A good week to see the Knicks at the Garden
The Knicks aren't giving their fans much motivation to watch anymore this season, but if anyone needs a reason to come to the Garden, this is a good week. Four games in six days, each one against quality opponents with players worth watching.
Here's the week ahead:
Monday: vs. New Orleans - Chris Paul, David West, Tyson Chandler and the maligned former Nets coach who only wins wherever he goes, Byron Scott.
Wednesday vs. Cleveland - LeBron James has been at another level since the New Year and we get a look at the Cavs after their busy trade deadline day.
Friday vs. Detroit - Chauncey Billups and Co. are the No. 1 contender to stop those Boston Celtics.
Saturday vs. Portland - Brandon Roy can play. The Blazers have come back to earth after a ridiculous December, but there's no denying this team has a future. Garden fans won't see Greg Oden on the court, but I wonder if they'll have him travel to get a feel for the New York experience.
The week ahead from a Knicks perspective:
Monday vs. Hornets - Nate Robinson should use this game as a personal challenge to stick with Chris Paul through every screen and listen to your Knick Fix: no matter what your coach instructs on defense, DO NOT help off Chris Paul. Ever.
Wednesday vs. Cavaliers - Eddy Curry seems to do well against Ben Wallace, but hates dealing with Anderson Varejao, who returned to the lineup Sunday after a serious ankle injury. Turn this game into a halfcourt plodder and force-feed Eddy until he pukes.
Friday vs. Pistons - Someone in the media should go into the Pistons locker room before the game and discuss the potential of Flip Saunders' getting fired and being replaced by Isiah Thomas. Watch the Pistons play as if their lives depended on it.
Saturday vs. Trail Blazers - Jamal Crawford's revenge. He never let Brandon beat him in consecutive games back in that high school gym in Seattle. A big Zach Randolph performance might also show the Blazers just what they are missing -- low post scoring and rebounding -- from being a playoff team. Channing Frye hits three perimeter jumpers in the first quarter and then disappears on the bench by 9 p.m. Oh and Oden curiously finds stuffed under his hotel room door several "comp" passes to gentleman's clubs throughout Manhattan, affectionately signed, "Z-Bo."
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Because you asked: Larry Brown's Knicks lost their 41st game on Feb. 27, against the San Antonio Spurs. The team was 15-41 at that point.
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Comments (7)
Nate might not even start monday, due to his last 2 awful performances against atlanta and orlando
let's start a hard earned double digit losing streak and make a lottery push. now that's entertainment.
alan,
thanks for answering the trivia question about the fastest knick team to reach half a season's worth of losses. wow, this team is 3 days better than the larry brown team, that's awesome!!!
good news lottery watchers: given the minutes that jamal is playing, i figure his body is about 2 weeks away from shutting down. once he is gone, this team will never win again! now we're talking progress. i predict this will be the worst knick record in history, which is a fact even the retarded owner will not be able to ignore (my apology's to all respectable retards, who certainly deserve better than to be associated with this virus) .
it's been weeks since i have written this, so i just have to get it off of my chest: i HATE dolan and isiah, i want them banished from the nba, new york city, the face of the earth.
anyway, i digress. i will go to the garden (it's been month's, god bless the suckers who bought my tickets) to root for lebron, jamal, lee and nate, and i will lose my voice torturing isiah and dolan and curry.
power to the fans.
draft jarvis vanardo !!
Sec11, we'll be in the house tonight. Looking forward to seeing CP do his thing.
$10 tickets bring me back to the old days, and we've got a personal bar at the top of the arena.
Where's Eddie Lee Wilkens when we need him?
I'll see your Eddie Lee Wilkins . . . and raise you Larry Demic. Not to mention, Ken "the animal" Bannister.
Alan, do you think the Knicks realize they have become the laughing stock of the league? They are the Cavs from the '70's, the Clippers from the '80's. Other than Dolan, no one will ever hire Thomas again. Teams only will do business with the Knicks if they can steal players. And yet, the league does nothing and Cablevision allows this all to turn to mud.
Its truly a shame.
Even the traffic on your great blog has slipped.