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Miami needs to be tested. Thats the main thing. And if we get to avoid the only playoff team in the east we didnt win or split the season series with then thats just a plus for us.
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**** an easy route, if you want to be the best team in the East it shouldn't matter who you face.
One series at a time, then just hope for the best vs Miami if they get to the ECF.
They have a shot.
One series at a time, then just hope for the best vs Miami if they get to the ECF.
They have a shot.
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Kevin Durant dropped 29 tonight.
I THINK, don't quote me though, that Breen said Kevin needed 99 points to edge Carmelo out. So as long as he doesn't drop like 70 Melo should be the champ
I THINK, don't quote me though, that Breen said Kevin needed 99 points to edge Carmelo out. So as long as he doesn't drop like 70 Melo should be the champ
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Thats correct. Unless Melo plays Wednesday and scores less that his average.
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I hope the Sheed thing is a precautionary thing and not a major setback.
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Al Iannazzone @Al_Iannazzone 2m
Rasheed Wallace left without talking to reporters. Seemed to be limping.
Rasheed Wallace left without talking to reporters. Seemed to be limping.
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Hey man we can't control what happens, literally. Beating the Hawks can only do so much. I mean if it goes down like that for us and them all the more glory to us if we beat them. Besides that it just looks like ppl complaining are already providing a built-in excuse about the Heat if they go to the finals again. "Oh they had the easy road to the finals look at who they faced in the East." Well they're the 1st seed and they earned it. These other teams either didn't win enough or didn't want to be strategic about who they face and when or maybe they did and they're avoiding the Heat.
Either way I'd rather keep the mentality of it is what it is. Just hoping the teams remains healthy and everybody eventually returns.
Honestly I don't completely get this thinking cuz they were tested the past two years and they beat the Bulls, Celts, and Pacers convincingly. All teams who groups of ppl all said each team had a chance of legitimately beating them these past 2 playoffs when they really didn't.
Mind you they beat us with ease as well (we were not healthy though). So I don't want it to look like we want other teams to soften up the Heat before we face them so it can be easier for us to beat them. Let both teams come in relatively healthy and then we just beat them.
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No1 is saying someone else has to take the Heat out for us. Just be nice if they didnt have 2 sweeps on the way to the ECF and be well rested for that matchup if we see them there.
Point blank period, Chicago matches up better than anyone else in the east against us. Pretty clear by the season record. Now we can all sit here and be hard headed blind fans and act like we will beat anyone (like alot of us did last year by not avoiding the Heat in the first round when we werent healthy)
Or we can better our chances in the playoffs by helping Chicago jump up to the 5 seed and avoid them till the ECF or all together. We still gotta handle our business either way. But I dont see anything wrong with wanting to not see the only team in the East playoffs that we dont have a winning record against.
Point blank period, Chicago matches up better than anyone else in the east against us. Pretty clear by the season record. Now we can all sit here and be hard headed blind fans and act like we will beat anyone (like alot of us did last year by not avoiding the Heat in the first round when we werent healthy)
Or we can better our chances in the playoffs by helping Chicago jump up to the 5 seed and avoid them till the ECF or all together. We still gotta handle our business either way. But I dont see anything wrong with wanting to not see the only team in the East playoffs that we dont have a winning record against.
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I agree completely. We all know some players want to rest, but we still need to handle our business with Atlanta on Wednesday. If we win that game, the playoff complexion will look a lot better for us.
We all know we'd much rather have Chicago go up against Miami instead of Brooklyn or Atlanta. Just makes things so much easier for them.
We all know we'd much rather have Chicago go up against Miami instead of Brooklyn or Atlanta. Just makes things so much easier for them.
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what we already know and what Mike Woodson said
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Watch melo play and then lose the scoring title
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Melo should sit. I think we could still win without him. Let him rest that shoulder.
(And protect the scoring title
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(And protect the scoring title
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I wouldnt be worried about Melo losing the scoring title if he plays. If Melo goes out there hes dorpping atleast 30 and will only help his scoring title. I just dont want anyone to get hurt. I want to win that game to avoid Chicago. But not if it means we have to lose someone.
With that said I think they should all play to get one more run in before the playoffs. Dont want to go into that emotional series with Boston and our guys havent played in a week.
With that said I think they should all play to get one more run in before the playoffs. Dont want to go into that emotional series with Boston and our guys havent played in a week.
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Stupid 
Melo would have zero business playing on Wednesday.
Watch the Nets beat the Bulls anyway.
Melo would have zero business playing on Wednesday.
Watch the Nets beat the Bulls anyway.
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im not tryin to see da bulls in da playoffs b.
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Finished, thanks for the memories, brought my city a titlein 04...retire in peace
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If the Hawks beat Toronto tonight then I wouldnt even play anyone. I wouldnt take the chance of anyone getting hurt when we would have to win and Chicago would have to lose to accomplish what we want.
But if Toronto wins then we only y have to beat the Hawks and we avoid Chicago.
I think we are just conditioned to believe the worst will happen no matter what because its the Knicks. But It wouldnt hurt to go out and get one more run if Melo is feeling fine. If the shoulder has ANY pain then dont play and save it for the playoffs but we want to keep Melo in the groove he is in right now going into the playoffs.
But the main thing is watch what happens with ATL tonight and then go from there Wednesday.
But if Toronto wins then we only y have to beat the Hawks and we avoid Chicago.
I think we are just conditioned to believe the worst will happen no matter what because its the Knicks. But It wouldnt hurt to go out and get one more run if Melo is feeling fine. If the shoulder has ANY pain then dont play and save it for the playoffs but we want to keep Melo in the groove he is in right now going into the playoffs.
But the main thing is watch what happens with ATL tonight and then go from there Wednesday.
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Bulls won't beat Indiana, they won't play the Knicks regardless. Honestly tho, if the inevitable happens, I have no problem if we did play the Bulls. Bring them.
I ha my reservations about the Bulls mid-season, but with the addition of Kenyon Martin, and now Sheed is back. Our physicality is there. A type of physicality we didn't have before.
I really see the Knicks defense stepping it up to another level in the playoffs, Woodson will make that happen. So at the end of the day, a Bulls vs Knicks series would come down to defense and the Bulls have a much bigger issue scoring the ball then we do.
I ha my reservations about the Bulls mid-season, but with the addition of Kenyon Martin, and now Sheed is back. Our physicality is there. A type of physicality we didn't have before.
I really see the Knicks defense stepping it up to another level in the playoffs, Woodson will make that happen. So at the end of the day, a Bulls vs Knicks series would come down to defense and the Bulls have a much bigger issue scoring the ball then we do.
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Know what your saying, If we want to be Champions then we going to have to beat the Bulls
Hope Sheed is ok though
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whats the update on sheed?
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Successful amputation. He should be walking with a prosthetic ankle in a few weeks.
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I was hoping he'd get a wheel installed instead, but i dont think that procedure is legal in the states...
In regards to the scoring title:
If Melo sits, Durant needs to score 71 to tie and 72 to beat Melo with an average of 28.67 versus Melo's 28.66. If Melo plays and doest score, Durant only needs 38. If melo scores 15 pts, Durant needs 54.
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Welp. Sounds about wrapped up.
