Well, the Cavaliers played a good first half. And then everything fell apart in the 2nd half. Some outstanding defense from Tyson Chandler, some great 3-point shooting from Steve Novak, and a nice distribution of scoring among all their players helped the Knicks run away with this one.
Really just a sad display of poor defense, poor effort on the defensive glass, and a lack of effort down the stretch from the Cavaliers. Not much more to say on a frustrating night like this. Something tells me Byron Scott is going to have a few things to say to his team in the locker room tonight.
Cleveland
Starters |
Pos |
Min |
FG |
3Pt |
FT |
+/- |
Off |
Reb |
Ast |
TO |
Stl |
BS |
BA |
PF |
Pts |
K. Irving |
G |
33:51 |
8-18 |
2-7 |
4-4 |
-19 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
22 |
A. Parker |
G |
18:09 |
4-4 |
1-1 |
0-2 |
-7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
S. Erden |
C |
8:47 |
2-5 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
-7 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
A. Jamison |
F |
38:01 |
9-20 |
2-4 |
3-7 |
-17 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
23 |
O. Casspi |
F |
20:04 |
1-2 |
1-1 |
2-2 |
-6 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
Bench |
Min |
FG |
3Pt |
FT |
+/- |
Off |
Reb |
Ast |
TO |
Stl |
BS |
BA |
PF |
Pts |
Totals |
38-82 |
9-20 |
18-27 |
|
15 |
43 |
21 |
17 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
31 |
103 |
Percentages |
.463 |
.450 |
.667 |
|
Team Rebounds: 9 |
D. Gibson |
29:51 |
3-7 |
3-5 |
4-4 |
-10 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
T. Thompson |
29:27 |
5-9 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
-5 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
A. Gee |
27:56 |
1-9 |
0-2 |
4-4 |
-11 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
R. Sessions |
17:24 |
3-4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
-5 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
L. Harangody |
9:59 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
S. Samuels |
6:31 |
1-3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
M. Harris |
DNP – Coach’s Decision |
R. Hollins |
DNP – Coach’s Decision |
New York
Starters |
Pos |
Min |
FG |
3Pt |
FT |
+/- |
Off |
Reb |
Ast |
TO |
Stl |
BS |
BA |
PF |
Pts |
J. Lin |
G |
33:22 |
6-12 |
0-2 |
7-9 |
+13 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
19 |
L. Fields |
G |
19:54 |
1-6 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
-4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
T. Chandler |
C |
31:19 |
4-7 |
0-0 |
5-10 |
+5 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
C. Anthony |
F |
34:02 |
9-16 |
1-3 |
3-5 |
+12 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
A. Stoudemire |
F |
27:49 |
4-11 |
0-0 |
6-7 |
-1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
Bench |
Min |
FG |
3Pt |
FT |
+/- |
Off |
Reb |
Ast |
TO |
Stl |
BS |
BA |
PF |
Pts |
Totals |
43-85 |
6-20 |
28-42 |
|
14 |
42 |
30 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
120 |
Percentages |
.506 |
.300 |
.667 |
|
Team Rebounds: 15 |
I. Shumpert |
21:51 |
5-10 |
0-1 |
2-3 |
+14 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
J.R. Smith |
20:08 |
4-8 |
0-4 |
3-6 |
+15 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
J. Jeffries |
19:37 |
2-2 |
0-0 |
2-2 |
+14 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
S. Novak |
17:20 |
6-9 |
5-8 |
0-0 |
+13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
17 |
B. Davis |
14:38 |
2-4 |
0-1 |
0-0 |
+4 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
M. Bibby |
DNP – Coach’s Decision |
T. Douglas |
DNP – Coach’s Decision |
J. Harrellson |
DNP – Coach’s Decision |
5 Comments
When it was all falling apart (early 3rd qtr), Scott didn;t adjust & it cost us the game. Parker and Casspi were getting abused and making turnovers & we kept going with our pathetic starting lineup.
A quick sub of Gee and Gibson possibly could’ve slowed the Knicks’ momentum…
but def not on Scott is the porous D. Nobody moved their feet out there. It’s like they expect to have a shot blocker back there & most of the time it’s just Jamison refusing to rotate.
I hope I wasn’t the only screaming at my television, ‘TAKE HIM OUT ALREADY !’ In regards to Omri Casspi.
I think that has become common practice in NEO
Yep, I was screaming it to. They had 20 layups/dunks in the second half. That’s disgusting.
Love Byron Scott but can’t understand how Samardo Samuels didn’t play in the 2nd half. I just don’t get that.