NBA 2K9 - New York Knicks

Well its been a bit of a lay off. Firstly work tuckers me out to much to play during the week and secondly i havent blogged the last 1/2 dozen games or so. So all things considering i was expecting a tough game no matter who the opponent Tonight i headed to Sac-town to take on the Kings who despite having a poor overall rating were sitting on 12-11 for the season. And they have an awesome young lienup Sacramento Kings - OFF 73 DEF 62 OVR 68 PG - R. Westbrook SG - B. Roy SF - K.Durant PF - T. Murphy C - M. Okur Off the bench - Kenyon Martin, T. Outlaw, R. Butler, M. James and scrubs New York Knicks - Off 71 DEF 92 OVR 82 My lineup just for the update consists of PG - J Calderon SG - D. West (D. Stevenson injured Plantar Fasciitis) SF - D. Granger PF - K. Garnett C - D. Mutombo (Z. Ilgauskus injured strained hamstring) Bench - R. Stuckey, T. Prince, J. Maxiell, P. Hardaway, L. Hunter, L. Mbah a Moute, C. Anderson. At the moment i only use an 8 man rotation so they all get good minutes I had a few false starts of this game during the week. I would start one up but pretty much fall asleep after half a quarter. In each of these tries Brandon Roy was the mayne mayne so i expected something similar. Not tonight. He went 4-10 for 9 points, but played significant minutes at the point and dished out 11 spoons. My mayne trouble was Mehmet and Big Kev. Only some stingy defense kept me in the game. The full court press proving successful in keeping me close with the Kings who were shooting a sky high FG percentage. Tayshaun Prince and Granger were doing well and caused some double teams freeing up some 3 point shots which helped, but i was to sloppy on the pick and roll turning the ball over with regularity. In the final Q i came back from 10 down to make it real tight in the final minutes. I was playing solid D getting a hand up and had chances to get the go ahead but could not deliver. A tied ball game with 20 seconds left and Kings ball. PLaying tight d once again i caused a brick shot but the y snared the rebound. K. Durant got the ball with 5 seconds left and hit a 15 footer. i was down 2 123 to 121 with 5.1 seconds left. Inbound play after the timeout. Tayshaun Prince flashed from the far side across the key and i hit him with the pass. He turned the corner and made the lay in to even the score with 1.7 left. Timeout - Westbrook off the inbound pass goes for the 30 foot 3 pointer. No good. Overtime! Garnett got the tip and the Knicks never looked back closing out the game with a 16-6 run. Game Final New York d 30 30 29 34 16 139 Sacamento 27 36 29 31 6 129 Jordan Brand Player of the Game Tayshaun Prince - 48 points*, 4 boards, 11 assists* off the bench * denotes career highs Top Performers New York D. Granger - 28 points, 3 boards, 3 assists K. Garnett - 26 points (13-15 FG), 15 boards 3 assists J. Calderon - 11 points, 12 assists Sacramento M. Okur - 30 points, 10 boards, 3 assists K. Durant - 21 points (3-4 3ptrs), 5 boards, 4 assists, 6 steals R. Westbrook - 16 points, 12 assists Knicks have now won 16 in a row.