Brutal showing in Indiana, Back to the Garden hosting Memphis

Whats up everyone, hope you all enjoyed that shit show of a game last night. I really thought the Knicks had a shot against the Pacers after a decent performance the other night, but the Pacers offense clearly overmatched the Knicks. Pacers shot 53.5 percent from the floor and 42.3 percent from beyond 3-point range. Tough to come out with a win when the opposing team shoots that well. On top of the shooting clinic the Pacers put on, the Knicks turned the ball over 18 times, 18! Can’t expect to win games with that many turnovers. Lastly, the Pacers are known around the league as a fast pace team, pushing the ball down the court, and scoring points on fast breaks. They stayed true their reputation by outscoring the Knicks on the open floor 31-5. 

The Knicks dug themselves in a hole early going down 31-19, and could never dig themselves out of it. The Pacers lead was up to 38 at one point in the game, which at that point is almost unbearable to watch. Miserable game overall, and with an off day today, the Knicks travel back to New York City where they play the Memphis Grizzlies, who broke their 11-game losing streak last night against the Timberwolves. 

Want to read more about the game? Go on the KnicksTape blog or Twitter account and checkout our blogger, Aden Tempsick, for his breakdown of the Knicks dreadful loss the the Indiana Pacers. 
---> http://knickstapeny.blogspot.com/2017/12/no-porzingis-no-hardaway-jr-big_5.html

Some things you need to know about the next game 

Memphis Grizzlies (8-15) at New York Knicks (10-11)

• Kristaps Porzingis (Sprained right ankle/illness) is probable to play tomorrow, per New York Knicks Twitter 

• Tim Hardaway Jr. (Lower left Leg) has begun treatment and will be re-evaluated in 2 weeks , per New York Knicks PR

• Mike Conley still injured and Chandler Parsons is day-to-day battling a knee injury 

• Marc Gasol leads the team in PPG (18.1), RPG (9), and APG (4.2)

• Enes Kanters struggled against the Pacers (7 points 6 rebounds 1 assist), may see more Willy Hernangomez after a 10 point 14 rebound 3 assist night.

• Kanter -34 in 19 minutes on the floor

• As stated above, Grizzlies snap 11 game losing streak last night against the Timberwolves

Here's how the Knicks and Grizzlies matchup. (Credit to NBA.com) 

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Oh yeah, and this happened. Some food for thought.

TREY BURKE HAD A 39 POINT NIGHT AND WE THINK EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT. pic.twitter.com/FfYga3qJ4U

— Westchester Knicks (@wcknicks) December 5, 2017

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Vucevic and the Magic atop the Knicks 105-100

Whats up everyone, Deven Del Priore here reporting from Point Pleasant, NJ. My twitter handle is DevenDel_18, follow up. Excited to have this opportunity to be apart of KnicksTape, and hope you enjoy the content as much I enjoy producing it. I’m going to try and keep most of these short and sweet, give you guys some notables of the game, and games that are coming up. So, without further ado, lets get it going.

After 4 days off, the Knicks took on the Orlando Magic at home yesterday in a game that everyone expected them to win… That was before Porzingis (ankle/sickness) and Hardaway (leg) were ruled out out for the night. Obviously those two are the heart of this team in every aspect of the game, but like every team, the next man in line has to step up. The three players that stuck out to me were Courtney Lee, Enes Kanter, and Michael Beasley. In my opinion they did their job, Lee playing 35 minutes with 19 points on 19 shots with 5 boards and a couple assists. Lee is a shooter, and #shootersshoot. Kanter with 18 points on 13 shots, gobbling up every board possible, battling with Vucevic all night. Definitely got his moneys worth, Vucevic is solid, definitely a player to look out for as the season goes on. Beasley had a surprisingly good night, looking like he was playing back at Kansas State dropping 21 points on 19 shots. Those guys took the opportunity with Zinger and THJ out and ran with it with it on the offensive end.

The Knicks got absolutely torched by Nikola Vucevic, who what seemed like did he whatever he wanted against Enes Kanter on the Offensive end, putting up 34 points and 12 boards. Gordon and Fournier were doing their thing per usual, but the rest of the Magic are obviously very very average and their record shows it at 10-14.

With basically the Knicks B squad (A squad is with Porzingis and THJ plus B Team), the outcome wasn’t so bad. The Knicks erased a 17 point deficit going into the middle of the 4th quarter of the game, and had a chance to sneak out a win toward the final minutes of the game, obviously didn’t happen, but had a chance. Bottom line is, with the starters put out there today, you cant be competitive. Not for a whole year, not if you want to make the playoffs. Lets chalk this up to the easiest possible thing there is to do, and that is that both Porzingis and Hardaway didn’t play. Which is exactly what I’m going to do every single time the Knicks lose when that duo is inactive. Ill take a healthy Knicks team over the Magic any day of the week.

Knicks take on the Pacers tonight at 7:00pm. Tune in, and don't forget to turn this post notifications on @KnicksTape Twitter to get input on everything Knicks!

.@zteusa Final 📊@Michael8easley: 21p@Enes_Kanter: 18p | 16r@MrLance42: 11p pic.twitter.com/a15CcNhpqd

— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) December 3, 2017

7 out of the 8 next games for the Knicks are against teams under .500... Just something to look forward too. #KnicksTape

— KnicksTape (@KnicksTape) December 3, 2017

So the Knicks head to Indiana without KP and THJ who average 43.6 points total. They are bottom 3 in the league with scoring on the road (96.6). Oh and I forgot they're also 1-6 on the road. #KnicksTape pic.twitter.com/TNKpKS43tf  — KnicksTape (@KnicksTape) December 3, 2017

Lets eat tonight NYK #KnicksTape @KnicksTape @TalkinKnicks pic.twitter.com/lv2CL3K15m

— Ralph Cox (@DevenDel_18) December 4, 2017 

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— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) December 4, 2017

PETITION TO SAVE SHUMP

https://www.change.org/petitions/mr-dolan-do-not-trade-guard-iman-shumpert

Since the Knicks were eliminated by the Pacers in the second round of last year’s playoffs the team has been looking to make moves to please soon to be free agent Carmelo Anthony. Every move the Knicks have made or plan to make in the near future revolves around re-signing their franchise player. Trading the Knicks only real asset and player that Melo thinks highly of is not the smartest move. It is also unwise to trade away your only line of defense when James Harden, Kobe, Westbrook and Rose come to town.

Iman Shumpert has fallen out of favor with both Owner James Dolan and Head Coach Mike Woodson making him most likely to leave. The team already tried to get Kenneth Faried in exchange for Shump and it is reported more teams have inquired about the talented shooting guard. Trading Shumpert would be a panic move that the Knicks will regret just as much and maybe even more than not matching Jeremy Lin’s offer sheet. 

Please help talk some sense into James Dolan and sign our below petition to keep Iman Shumpert in the Orange and Blue!! 

PETITION: MR. DOLAN DO NOT TRADE SHUMP