Knicks Knotes

Knicks Swat Hornets, End Three Game Skid

Final Score: Knicks 100, Hornets 87

Record: 24-13
Current Streak: Won 1

Copeland stepped up.

Priggie Smalls stepped up.

The Knicks defense stepped up.

After a slow start (blame the 12PM tipoff), the Knicks found their rhythm late in the second quarter and never looked back.

Losing streak over.

Post Game Knotes:

The Knicks looked a lot better with the two point guard set, with Prigioni running the sets.
JR Smith looked… off. Seemed like he was in a bad mood or something.
Copeland ended the game with 22 points on 9-15 shooting. Not a bad outing picking up JR’s scoring slack.
Brewer, how do you pass up that layup? Wide open and you kick the ball out for three? One too many passes there.
Although the ball movement was much better today (24 assists), Melo is still a little resistant kicking out of the double-team. I think he forgot how well the Knicks were playing when he was doing that earlier in the season.
To quote someone on twitter - Austin Rivers is doo doo
Three ball was a factor again (was missing that the past few), Knicks knocked down 11 today.
STAT’s looking better and better with each game. I really like this bench role for him.
I can’t look at Anthony Davis without thinking about the GIF of his eyebrow flying away.

Over/Under Game Results: No winners

Davis 2 Blocks: Under (1)
Melo 30 Points: Under (27)
Vazquez 8 Assists: Under (8)
Novak 2 Threes: Over (3)
Chandler 10 Rebounds: Over (14)

How about my pre-game score prediction there? Guessed the Knicks score right, was only one bucket off on the Hornets total.

Knicks win the season series against the Hornets 2-0.

KNOTEWORHTY KNICK OF THE GAME: Pablo Prigioni - not huge numbers, but he really settled down the team. Ran the offense much better than Kidd - who has been uncharacteristically un-Kidd like the past few games with a bunch of lousy turnovers - 8 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.