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Game 6: Lebrons at Knicks

by Myles A. Mills on November 6th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

Where: MSG

Watch: ESPN, MSG

When: 8 PM

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3)

PG – Mo Williams

SG – Anthony Parker

SF – Lebron James

PF – Anderson Varejao

C – Shaquille O’Neal

Rest of rotation: Jamario Moon, Zydraunas Ilgauskas, Daniel Gibson, Delonte West

New York Knicks (1-4)

PG – Chris Duhon

SG – Larry Hughes

SF – Danilo Gallinari

PF – Wilson Chandler

C – David Lee

Rest of rotation: Al Harrington, Darko Milicic, Jared Jeffries, Toney Douglas

Injuries: Eddy Curry (torn plantaris muscle) Nate Robinson (sprained ankle)

Game Notes

The Cavs visit Madison Square Garden for the first and only time this year, and so do Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson. Obviously all eyes are on King James, but the Knicks are going to have a whole lot of problems guarding the Cavs front court. The Knicks have tons of matchup problems with this team. Shaq at 50% gives the Knicks headaches, and Chris Duhon made TJ Ford look like Mark Price, now he has to handle the “all-star” Mo Williams tonight. The Cavs lost to Chicago last night at home, giving them their second home loss of the season, one more than they had all of last year. The question looms: Is this team good enough to win a championship? I know it’s only six games in, but the Magic and Celtics look a lot better. Hell, the Hawks look to be on equal ground. Obviously any team with Lebron is going to compete, but is competing going to keep Lebron in Cleveland? Time will tell.

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About Myles A. Mills

Myles is a sophomore at The Browning School, an all-boys private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He's been a Knick fan as long as he can remember, and 02-03 was the last season he could remember in entirety. He hopes to one day see the Knicks in the playoffs. Myles is also fond of the Mets, and follows them vehemently, but his the bulk of his time goes to the Knicks. Myles wants to be a radio hosts on WFAN or ESPN 1050 radio, and he hopes to write for theknicksblog.com for years to come. View all posts by Myles A. Mills →
  • HaS

    What’s the spread? 8)

  • HaS

    You guys were all “giddy” and excited to see the Knicks get embarrassed like this?

    Sigh…

  • HaS

    Again, why is this on ESPN?! Maybe at halftime they’ll switch to Suns vs. Celts.

  • HaS

    OMG who’s that guy with the dreadlocks? Ooooh that’s our lottery pick! _’antoni finally got the message. Play the kid. Especially when you’re this bad already, he obviously can’t make the team worse.

  • Eduardo15

    Disgusting. Disgusting.

    What a pathetic basketball team… you know, I used to love the Knicks for their toughness. I loved the team that would push Jordan around, play tough D… unfortunately things didn’t worked our way against those Bulls, but I’m still proud of that team for what it stood for.

    Now I have to watch these morons wander around on the defensive end, doing nothing while LeBron is having his way with us. I’m fully expecting our players to join the crowd and cheer for James.

    On the other side of the court, of course, all we do is chuck 3 pointers. Yeah, I turned off the tv, it’s a 25 point blowout right now, I guess I’ll find out tomorrow they beat us by 50 and James scored 70 pts.

    Pathetic.

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    o shit HILL is playing i guess it’s that bad..

    rite now i’m saying to my self i bet the knicks win the lottery next year
    rite now the knicks are doin the jazz a big favor

    poor ticket holders…

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    this is bad an sad but i’m glad i can switch the channel or turn it off

  • bartnyk

    You can’t say you expected anything less than this performance and you shouldn’t be disappointed honestly.

  • BiggieSmalls

    gotta be 24

  • Mucha

    Duhon needs to be traded ASAP.

    I mean really.

    Just trade his @ss for Adam Morrison or Shawn Bradley. He’s just a DISGRACE.

    And why were the Knicks freezing out Gallo? They KNOW he has to show something tonight.

    On a positive note : Maybe D’Antoni will play Jordan Hill more from now on.

  • Chris Alvino

    bartnyk- You are dead on with that comment. This Knicks team is not good. The Cavs on the other hand area good team.

  • Mucha

    Still they have to play harder. And they know that Gallinari has to show something for the Knicks, he actually plays relatively well when he has the ball in his hands (obviously better than Jeffries, Chandler, Duhon and Harrington). Let the kid go to work.

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    duhon for alston

    but donnie or danni boy thinks duhon is the best p.g in the league..

  • clyde fan

    Nice to see the Knicks welcome Bron-Bron to the Garden by quivering and rolling up in a fetile position.

    Why would he come here at all? It’s not worth taking the money if you are going to be surrounded by this crew.

    There are more stiffs in Knicks unis tonight than are in the NYC morgue.

    Also, can the Knicks players stp the lovefest long enought o play.

    Real funny when James drained that 3 and he and Larry Hughes start yucking it up going up the court. at least pretend like you give a crap.

  • Mucha

    Drive to the basket Gallinari, your 3pt-FGA are annoying

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    i can tell there are alot of fans on this blog
    praying an hoping they make a comeback…

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    shout out to HILL 5mins 6 pts

  • BiggieSmalls

    I cant take this offense. It is just jacking up three pointers or the first open shot you find.

    There is zero running and gunning. zero cutting to the hoop. zero creativity from the point guard, zero movement and zero intensity.

    Jordan Hill looked awful and Toney Douglas looked like he has a long way to go.

    Lee cant create his own shot and withers in the 4th quarter.

    Donnie has to do something.

  • EQ1217

    Donnie has got to figure out a way to get a legit PG someway somehow.

    Hill look pretty fluid out there, he should hopefully get some more minutes.

  • itzyung1

    They need to show that fire more…We need to figure out why The Real Knicks dont play until we are down by 20 in the 4th quarter.
    Hill needs JJ’s minutes….Plain and simple. Hes showed everyone that we need to hang on with him.
    Douglas is not pulling up three’s anymore and is going to the basket that another good sign.
    Cavs lose this game without Lebron…..Easily.

  • HaS

    Hill didn’t blow me away but he could have gotten 5 mins in the 2nd half too.

    _’antoni laughs too much in these post-game interviews. He says “hey, they (Cavs) didn’t miss shots!” No sh*t! Why would they when you play 0 defense? He still looks at things from an offensive perspective no matter what.

  • itzyung1

    J Hill looked awful?

  • Mucha

    Tripucka was totally right, he Knicks have no pride whatsoever.

    I’m willing to give Gallinari a pass even though he needs to attack the rim more often. Larry Hughes and – to a certain extent – David Lee played relatively well. But the rest was absolute garbage.

    “They were just making shots” excuse is not a valid excuse by the way, D’Antoni’s coaching has been terrible since the start of the season and I’m far from being a D’Antoni hater. But it is what it is. Did he really laugh during the press conference? Rationally why respect a coach who finds a way to laugh after a blow-out loss? He has to step up.

    Donnie Walsh has to make something happen – we desperately need a young point/combo guard like Bayless,

  • Mucha

    * “They were just making shots” is not a valid excuse (…)

  • HaS

    He laughed at least 3 times and added a few one liners. He just doesn’t get it I guess. If players were laughing during post-game interviews (and making jokes?!), how would that come off?

  • itzyung1

    Mike said we will see more of J Hill. GREAT THAT MEANS LESS JJ.

  • BiggieSmalls

    Hill looked over matched like a boy among men.

    the cavs made shots? jeez..

  • Mucha

    …

  • DaGawD_KnowLedge

    lmao..good stuff

  • bartnyk

    LOL big ups

  • bartnyk

    Dont worry he can draft Brandon Jennings hes projected to be there when the Knicks pick 8th ohhhh wait that was last year.

  • Bob

    FETAL

  • HaS

    Maybe he meant FUTILE? LOL! That offensive and defensive display of effort was definitely futile in the face of LeBron.