Knicks Beat Cavs 95-90

Most important thing about this win was that the Knicks shoved it right up Barkley's ass.  TNT's commentary on the Knicks is nothing less than shamefully shameless. Fuck them.

There was lots to like about this game.  JR and Melo put two daggers into the game at the very end when victory very well was in the balance.  JR and Melo ratcheted up their play despite getting banged up a bit during the game.

Larkin played a great game overall.  He made a few rookie mistakes that fortunately did not adversely effect the win.  To his credit he played tenacious defense and contributed nicely to the offense when his opportunities came.  Kudos.

I liked seeing Stoudamire come off the bench and it was shortly thereafter that the Knicks pulled back into the game. Jason Smith was huge on offense and defense. Acy was both a pest on defense and a wildcard on offense.  sam played some strong short minutes.

MVP of the game IMO was Aldrich.  He simply takes care of business in the paint and on rebounding.  Strong, strong showing from Aldrich.  My concern at the close of the game was that Aldrich was on the bench.  He has more than made up for the loss of Tyson Chandler.

The surprise of the night were the minutes and outstanding play of Travis Wear.  Fish seems to recognise how well Wear plays the triangle and the intangibles he brings to the game. Wear was highly disruptive to Lebron and teammates in his time on the floor.  Like Larkin, an occasional rookie mistake but impressive minutes nonetheless.

Shumpert also played well, re-establishing some of his former promise with a solid game.

Pablo too, played well.  He contributed some daggers to maintain and broaden the Knicks lead.

Numerous highlight dunks by Acy, STAT, and Melo.  Numerous defensive stops by just about everyone.

TNT's insistence that "you need players with talent" is wrong.  You need players who use their talent.  The Knicks did just that tonite.