Stats on ESPN

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

The boxscore (on ESPN) is a lot more sobering than the 
result.

Antonio McDyess and Kurt Thomas outboarded Walker and 
Baker 30-14. Othella Harrington went off for 14 easy 
points off the bench (5 more boards). All told, it was 55-
45 on the glass in favor of the Knicks, whose tallest guy 
is probably Travis Knight.

SunDogg fouled out in 14 minutes (I thought he was out 
there a bit longer).

Boston's three-headed PGs needed 58 minutes to collect 
just 4 assists. I fear that's going to be closer to the 
rule than the exception.

And of course Boston continues to shoot poorly from the 
field at .392. 

Positive stats include 42 points off the bench (Vin and 
Shammond in double figures); an excellent 42 trips to the 
free throw line (.810); and the fact that Boston 
outscored the Knicks in all four quarters (despite not 
using any starter over 26 minutes).

By contrast, Kurt Thomas played 35 minutes, McDyess 32 
minutes. 

Setting all that aside, this game simply never looked in 
doubt even when Walker and Pierce sat half the game.

I'm not even sure if the Knicks ever tied the game, much 
less held the lead. It was just a day in the office for 
Boston. I hope a lot more future road games look this 
easy.


Joe H.

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