Kemba continues an impressive season
It’s bad enough that despite retaining Carmelo Anthony, and bringing on two of the more brilliant basketball minds available–Derek Fisher and Phil Jackson–the Knicks can’t seem to find their footing in the 2014-2015 regular season, which is still very young, but it’s quickly getting away from the New York Knicks. Add last night’s loss to the list of disappointing finishes the Knicks have experienced already this year.
If there’s a silver lining here, it’s that this could’ve been much worse. The Hornets had what was nearly a 20-point lead on the Knicks in the second-half, and had it not been for Carmelo Anthony catching fire, this game could’ve been over long before the final seconds. But, the Knicks did in fact manage to make it a game, and they clung dearly to a 1-point lead with just over 4 seconds on the clock.
The ball was in-bounded to Kemba Walker, who saw a clear lane to the hoop on his left side, and 4 seconds later, the game was over. Hornets win.
In the Knicks last buzzer-beating loss, at least they can say they did everything in their power to avoid it. In the final seconds against the Jazz last month, J.R. Smith chased Jazz guard Trey Burke into the corner, and forced him to talk an off-balance, falling away three-pointer. Burke just happened to nail it. In this instance, there’s really no excuse for allowing Kemba Walker–no matter how quick he is–to drive all the way to the basket pretty much untouched, especially considering Amare Stoudemire was waiting for him in the paint.
Better luck next time.
