Don't forget, we play smart this year. No more Drew Gooden, Sasha, etc. getting minutes and driving fans/coaches/players crazy alike with their incredibly stupid playl

This is what our point differential looks like in graph form for the season...(as a link because the image itself is too large and will make the thread's formatting go bonkers--and I apologize that it looks cheap, I did it quickly) :: Click here for Point Diff Graph

(note :: Our last eight wins have all been by 10+ points, obviously this is disregarding the loss at Detroit...That stretch of nine games (including the DET game) we averaged a +14.89 point differential...disregarding the Detroit loss, we won those eight games remaining by an average of 17.63 points)

If we didn't have that misstep in Detroit, that's one nice picture of domination (I don't care if it's against teams we should beat the snot out of, we've had trouble with those teams in the past).

I have been very impressed with not only how well our offense has been, but how good our defense has been so far this year. It seemed with the holdouts last year our defense just wasn't getting anything done. This year, we've got the team we went into training camp with, had no contract disputes or other distractions, and we seem like a much more focused team.

And it's wonderful to see LeBron play so few minutes. Z as well (and Ben, but he should be playing the ~20~25 MPG he's getting regardless). And the fact that we have had one starting lineup this year...Man, this team seems so much more stable and the players seem comfortable within their given roles (overall) this year. It's great to see.

Oh, and as usual, thanks for the stats, No Offense. =)

Nov 15, 2008 -- 11:16PM, godfather(He hit it! He hit it!) wrote:

If Drew Gooden and Sasha had a baby. He would be Shannon Brown. 

THAT IS FUNNY AS HELL!!!!!!

Dec 3, 2008 -- 10:09PM, Fat Cat Theo wrote:

  What jumps out at me was the 13 turnovers that lead to 22 Knick points last year against only 12 points off 16 Knick turnovers...  then you look at converting 28 turnovers into 41 points tonight.  Of course, shooting 7% better from the field, 25% better from the line (with 9 more attempts), a 25% increase in assists, a 28% reduction in personal fouls, the 7 additional steals, and most notably the 8 blocked shots compared to none last year...  These are two very different teams, this season's team is much better on both ends.

I love it. I absolutely love it.