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March 11, 2012
Knicks Continue Slide Since Carmelo Anthony's Return: The New York Knicks lost 106-94 to the Philadelphia 76ers Sunday, their fifth straight loss and seventh in nine games since Carmelo Anthony returned from injury. Anthony scored 22 and Jeremy Lin scored 14, but he was 5-for-18 from the field and had six turnovers. "The furor surrounding why this isn't an elite team in the league has once again reached a fever pitch," writes Matt Moore of ProBasketballTalk.
posted by rcade to basketball at 05:55 PM - 6 comments
You predicted regression to the mean?
Fascinating!
posted by grum@work at 09:13 PM on March 11, 2012
You really think this is regression to the mean?
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 10:59 PM on March 12, 2012
Do you really think that the high or the low is Jeremy Lin's true talent level?
posted by grum@work at 12:48 AM on March 13, 2012
This is about what Knick fans had worried when 'Melo returned. Lin was "the man" while 'Melo was out; now he has to take a back seat, give the ball to 'Melo, and it has showed.
posted by jjzucal at 08:51 PM on March 13, 2012
Not specifically about Lin, but about the Knicks. I find it difficult to believe that that team, with that personnel, is a 18-24 team in the East. They shouldn't be that bad - and the record with Melo in the lineup is really quite staggering.
I spoke with Jay Triano (we go to the same Starbucks - or used to up until a week ago) and he was convinced before Melo came back that it would be a problem, but it isn't Lin that's the problem.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 11:13 PM on March 13, 2012
My crystal ball pulls through once again.