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Regular Season Round 23: New York K. - Indiana P. 96-103 OT
Date: November 20, 2013
When the Knicks last saw the Indiana Pacers, it was Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and New York’s last remembrance is the celebration at Conseco Fieldhouse as it headed to a solemn visitors’ locker room, season done. If that was an upset, Indiana’s 103-96 win Wednesday night wasn’t. The Pacers came into Madison Square Garden with a 9-1 record, while the Knicks have been hanging on to hope by a thread. Coach Mike Woodson didn’t want the Knicks to think about the Pacers’ success this year. He wanted them to look at the Pacers’ start to last season, when they were 3-6 before advancing to the conference finals. For 48 minutes, the Knicks seemed to grasp the message. Playing with a fire that hasn’t been seen this season — and certainly not seen on their home court — they fought to the fourth-quarter buzzer. The only problem was the game didn’t end there. Call it an ill-advised foul or a bad call, but Paul George hit three free throws in the final seconds of regulation to send the game into overtime, and the Knicks just couldn’t hang on. “Mentally, we’re frustrated,” J.R. Smith said. “Like you say, it’s too early to panic, but me personally, I’m panicking. I don’t like this. I don’t want to play 3-8 basketball.” The Knicks got a performance from Carmelo Anthony that echoed last year’s efforts — even drawing a chant of “M-V-P” from the crowd down the stretch for his 30 points and 18 rebounds. Smith chipped in with 21 points, and Beno Udrih delivered an unlikely 19, including a pair of desperation shots down the stretch. But George’s 35 points — 21 after the third quarter — were too much to overcome. Udrih gave the Knicks an 87-86 lead with 1:21 to play when he drove the lane, jumped while looking to pass, and with no options, flicked the ball over his shoulder and into the basket. The Knicks then survived a pair of open three-point attempts by George Hill that misfired, before Anthony hit a pair from the line with 9.2 seconds left. With 5.2 seconds left in regulation, the Knicks passed on the opportunity to foul early, and George attempted a three-pointer that missed badly. But referee Joey Crawford whistled Iman Shumpert for a foul. The call was a tough one, with Shumpert appearing to just slightly graze George’s elbow, but that was little consolation. “It doesn’t matter,” Shumpert said. “They called a foul. The play is over.” “I told Iman I was sure they were going to give him the ball on the hand back, and he kind of lazily played it,” Woodson said. “But again, the worst that can happen is he hits a three over you and it goes into overtime like it did, but you can’t bail him out. I looked at the tape. He got him on his elbow and Joey made the correct call.” Coming off a painful loss in Detroit with no rest, while the Pacers came in with three days off since their last game — and first loss of the season — the Knicks were in a perilous spot. Already with five straight losses at home and a three-game losing streak coming into Wednesday, the short-handed squad (no Raymond Felton or Amar’e Stoudemire) faced long odds and no expectations from a home crowd that had not hidden its displeasure for the team. But the Knicks, who have struggled badly at the start of most games, jumped out to a 13-0 lead, holding Indiana scoreless for the first 5:08 until Lance Stephenson converted a layup. By the end of the first quarter, the Pacers had closed the gap to 19-14, but the Knicks hung tough, never surrendering the lead in the first half and managing to hold a 42-37 lead at break. The night featured a nagging twist with the officiating all night long as Anthony, who had said he wasn’t getting calls in Detroit (and the point was openly echoed by Woodson), was called for a number of questionable fouls. When he was called for an offensive foul that waved off a breakaway layup powered in over Roy Hibbert midway through the third quarter, he nearly exploded. “I’m done speaking on the officials,” Anthony said. “That’s a tough way to let it slip out of your hands. I thought we did a great job, just from the way we played throughout the course of the game. I thought we had the game won. In overtime, they just walked away with it.” Courtesy of: northjersey.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 23: New York K. - Indiana P. 96-103 OT
Date: November 20, 2013
When the Knicks last saw the Indiana Pacers, it was Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and New York’s last remembrance is the celebration at Conseco Fieldhouse as it headed to a solemn visitors’ locker room, season done. If that was an upset, Indiana’s 103-96 win Wednesday night wasn’t. The Pacers came into Madison Square Garden with a 9-1 record, while the Knicks have been hanging on to hope by a thread. Coach Mike Woodson didn’t want the Knicks to think about the Pacers’ success this year. He wanted them to look at the Pacers’ start to last season, when they were 3-6 before advancing to the conference finals. For 48 minutes, the Knicks seemed to grasp the message. Playing with a fire that hasn’t been seen this season — and certainly not seen on their home court — they fought to the fourth-quarter buzzer. The only problem was the game didn’t end there. Call it an ill-advised foul or a bad call, but Paul George hit three free throws in the final seconds of regulation to send the game into overtime, and the Knicks just couldn’t hang on. “Mentally, we’re frustrated,” J.R. Smith said. “Like you say, it’s too early to panic, but me personally, I’m panicking. I don’t like this. I don’t want to play 3-8 basketball.” The Knicks got a performance from Carmelo Anthony that echoed last year’s efforts — even drawing a chant of “M-V-P” from the crowd down the stretch for his 30 points and 18 rebounds. Smith chipped in with 21 points, and Beno Udrih delivered an unlikely 19, including a pair of desperation shots down the stretch. But George’s 35 points — 21 after the third quarter — were too much to overcome. Udrih gave the Knicks an 87-86 lead with 1:21 to play when he drove the lane, jumped while looking to pass, and with no options, flicked the ball over his shoulder and into the basket. The Knicks then survived a pair of open three-point attempts by George Hill that misfired, before Anthony hit a pair from the line with 9.2 seconds left. With 5.2 seconds left in regulation, the Knicks passed on the opportunity to foul early, and George attempted a three-pointer that missed badly. But referee Joey Crawford whistled Iman Shumpert for a foul. The call was a tough one, with Shumpert appearing to just slightly graze George’s elbow, but that was little consolation. “It doesn’t matter,” Shumpert said. “They called a foul. The play is over.” “I told Iman I was sure they were going to give him the ball on the hand back, and he kind of lazily played it,” Woodson said. “But again, the worst that can happen is he hits a three over you and it goes into overtime like it did, but you can’t bail him out. I looked at the tape. He got him on his elbow and Joey made the correct call.” Coming off a painful loss in Detroit with no rest, while the Pacers came in with three days off since their last game — and first loss of the season — the Knicks were in a perilous spot. Already with five straight losses at home and a three-game losing streak coming into Wednesday, the short-handed squad (no Raymond Felton or Amar’e Stoudemire) faced long odds and no expectations from a home crowd that had not hidden its displeasure for the team. But the Knicks, who have struggled badly at the start of most games, jumped out to a 13-0 lead, holding Indiana scoreless for the first 5:08 until Lance Stephenson converted a layup. By the end of the first quarter, the Pacers had closed the gap to 19-14, but the Knicks hung tough, never surrendering the lead in the first half and managing to hold a 42-37 lead at break. The night featured a nagging twist with the officiating all night long as Anthony, who had said he wasn’t getting calls in Detroit (and the point was openly echoed by Woodson), was called for a number of questionable fouls. When he was called for an offensive foul that waved off a breakaway layup powered in over Roy Hibbert midway through the third quarter, he nearly exploded. “I’m done speaking on the officials,” Anthony said. “That’s a tough way to let it slip out of your hands. I thought we did a great job, just from the way we played throughout the course of the game. I thought we had the game won. In overtime, they just walked away with it.” Courtesy of: northjersey.com
 INDIANA P. (coach: Rick Carlisle)103 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 83 | GRIQDR, Oiul | 37 | 65-67 (08.1%) | 8-9 (82.1%) | 7-68 (90%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 45 | 5 |
| 4 | Hall, GRIQDR | 34 | 4-2 (49.0%) | 3-65 (35%) | 0-2 (18.0%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 84 | 62 | 5 |
| 6 | AURphRjsIj, vijZR | 38 | 4-9 (38.7%) | 5-4 (5%) | 4-4 (655%) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 86 | WRsU, giLad | 35 | 3-68 (44.4%) | 5-6 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 6 | 7 | 65 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 68 | 5 |
| 00 | HaMMRQU, eIF | 49 | 6-3 (80%) | 6-6 (655%) | 4-4 (655%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | AZIli, vuas | 61 | 4-3 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 48 | WiUsIj, C.z. | 61 | 5-8 (5%) | 6-3 (80%) | 3-3 (655%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 82 | bihajBa, oij | 65 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 88 | CIpRlijd, ChQasUIphRQ | 9 | 5-5 (5%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 66 | zIhjsIj, PQlijdI | 0 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Hall, AIlIBIj | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 60 | AlIij, gIjild | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | muUlRQ, eisuil | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 83-09 (38.6%) | 7-45 (45.5%) | 82-41 (99.2%) | 65 | 47 | 37 | 61 | 67 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 654 | 22 | |||
 NEW YORK K. (coach: Michael Brown)96 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 9 | SjUhIjF, CiQBRlI | 38 | 65-80 (35%) | 5-4 (5%) | 65-65 (655%) | 7 | 7 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 89 | 5 |
| 2 | ABaUh, z.e. | 42 | 3-7 (33.3%) | 3-65 (35%) | 6-6 (655%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 63 | 5 |
| 62 | tdQah, mRjI | 42 | 0-66 (30.0%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 99 | miQDjija, SjdQRi | 42 | 4-65 (45%) | 6-1 (61.9%) | 6-8 (05%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | biQUaj, KRjFIj | 42 | 4-2 (49.0%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 86 | AhuBpRQU, oBij | 41 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-3 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 06 | WIQld ORiZR, bRUUi | 61 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | OQaDaIja, OiMlI | 60 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 0 | HiQdiTiF zQ., waB | 3 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 84 | buQQF, wIuQR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 30 | SldQaZh, CIlR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 87-95 (36.3%) | 2-45 (81.9%) | 63-69 (28.3%) | 61 | 41 | 08 | 60 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 71 | 13 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
