to Mets fans watching their new management group take the fiscal discipline approach in the short-term. If we can net our equivalent of Amar'e Stoudemire, it will all be worth it in the end.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 7:57 AM
2 Comments:
You go from saying...
"The Garden crowd was on its feet for the Knicks' final possession"
to
"The Knicks are for real, but they've certainly proven that they can beat bad teams, even on the road."
So was it a home game or a road game?
The game I wrote about specifically was at home; later in the post I was making the point that they've proven they can beat bad teams, either at home or on the road (to this point they've been a much better road team than home team). Sorry if it wasn't clear.
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