Tuesday, February 01, 2005
O-4 and 3 TO in the 4th Quarter - the Unforgiveable
Uhh. There you have it - an otherwise very beatable Clippers team. You have yourself in a tie game in their building with 6 minutes to go ... bad pass by Marbury stolen by Jaric for an easy hoop. Next possession ... bad pass by Marbury stolen by Jaric for an easy hoop.
Unbelievable. Not to mention that each time Marbury drove to the hoop in the 4th, he neither made a basket nor drew a foul.
You can talk all you want about the 17 offensive rebounds the Clippers got on the Knicks. Okay, that wasn't making it easier. But Steph literally handed them the game. Remember that scene in Blue Chips when the coach goes back and watches the game film where one of his players was alleged to have shaved points of the score? That's what it felt like watching Steph at the end of last night's game.
The Knicks aren't good enough to overcome their 'best' player sandbagging it.
Unbelievable. Not to mention that each time Marbury drove to the hoop in the 4th, he neither made a basket nor drew a foul.
You can talk all you want about the 17 offensive rebounds the Clippers got on the Knicks. Okay, that wasn't making it easier. But Steph literally handed them the game. Remember that scene in Blue Chips when the coach goes back and watches the game film where one of his players was alleged to have shaved points of the score? That's what it felt like watching Steph at the end of last night's game.
The Knicks aren't good enough to overcome their 'best' player sandbagging it.
# posted by Catfish Johnny Redbeard @ 6:36 AM 
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ESPN Magazine made the good comparison between what Marbury did for the Suns and what Steve Nash is doing with the Suns. It may be an unfair comparison though since Nash is definitely surrounded by a better team.
Nash may be a better ball distributer than Steph, but it's more complicated than that. Stoudemire is now the recipient of the NBA's superstar level respect - which means his fouls are attributed to teammates, and he can't get looked at without drawing a foul call. That has as much to do with the increase in his numbers as anything.
Add in Quentin Richardson, who was not on the team last year, and the emergence of Joe Johnson, which only happened after Steph AND Penny left Phoenix, and this is a different Suns team than the one Steph left.
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Add in Quentin Richardson, who was not on the team last year, and the emergence of Joe Johnson, which only happened after Steph AND Penny left Phoenix, and this is a different Suns team than the one Steph left.
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