Blazers Vs. Knicks: Mike Woodson Era Opens With Massive Win Over Hapless Portland
The dysfunctional Knicks got a huge win over the dysfunctional Blazers in Mike Woodson's debut as interim head coach.
| Final - 3.14.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Trail Blazers | 12 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 79 |
| New York Knicks | 25 | 30 | 23 | 43 | 121 |
The dysfunctional Knicks got a huge win over the dysfunctional Blazers in Mike Woodson's debut as interim head coach.
A sad recap of the Portland Trail Blazers' sad effort against the New York Knicks on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012. Portland lost 79-121.
Well, that was a nice, pleasant diversion. Recap later!
Same story, different game. The lackluster Portland Trail Blazers gave no effort, and got no reward, getting blown out by 42 (!) points. It's just another loss in what feels like the season-ending...
Jamal Crawford is not playing tonight, held out of the game as trade rumors swirl. See below this post for details. I don't have anything witty to add tonight. The Blazers simply aren't trying...
Knicks 56, Blazers 29 at halftime. This is...something. Keep commenting here!
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The Knicks, after a very weird day, face the Blazers in New York.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports and now others, New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni has resigned, effective immediately. Money quotes: "It was a mutual decision to no longer coach...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 12 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 79 |
| New York | 25 | 30 | 23 | 43 | 121 |
| Portland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 35 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 7-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Gerald Wallace | 33 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 12-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Marcus Camby | 25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Nicolas Batum | 32 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Raymond Felton | 32 | 2-10 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Wesley Matthews | 25 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Joel Przybilla | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Kurt Thomas | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Nolan Smith | 15 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Luke Babbitt | 17 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Chris Johnson | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Craig Smith | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jamal Crawford | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Greg Oden | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Elliot Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-75 | 5-17 | 18-23 | 38-16 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 20-0 | 79 | |
| .373 | .294 | .783 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 4 (16 pts) | |||||||
| New York | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 24 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Amare Stoudemire | 25 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 8-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Tyson Chandler | 26 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Landry Fields | 22 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Lin | 22 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Baron Davis | 17 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Jared Jeffries | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Iman Shumpert | 25 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 6-10 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| J.R. Smith | 23 | 8-18 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Steve Novak | 19 | 7-11 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 20 |
| Josh Harrellson | 7 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Mike Bibby | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jerome Jordan | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Bill Walker | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Toney Douglas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 43-80 | 19-38 | 16-26 | 42-11 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 19-2 | 121 | |
| .537 | .500 | .615 | Team Reb: 14 | Total TO: 1 (31 pts) | |||||||