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Sports InsiderThe New York Knicks Once Again Want to Fight it Out.
April 11th 2007 21:22
This would be the time of the season where playoff bound teams
would try to bring a positive rhythm by playing good basketball and winning. Miami aren't doing any of the aforementioned things.
The defending champs are a wounded unit with injuries, personnel problems and worst of all, a less than a 100% Dwayne Wade. Miami's disappointing form continued when they were humbled by the Charlotte Bobcats, 92-82.
Gerald Wallace who is the big man on campus for the Cats inflicted most of the damage with a 24 point and 10 rebound performance.
Miami are also in danger of trying to win back-to-back titles without home court advantage as well. Its always been said that defending the championship is harder than winning it for the first time and the Heat are about to discover that truism first hand.
Speaking of teams that are bringing in horrible form at the worst time of the season - come on down Washington.
Now, it isn't the fault of the Wizards that their two All-Stars were hit with season ending injuries, but it is now up to the rest of the team to step up and try to fill the massive void left by Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas. The Wizards are unfortunately failing miserably, losing to the New Jersey Nets, 96-92.
Washington is on a five game slide which could mean curtains for the team if they continue
with this terrible form in the first round of the playoffs.
The big three for the Nets also made life miserable for the Wizards with superb performances: Richard Jefferson finished with 35 points, Jason Kidd had 14 rebounds and 11 assists, while Vinsanity had 31.
In our focus of teams that are playoff bound that are bringing in bad form, we have neglected squads that will also see postseason action without the bad karma. Chicago is one such team, who are also one step closer to securing the second seeding in the Eastern Conference with a victory over New York, 98-69.
Judging from the final score this game wasn't much of a contest, but it is what happened after the match had ended which is noteworthy.
Nate Robinson, Jerome James and Steve Francis exchanged angry words with the Bulls Tyrus Thomas. James actually had to be restrained from taking a swing at Thomas.
If the Bulls managed to score 100 points in the game the fans would get free Big Macs. Chicago's players acknowledged that they were trying to achieve that milestone, but the New York team didn't see it that way, they believed they were getting dissed by the Bulls who were trying to run up the score.
Regular readers to this space and watchers of the NBA in general would be familiar with New York once again displaying agro behaviour at the perceived disrespect shown from the opposition because they were sucking. The Knicks made similar accusations against the Nuggets as well earlier this season.
We all know what happened there.
Luckily for the Bulls and Knicks cooler heads prevailed.
Today's clip is what could have happened today to Chicago against the Knicks. Watch New York thug it out and witness also Carmelo's reputation go down the toilet once again.
Richard Jefferson was the star for New Jersey today. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
The defending champs are a wounded unit with injuries, personnel problems and worst of all, a less than a 100% Dwayne Wade. Miami's disappointing form continued when they were humbled by the Charlotte Bobcats, 92-82.
Gerald Wallace who is the big man on campus for the Cats inflicted most of the damage with a 24 point and 10 rebound performance.
Miami are also in danger of trying to win back-to-back titles without home court advantage as well. Its always been said that defending the championship is harder than winning it for the first time and the Heat are about to discover that truism first hand.
Speaking of teams that are bringing in horrible form at the worst time of the season - come on down Washington.
Now, it isn't the fault of the Wizards that their two All-Stars were hit with season ending injuries, but it is now up to the rest of the team to step up and try to fill the massive void left by Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas. The Wizards are unfortunately failing miserably, losing to the New Jersey Nets, 96-92.
Washington is on a five game slide which could mean curtains for the team if they continue
Miami had no answers for Gerald Wallace. (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
The big three for the Nets also made life miserable for the Wizards with superb performances: Richard Jefferson finished with 35 points, Jason Kidd had 14 rebounds and 11 assists, while Vinsanity had 31.
In our focus of teams that are playoff bound that are bringing in bad form, we have neglected squads that will also see postseason action without the bad karma. Chicago is one such team, who are also one step closer to securing the second seeding in the Eastern Conference with a victory over New York, 98-69.
Judging from the final score this game wasn't much of a contest, but it is what happened after the match had ended which is noteworthy.
Nate Robinson, Jerome James and Steve Francis exchanged angry words with the Bulls Tyrus Thomas. James actually had to be restrained from taking a swing at Thomas.
If the Bulls managed to score 100 points in the game the fans would get free Big Macs. Chicago's players acknowledged that they were trying to achieve that milestone, but the New York team didn't see it that way, they believed they were getting dissed by the Bulls who were trying to run up the score.
Regular readers to this space and watchers of the NBA in general would be familiar with New York once again displaying agro behaviour at the perceived disrespect shown from the opposition because they were sucking. The Knicks made similar accusations against the Nuggets as well earlier this season.
We all know what happened there.
Luckily for the Bulls and Knicks cooler heads prevailed.
Today's clip is what could have happened today to Chicago against the Knicks. Watch New York thug it out and witness also Carmelo's reputation go down the toilet once again.
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