Erick Blasco

The Knicks defense is very active now on their double teams. Galinari is zoning the basket, and the team is hustling into rotations. It's led to two straight turnovers.

Why are Knicks fans chanting Boston sucks?

Sometimes that IS the analysis. Hey Erick what happened on that play? "Wilson Chandler. Two points. That's all you need to know."

Interesting how JVG called Stoudemire the best roll guy in basketball and not Dwight Howard. Stoudemire can catch the ball and change direction further from the hoop and easier than Howard though. Galinari miised three free throws?

This is why you can't get too blown away or depressed when the Knicks go up by 10 points. The nature of their play will allow opponents back into the game if they stay patient. With Davis in, the Celtics have cut a 10-point lead to two.

Then Davis hustles his way out to the three-point line with a perfect closeout and Williams has to travel. Davis has changed the complexion of this game. Then a nice pass by Davis leading to an Allen layup.

Davis' screen/roll defense is excellent. He played that play perfectly---Felton was lucky to come up with the deflection and complete the broken play.

Someone's going to need to take over when JVG get's a coaching job. Nobody wants to listen to Jon Barry and Tim Legler!

Rondo is what, 2-3 on long-range jumpers? If he can keep that up, look out as the season progresses.

When Turiaf is in the game, it's easier for Boston to provide help. Chandler drove and attacked Pierce's front foot, the defense sucked in, and Chandler kicked it to Turiaf at the elbow. A different player and that's a three. With Turiaf, the Knicks have to go into a handoff/roll and the Celtics defend it well.

Paul Pierce, a big time post up, draws five Knicks, Stoudemire has to respect Pierce when he jumps to shoot, nice drop off pass to Davis who finishes strong.

Oh, that's a big time move by Amar'e.. It's not easy to outquick Davis along the baseline, take a hit, and still finish.

Well, let's be frank. A miscue due to miscommunication between Rondo and Erden led to a turnover, KG just missed a dunk, Pierce has missed open jumpers, the Celtics have gotten some looks. Rondo just dropped a pass on the baseline. Boston isn't sharp at all.

Fields isn't just a good offensive rebounder, he's an exceptional offensive rebounder. Glen Davis---amazing job showing on Felton and staying with him on the drive. Then he defends Stoudemire well on a post up. Very nicely done.

Erden isn't quick enough to show and recover on New York's screen/game and Boston's defensive rotations are under a lot of pressure because of New York's three point shooting.

Late rotation by Stoudemire. You can't have four guys above the three-point line in early offense.

Chandler has really improved his three-point shooting. It's taken his game to another level.

Fields has to understand that Boston's trailers love to pull up in transition. Fields hits a three.

Real clever playcalling by the Knicks. Curling Stoudemire off a guard. Very nice offense. Then he hits a jumper.

I wonder how seriously the Celtcs take the Knicks. If they come out energized and really intent on punishing New York, they could be up 32-17 to start the first quarter.

Oh it probably would. But Lopez has been awful this year. He's too cumbersome and timid, and he doesn't fight for deep post position as much as he should. Johnson's been giving him grief about it all season, so he's played on the perimeter more.

I appreciate this.

I've looked into this before. It looks like the best on the market, but it's a bit pricy. Do people play it? The forums look pretty dead. Plus there are little things like no play-by-play of past games. I'm spoiled by OOTP!

I'll give you a link to the forum...I'm Rockies GM. http://paramountbaseball.proboards.com/index.cgi Right now we're on about three days of downtime as the commish is in Disney World with his wife and kid. It's only the second missed sim the league has had. There was also the first real bad disagreement the league has had over a misunderstanding with the rule five draft. Other than that, the league has been great. Here's the latest set of reports. http://paramountbaseball.net/game/lgreports/news/html/leagues/league_100_home.html OOTP costs about 30-35 dollars, and it's totally worth it. It's the most immersive baseball game on the market, though platform MLB games have gotten good reviews.

I'm in a simleague that's incredibly active (exports take place every other day). All the teams are filled with a 90% export ratio, there's discussion, articles, power rankings, trash talk, it's a blast, and I love the detail that goes into it. It's taken up a lot more of my free time than I expected it would! So hearing something as better than OOTP is near blasphemy...just because I can't imagine any game as rich in options and detail as OOTP! But you have a long history with Mogul so naturally the game is doing something right!