Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
NyKnicksBeat to be interviewed Tonight
I'll be on WCWPSports.com radio show tonight at 11:15Pm talking Knicks/Celtics with Jordan Lauterbach and Nick Malone on their show "Sportswire - Latenight"
Be sure to check me out as we recap the game and talk other things regarding Knicks and the NBA.
Here is the link to listen in http://wcwpsports.com/
Be sure to check me out as we recap the game and talk other things regarding Knicks and the NBA.
Here is the link to listen in http://wcwpsports.com/
No Shaq Tonight @ the Garden
via CSNNE.com.....
NEW YORK — Celtics coach Doc Rivers says Shaquille O'Neal (right knee, calf) will miss his third straight game tonight against the New York Knicks.
"If it were a playoff game or something, Shaq would play," Rivers said. "But we're not going to play him tonight."
Rivers added, "He's just not 100 percent. And you know how we are during the regular season. We want to get as healthy as possible, and that's when we play guys."
Without O'Neal, Boston will start rookie Semih Erden at center.
Erden's play has improved since being inserted into the starting lineup. In his two previous starts, the 7-foot center has averaged nine points, five rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots.
Having the veterans around clearly helps.
But Erden told CSNNE.com that his play has improved in part because his shoulder -- which likely require surgery in the offseason - is actually feeling a lot better.
"That's good for me," Erden told CSNNE.com. "I am . . . more comfortable now. I'm feeling a lot better."
He's not the only Celtics big man on the upswing physically.
Jermaine O'Neal, who has been limited to just seven games this season due to an assortment of injuries, is in New York with the team.
He told CSNNE.com that his most recent setback, a left knee injury, is improving and he hopes to get in some practice time this week.
Depending on how that goes will determine when he'll return to action.
"I'm doing better," he told CSNNE.com. "Everything is going good; the rehab, the treatments. It's crazy with the schedule, because there's really not a lot of practice time out there. Hopefully I can get in one practice this week, and then we can gauge where I'm at, from there."
Monday, December 13, 2010
Amar'e's Impact
via ESPN.com...
Though most of the talk around the New York Knicks 129-125 win over the Denver Nuggetson Sunday afternoon will focus on Amare Stoudemire reaching 30 points for a team-record eighth straight game, perhaps of greater significance is the number 16.
The Knicks outscored the Nuggets by 16 points with Stoudemire on the floor and were outscored by 12 when Stoudemire (who finished with five fouls) was on the bench.
Why is this important?
Entering the game, there had been little difference in Stoudemire’s impact when he had been on the floor. Stats and Information's Mike Lynch checked the numbers and saw the Knicks entered the day outscoring opponents by 1.9 points per 48 minutes with Stoudemire on the floor and outscoring them by 1.8 points per 48 with Stoudemire off the floor.
But this marked the second straight game in which Stoudemire’s impact was MVP-like. In a six-point win in Washington on Friday, the Knicks were plus-13 with Stoudemire on the floor and minus-7 with him out. That’s two straight difference-making performances heading into games this week against the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. The Knicks head into the week with their first eight-game win streak since the 1994-95 season.
The Elias Sports Bureau provided a pair of noteworthy nuggets on Stoudemire’s play. He’s scored 656 points in the Knicks first 25 games of the season, fifth-most in team history (the record is 718 by Dick Barnett in 1965-66). With his 30 points Sunday, Stoudemire also became the third player in the last 20 seasons with eight straight 30-point games in team wins, joining Michael Jordan (eight in 1995-96) and Shaquille O’Neal (eight in 2000-01).
Perhaps Stoudemire’s greatest impact is on point guard Raymond Felton, who had 19 points and 17 assists in the win Sunday.
With Stoudemire on the floor, Felton is shooting 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range. With Stoudemire out of the game, Felton is shooting just 41 percent from the field and 24 percent on 3-point attempts. Sunday was a rare good day for Felton with Stoudemire out, as he went 3-for-4 from the field when the Knicks big man was in foul trouble.
During this win streak, Felton is averaging 19.6 points and 10.5 assists per game. A quick check of Basketball-Reference.com shows he’s the third Knick to have a 19/17 game in the last 25 years, the first with one since Mark Jackson against the Bulls on April 8, 1988 (Gerald Henderson had the other in 1987). That game was one of 39 double-doubles posted by Jackson that season. Felton now has 11 this season and is on pace to come close to matching that.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
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