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Stoudemire received a rousing ovation when he was introduced.
"It was great," he said. "It lets me know that the fans are still appreciative of the hard work I put on this court and the perseverance to injuries. It was a great ovation, and I love the Phoenix fans forever."
Raymond Felton had his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Suns matched their second-worst home loss since 2000.
"The ball was coming my way. Everybody did a great job of boxing out so it allowed me to get some rebounds," Felton said. "That's what really happened so I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. Once again they made me look good tonight."
Stoudemire had 19 by halftime. But it was the Knicks' sharpshooters who turned the game into a blowout with a 3-point barrage in a 38-point third quarter.
"I had one objective and that was to dominate from the start," Stoudemire said. "That was my main goal, was to dominate from the get-go. I got it going early. Then in the second half they went to a zone and my teammates got it going."
It was the kind of performance Suns fans were accustomed to in coach Mike D'Antoni's 4 1/2 seasons in Phoenix, before he jumped ship for New York in 2008.
"They really followed what we tried to do," D'Antoni said, "take them off 3s, play them straight up, make them make hard jump shots, and I thought that kind of set the tone. Then we were just hitting 3s, and that was kind of the difference in the game."
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Knicks vs Suns Recap 1/7/11
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Stoudemire received a rousing ovation when he was introduced.
"It was great," he said. "It lets me know that the fans are still appreciative of the hard work I put on this court and the perseverance to injuries. It was a great ovation, and I love the Phoenix fans forever."
Raymond Felton had his first career triple-double with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds as the Suns matched their second-worst home loss since 2000.
"The ball was coming my way. Everybody did a great job of boxing out so it allowed me to get some rebounds," Felton said. "That's what really happened so I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. Once again they made me look good tonight."
Stoudemire had 19 by halftime. But it was the Knicks' sharpshooters who turned the game into a blowout with a 3-point barrage in a 38-point third quarter.
"I had one objective and that was to dominate from the start," Stoudemire said. "That was my main goal, was to dominate from the get-go. I got it going early. Then in the second half they went to a zone and my teammates got it going."
It was the kind of performance Suns fans were accustomed to in coach Mike D'Antoni's 4 1/2 seasons in Phoenix, before he jumped ship for New York in 2008.
"They really followed what we tried to do," D'Antoni said, "take them off 3s, play them straight up, make them make hard jump shots, and I thought that kind of set the tone. Then we were just hitting 3s, and that was kind of the difference in the game."
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Say his name 5 x in a mirror and he appears.
The Landry Man
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Well, not quite. But I bet Landry Fields has done his fair share of giving opposing teams some nightmares. While living out what other rookies would consider a dream.
He is the starting 2 guard for the New York Knicks. Our New York Knicks. A winning New York Knicks. Landry had the luxury of not being part of the team for the last ten years so he probably cannot put it into proper perspective as to what playing winning basketball means in New York for its players and us, the fans.
When you look at the box score night and night out you might see something like 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal. Not ground shaking numbers. Possibly not even Rookie Of The Month numbers. An award he has one more than once during this young season.
Be careful though, statistics do not always tell the whole story. There is no statistic for intangibles. The utility worker in this league usually will not wow you with statistical numbers but they always leave their stamp on the game. The impact they bring. The key rebound, the great defensive play, the deflected pass, the art of drawing charges, crucial baskets from unlikely heros.
Those things are what Landry Fields brings to the table night in and night out. You know what you can expect from him. And just like our expectations from him when we drafted him with the 39th pick, he often exceeds them.
Coach Donnie Walsh was told he was "going to have a hard time keeping Landry Fields off the court". That might be an understatement. As much as Amar'e, Raymond Felton and the emergence of Wilson Chandler are responsible for this new found success of the Knicks. Landry deserves his fair share of credit as well.
I refer to him as the "Veteran Rookie" for his poise on the court. His basketball IQ is obviously off the charts. Going to Stanford did not hurt either. He rarely ever makes what I would consider a "rookie play" such as bad shots, botched play, or appears lost on defense. Pretty impressive for any player in this league, never mind a rookie.
So while Blake Griffin may be at home polishing a well deserved Rookie Of The Year Award for dunking on everyone who is bold enough to stand in his way. He also will be watching another Rookie perform in the post-season like he's done it before.
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"Entourage" creator Doug Ellin is batting around ideas for Amar'e Stoudemire's cameo on the last season of the HBO drama. "I'm trying to figure it out. I might put him in temple because I know he's part Jewish," Ellin told MSG sideline reporter Jill Martin during the Knicks' 128-115 beating of the San Antonio Spurs. Ellin is still writing scripts for the last season, which starts filming in April, but he told Page Six: "I want to get Amar'e and [Yankee] Mark Teixeira to get involved with bringing Don Peppe Italian restaurant in Ozone Park, Queens, to Hollywood," referring to one of Ellin's favorite eateries. "I went with Teixeira there a month ago. I want Turtle [played by Jerry Ferrara] to bring Don Peppe out to Hollywood and bring some sports stars with him." Stoudemire has yet to confirm.
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"Entourage" creator Doug Ellin is batting around ideas for Amar'e Stoudemire's cameo on the last season of the HBO drama. "I'm trying to figure it out. I might put him in temple because I know he's part Jewish," Ellin told MSG sideline reporter Jill Martin during the Knicks' 128-115 beating of the San Antonio Spurs. Ellin is still writing scripts for the last season, which starts filming in April, but he told Page Six: "I want to get Amar'e and [Yankee] Mark Teixeira to get involved with bringing Don Peppe Italian restaurant in Ozone Park, Queens, to Hollywood," referring to one of Ellin's favorite eateries. "I went with Teixeira there a month ago. I want Turtle [played by Jerry Ferrara] to bring Don Peppe out to Hollywood and bring some sports stars with him." Stoudemire has yet to confirm.
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"I signed up for this," Nash said. "I'm committed to trying to build a team here. Obviously, last year was a phenomenal year. Tied 2-2 (with the Lakers in the Western Conference finals before losing in six games), I thought we could win a championship. I genuinely believed we could and would win it. It's tough to be in this position six months later. I'm still committed to it."I love the guys. I think we've got potential but we've had so much change and haven't been able to put it together. If we want to point fingers, we've got to point some at ourselves and say, 'We haven't put it together.'
"I'm still happy. I just want to try to win games for these fans and our team because that's the most frustrating thing. We've been in a lot of games that we haven't won, that historically we found a way to win most of those."
Nash is obviously handling this situation in a very PC manner, but everyone knows this team took a turn for the worst beginning with Amare's contract situation. Steve has another year left on this contract worth 11.6 million and would love to finish his career with a winner. He would love to link up with Coach D'Antoni again, Donnie Walsh has a different plan.
The Knicks organization and fan-base is loving Raymond Felton at the moment, he's playing his best basketball of his career(18ppg & 9asst). Ray is 26 while Steve will turn 37 next month, the Knicks are building for the future while and at the same time keeping salary flexibility. Nash hurts the first cause, if the Knicks were title contenders this season, and also made a trade for Carmelo then bringing Nash in would make sense. Knicks are done with the fix for now mentality, trying to fix now severely hurts the later. Walsh will stay with Felton, which is the smarter long term move. Felton contract expires 2012, the year other top tier point guards are available (i,e) Chris Paul and Deron Williams. So the need for salary flexibility is always a must. I assume most Knicks fans can accept a 20-14 record and there pg having a wonderful season with game winners and a "never quit, team first mentality".
So Steve thanks, but no thanks...
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"I signed up for this," Nash said. "I'm committed to trying to build a team here. Obviously, last year was a phenomenal year. Tied 2-2 (with the Lakers in the Western Conference finals before losing in six games), I thought we could win a championship. I genuinely believed we could and would win it. It's tough to be in this position six months later. I'm still committed to it."I love the guys. I think we've got potential but we've had so much change and haven't been able to put it together. If we want to point fingers, we've got to point some at ourselves and say, 'We haven't put it together.'
"I'm still happy. I just want to try to win games for these fans and our team because that's the most frustrating thing. We've been in a lot of games that we haven't won, that historically we found a way to win most of those."
Nash is obviously handling this situation in a very PC manner, but everyone knows this team took a turn for the worst beginning with Amare's contract situation. Steve has another year left on this contract worth 11.6 million and would love to finish his career with a winner. He would love to link up with Coach D'Antoni again, Donnie Walsh has a different plan.
The Knicks organization and fan-base is loving Raymond Felton at the moment, he's playing his best basketball of his career(18ppg & 9asst). Ray is 26 while Steve will turn 37 next month, the Knicks are building for the future while and at the same time keeping salary flexibility. Nash hurts the first cause, if the Knicks were title contenders this season, and also made a trade for Carmelo then bringing Nash in would make sense. Knicks are done with the fix for now mentality, trying to fix now severely hurts the later. Walsh will stay with Felton, which is the smarter long term move. Felton contract expires 2012, the year other top tier point guards are available (i,e) Chris Paul and Deron Williams. So the need for salary flexibility is always a must. I assume most Knicks fans can accept a 20-14 record and there pg having a wonderful season with game winners and a "never quit, team first mentality".
So Steve thanks, but no thanks...
Sincerely,
Intelligent Knicks Blogger
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