07-29-2013, 09:03 PM
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Re: The Relocation Association
The Sky is where the luck is - Love sinks game winning 3 in Heartbreaking Loss
The Knicks faced a heartbreaking loss to the Sky last night, a final score of 86-89. It came down to the wire, Love draining the game winning three, his only attempt from long range for the night. The Knicks were disappointed, but most of them remained optimistic and gave respect to the Sky.
Sky Stats:
Derrick Williams scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, attaining a double-double.
Kevin Love scored 18 points. He was in double-double range, only needing one more rebound(9) to attain it. He sunk the game-winning three to prevent the game from going to overtime.
Knicks Numbers:
Matthew Oakley, currently in his Sophomore season, showed an absoultely stellar performance. He scored a career-high 30 points in the Knicks' loss.
Stephen Curry put up 14 points and dished out 11 assists. He went 2 for 5 from 3 point range.
Among the sad loss for the Knicks, Byron Mullens also fell to an injury, continuing their injury-riddled season. Mullens has a Torn MCL and will be out for the rest of the season as MRI scans have shown.
JaJuan Johnson is now, presumably, the starting Power Forward until Josh Smith makes a return. Coach Woodson also said starting Josh Harrellson at the 4 will help spread the floor a bit more. Nice rhyming, coach. We still think Coach Woodson used to be a rapper or poet.
We spoke to Iman Shumpert after the game, as the stellar sophomore, Matthew Oakley was busy and didn't stay for interviews.
Reporter: "Hey, Iman... Matthew said he has a girl waiting at the hotel for you. What's that about?"
Iman: "Haha.. Does she look good?"
Reporter: "I have no clue. He did say 5 stacks and she's yours."
Iman: "Ahh... Is the bank open?"
Reporter: "It's closed right now, Iman. It's pretty late."
Iman: "Yeah, but I don't got my money on me.."
Reporter: "Is Matthew a pimp or something?"
Iman: "Ya'll gotta ask him about that. Hahaha..."
Reporter: "Alright, new topic. The Garden is having renovations done. Where do you expect the Knicks to play?"
Iman: "Definitely not in the Prudential Center in New Jersey... but let's just say we're taking the L.A. route."
Reporter: "Alright, nice job not spoiling it for us, Iman. What are you going to do about Byron Mullens injury?"
Iman: "We just gotta take it a day at a time, man. Brandon is coming back, so that's good. Uh... once J Smoove comes back, we'll be making a push to get a higher spot in the playoffs. Right now, seventh seed is not good enough for our standards."
Reporter: "Anything else?"
Iman: "Yeah, Matthew is real, man. He just gets in a zone sometimes... it's crazy. Sometimes I think he smokes before the game, I don't know what he does..."
Reporter: "Thanks for your time, Iman."
Iman: "Yeah, alright."
In other Knicks news, Stephen Curry has just signed a 4 year contract extension with the Knicks. He is set to earn $12.11 million next season, with an increases the year after. The Knicks have only Curry, Shumpert, Oakley and Smith under contract at the moment.
Also, the Knicks were confirmed to be in trade talks with the Celtics for a deal that would put Landry Fields and Jason Terry in New York, sending Andre Miller, along with Sean Parker, to Boston. Trade talks were too aggressive on the Celtics end, and the deal fell apart.
The Knicks face the Raptors on Wednesday, and the Sonics on Friday.
We'll bring you coverage on the Raptors game.
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