Knicks vs Pistons

Had the pleasure of watching this one. Crawford's hot shooting in the first half made me wince knowing that the Bulls might be benefiting from his breakout year, but his play in the final minute made me feel a little better. Granted, giving him the green light in the first half was working out fine but at the end of the game, the ball should have been in Marbury's hands.

Meanwhile, an amazing comeback for Detroit. That block by Tayshaun Prince is sure to find its way onto ESPN's Plays of the Week or NBA Action's Top 10...or possibly both. Rip's 29 points were truly effortless. All in all, a very enjoyable game to watch.

Yeah, I saw that too. Crawford was on fire in the 1st quarter. Then Houston was in the 2nd qtr. Then Marbury got on fire in the 3rd...and then they lost

i like it how Hamilton makes everything seem efortless. Man these comebacks are hard to watch, they get me too nervous as a fan.

Hopefully the Pistons get some momentum soon.

can't wait for houston to be fully back in shape and see how things run with him and crawford.

Houston healthy will open things up alot for crawford and marbury. They could even go small with kurt and time thomas, houston, crawford and marbury... that lineup would score quickly. The knicks have a shot at the second round but only becuase they are bound to win the atlantic and will face the 6th seed in the first round. they will get crushed by the pistons or heat probably.

Had the pleasure of watching this one. Crawford's hot shooting in the first half made me wince knowing that the Bulls might be benefiting from his breakout year, but his play in the final minute made me feel a little better. Granted, giving him the green light in the first half was working out fine but at the end of the game, the ball should have been in Marbury's hands.

Meanwhile, an amazing comeback for Detroit. That block by Tayshaun Prince is sure to find its way onto ESPN's Plays of the Week or NBA Action's Top 10...or possibly both. Rip's 29 points were truly effortless. All in all, a very enjoyable game to watch.

tom tolbert sure doesn't like crawford...
it's debateable whether marbury should have had the last shot. but i disagree with you (andrew) and the espn commentators. there have been more then several occasions where crawford has been the one taking the last shot (and hitting them) even if he's shooting 20% for that given game. the only thing i question was the type of shot crawford took at the end. but hey, that's crawford's game, you kind of have to live and die with that.

and that's the only disappointing thing to see from him- he has a coach that believes in him and his teammates are more talented then in chicago but he still has those lapses where he's taking some crazy shots

Tom Tolbert is a dick anyway.

ANyway, I disagree with crawfords performance at the end of the game. He dribbled the ball for almost the whole shot clock and took an incredibly tough J. I think he should have given it to Marbury to drive in and try and draw a foul, or just take it to the rack.

tom tolbert sure doesn't like crawford...
it's debateable whether marbury should have had the last shot. but i disagree with you (andrew) and the espn commentators.

Just wanted to point out that I didn't agree with them simply to look knowledgable or anything like that. Although I have the honour of sharing my birthday with Tom Tolbert, I generally don't care for his commentary. But even if they hadn't made the comment about Marbury, I would have felt that allowing Crawford to use that possession and take that shot was a bad move.

there have been more then several occasions where crawford has been the one taking the last shot (and hitting them) even if he's shooting 20% for that given game. the only thing i question was the type of shot crawford took at the end. but hey, that's crawford's game, you kind of have to live and die with that.

Indeed, he can be trusted to take game winning shots. But he had cooled off a bit while Marbury was shooting well and was also having a good night playing off his teammates and also finding them for easy points. I can't sit here and say for sure that Marbury would have hit a shot or made a pass for a made basket on that play, but I would have rather had Marbury creating something than Crawford bringing it up, wasting the clock then taking that heavily contest jumpshot.

and that's the only disappointing thing to see from him- he has a coach that believes in him and his teammates are more talented then in chicago but he still has those lapses where he's taking some crazy shots

I agree. Again, he's perfectly capable of hitting big shots and putting points up on the board, but if the plan was to let him do what he did in the final minute (he also put a pretty ill-advised shot a couple of plays before that) then the Knicks would have been playing much smarter basketball if Marbury had been given the opportunity to do what he had been doing on the last few possessions.

Just wanted to point out that I didn't agree with them simply to look knowledgable or anything like that. Although I have the honour of sharing my birthday with Tom Tolbert, I generally don't care for his commentary. But even if they hadn't made the comment about Marbury, I would have felt that allowing Crawford to use that possession and take that shot was a bad move.

k no worries, i didn't make the reply because i thought you were trying look knowledgeable

Indeed, he can be trusted to take game winning shots. But he had cooled off a bit while Marbury was shooting well and was also having a good night playing off his teammates and also finding them for easy points. I can't sit here and say for sure that Marbury would have hit a shot or made a pass for a made basket on that play, but I would have rather had Marbury creating something than Crawford bringing it up, wasting the clock then taking that heavily contest jumpshot.

i guess this i just difference of opinion hehe.
i wonder what play was called on that possession. from what i remembered, they didn't look too organized there

I agree. Again, he's perfectly capable of hitting big shots and putting points up on the board, but if the plan was to let him do what he did in the final minute (he also put a pretty ill-advised shot a couple of plays before that) then the Knicks would have been playing much smarter basketball if Marbury had been given the opportunity to do what he had been doing on the last few possessions.

ill advised shots and crawford will always belong in the same sentence

i guess this i just difference of opinion hehe.
i wonder what play was called on that possession. from what i remembered, they didn't look too organized there

It certainly didn't. If that was Lenny Wilkens' vision, it wasn't one of his better ideas.

I remember Wilkens telling Marbury that the ball should be in his hands.