Knicks-Heat Live-Blog: Half Two, Rivalry Boogaloo
By Editorial Staff
Start of the third quarter
Greg: Carmelo says don’t bring that weak assed $H!+ up in this humpty dumpty
Will: Melo and Paul Pierce, as Jon Barry would say, are two of the great scorers that WE have in OUR league
And both are just nailed to the floor
I think that was Melo’s max vert
Greg: Say what you want about Dampier
Will: And I will
Greg: But his breasts look fantastic tonight
Will: Biggest cougar in the building
Greg: LeBron’s mother might have a bone to pick with that comment
Will: Wouldn’t be the first time
Greg: Hiyo!
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Will: Heat appear to have regrouped at halftime
Greg: This is ugly basketball
Will: Chalmers make your bunnies son!
Greg: 2 Forwards 1 Cup
Will: Amar’e with a putback, timeout Miami, Heat 61, Knicks 56, 6:02 3rd quarter
Knicks with 6 TO’s in six minutes here
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Greg: I’m not even asking Chauncey to run
Will: Good. I don’t think that’s in the offing tonight.
Greg: A controlled canter would probably do the trick
Will: You can ask him to waddle, I believe
Greg: I’ve been waiting for the punchline of this D-Wade commercial for like six weeks
Will: The fact that Kevin Hart is involved in that is really making me question my sense of humor
Much like this entire G-Chat recapping concept
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Will: Amar’e looking deadly in isolation tonight
The Knicks will have some serious safety valves when this whole thing comes together
Greg: He and Aldridge are the only two players in the league that even attempt that fall away face up (among bigs)
Billups with yet another unforgiveable chuck
Will: mm
Greg: Oh
My
God
Will: Melo to the bucket
Spinning and winning, I believe is the phrase
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Will: Knicks fans with an audible Defense chant
Greg: Mike Miller silences the garden crowd his home arena with a three
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Timeout, 66-60, 3:02
Greg: Apparently Anne Hathaway is having a Billupsish performance at the Oscars right now
Will: Sorry, is that a good thing?
I don’t think of her as having much charisma
Greg: It’s a very very bad thing
Will: She’s a little stiff
Greg: Apparently it’s a train wreck
Will: My dream would be to have January Jones host
She is a charisma vortex
Greg: My dream would be Mozgov hosting
What are my chances?
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Will: What a move from Melo
How many guys in the league can avoid a charge there
Greg: LeBron is passing so well right now and none of his teammates seem to care
Will: So you gauge their caring by how many shots they make?
Because none of these guys is good at basketball
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Will: Melo for 3
Knicks down 1
Greg: Melo is heating up
Will: End of the third, Knicks down 1 after ending the quarter on yet another run
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Greg: Extra E for 3…kinda wanted Melo to destroy LeBron off the dribble there
Will: I kind of want ShawnE to start hitting threes again
People are starting to forget it’s why he’s out there
Greg: I don’t know he dribbled behind his back 2 minutes ago and was dangerously close to maintaining possesion
Will: I was grabbing my privates in fear during that entire sequence
ShawnE is 4 for his last 17 from 3 btw
I know he was great at watching LeBron launch bricks over him that one time, but he needs to hit treys to stay out there
Of course, on this team, I guess you just need to be 6-9 to stay out there
Start of the Fourth Quarter
Greg: This Spolestra/Bucher cross exam is too good
Will: “Coach, who hates the Knicks more, you or me?”
“I would say probably you, Ric”
Greg: I can’t tell if Bucher is less comfortable with a microphone or by standing that close to Spoelstra’s herpes flare up
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Will: Anthony Carter with a steal and layin
You know Greg, Anthony Carter wasn’t just a throw-in!
I think he was the linchpin of this deal!
Greg: Is it to early/pathetic to wonder where Corey Brewer is?
Will: Is it too early to challenge Mike Wilbon’s prediction that tonight’s winner would need 126 points?
No, and no
Timeout, Heat lead 74-69, 8:55 to play
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Will: Do you get the sense that at some point, Eddie House has to hit a three?
Me neither
Greg: No designated 3pt shooter misses threes more wildly
Will: Bully for 3
Greg: I was positive that shot was dropping
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Will: What in the hell was that shot by Billups
Greg: Was that Billups shot serious?
Will: Jinx!
Tirico: “Knicks can tie with a triple.”
Mike, trust me, they know. Don’t encourage them
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Greg: Anthony D’ing up Lebron
Will: LeBron is no Antawn Jamison
Greg: Bosh looks like hes starring in a remake of “The Accused” every time he gets fouled
Will: Can Spike Lee get a technical foul?
I would T up Spike if I could
Instead, it’s Billups with the T
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Greg: Normally it takes a knockout drag out JR Smith crowd fight to get Carmelo this heated
I’m loving his intensity on defense right now
Will: Amar’e nowhere to be found on the defensive glass
Then grabs a second chance on the other end, and finishes underneath
Greg: Shawne Williams looks like he is falling down the stairs every time he puts the ball on the floor
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Timeout, Heat lead 82-78 with 3 minutes to play
Will: Great shot of Rick Brunson there in that Knicks-Heat rivalry montage
I know you’re thinking the same
Greg: Pretty weird to air a Bloodsport montage in the middle of a Knicks game
Will: They didn’t even include Chong Li
Greg: Wait, then who wore number 34 for the Knicks?
Will: Oak Li
Greg: Hahaha
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Greg: Melo guarded straight up by Meth Miller
Will: Melo lays a brick over Meth Miller
Greg: Wow
Will: We are a little too in sync right now
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Will: 84-80 Heat, 1:47 to go
Billups with an incredible runner in the lane!
Two-point game!
Greg: He got accosted on that
Will: Knicks have really fought hard tonight
They can tie it here
1:00 to play
Greg: It’s Melo time. Make sure Billups knows that
Will: Billups pulls up for 3!!!
85-84 Knicks, timeout Heat!
Greg: Sigh
Will: Senor Grantiro!
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Greg: Knicks are only 41 points from pushing the Wilbon “over”
Will: Nobody puts a run together like the New York Knicks
Now, can they get a stop?
Greg: Will can you remind me whether or not Chauncey was a ‘throw-in’?
Will: He was.
I’m pretty sure it was Anthony Carter that got the deal done.
Will: Steal by Billups, Williams can’t finish but he’ll go to the line
Greg: BRO
Throw. That. Down.
Will: Williams goes 2-2 at the line, 87-84 Knicks, 40 seconds left
LBJ draws the foul on Amar’e, who appeared to get all ball
James to the line
Makes both, one point game, Heat will not foul
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Will: Knicks call timeout with 4 to shoot, 13 seconds left
On a team with Billups, Melo and Amar’e, it looked like no one wanted it all of a sudden
Greg: You have to get Carmelo the ball there
Will: They have to get it to him right here on this inbounds
Greg: This crunch time lineup is absurd
Will: It should be noted that Bill Walker has gotten ALL the Fields crunch time minutes
Greg: Great minds, once again.
Will: Bully steps on the baseline, turnover
Greg: So many questions right now
Will: He may have been pushed by Miller there
Tough to ask for a foul though
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Will: So the Heat will have it down by one with 12 seconds left. The Knicks do have timeouts in the event of a quick score
Greg: Good, I want to make sure Bully gets another shot
Will: James with it
Blocked by Amar’e!!!!
Greg: OH MY GOD
Superlative defense by Melo and great help by Amar’e
Will: Williams with the rebound and he’ll go to the line with 7 seconds left
Melo with excellent D on James as well
ShawnE makes both once again, and Miami calls its final timeout with 6.7 seconds left, down by 3
A fantastic effort from the entire team tonight, win or lose
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Greg: If the Knicks pull this game out is there a chance that the fans storm the court?
Will: None, because this isn’t Boston where the fans are surprised by success
Yes I’m bitter about living here
Here we go
Greg: Miami has several players who can stroke it with confidence
Will: James misses the three!!!
Bully on the board, and he’ll head to the line to ice it with the Heat out of timeouts
Hiiiiggghhhh bounce….
And in!
Will: Bully makes both and the Knicks win it, 91-86
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Greg: Hubie calls this an embarrassing loss for Miami
Will: I couldn’t believe that
Are the Knicks good, or aren’t they?
Because we kept hearing how the Knicks are back from the media
So either they’re good, or losing to them is embarrassing
Greg: And yet none of them are willing to predict whether or not we will be good
Will: Billups looks like he just stepped out of a swamp
Jon Barry actually said he didn’t like the deal, only mainstream media guy I remember saying that
Other than Will Woods of Buckets Over Broadway of course, who is beginning to look like an idiot.
Ok this has gone on way too long, let’s bring this baby in for a landing. A great win for the Knicks tonight even regardless of the loss in Cleveland – they’re going to make the playoffs barring injuries now, and these are the wins that will give them a fighting chance come April. Knicks now 2-2 against Miami.