Canada Goose Mike D'Antoni, NY Knicks missing the point on offense as woes conti

LOS ANGELES — Maybe the Knicks, Canada Goose Expedition Parka starting with Mike D’Antoni’s immediate superiors and including new assistant coach Mike Woodson, placed such a strong emphasis on defense that they inadvertently undermined the head coach’s greatest strength: coaching offense.
Toney Douglas is an easy scapegoat, Canada Goose Chilliwack but poor point-guard play isn’t the only issue. In consecutive road losses to the Warriors and Lakers Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, D’Antoni’s club scored 35 and 31 second-half points, respectively. The Knicks have made just 10 of their last 43 three-point attempts and since scoring 34 points in the opening quarter against the Celtics, they have gone 11 quarters without hitting 30 points.
They don’t write books about you and call you an offensive genius for putting up those types of numbers. And when the Knicks can muster only 10 points in the fourth quarter, Canada Goose Outlet as they did against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, that is far from being a perfect score in D’Antoni’s universe. “It’s frustrating to watch knowing that these guys are doing everything they can, ” D’Antoni said, “but we can’t score the basketball. ”
The Knicks will try to end a two-game losing streak on Saturday at the Sacramento Kings and they could be without Amar’e Stoudemire, Canada Goose Expedition Parka who sprained his left ankle in the last five minutes of the 99-82 loss to the Lakers. Even when Stoudemire was healthy, his game was off. He shot 4-for-17 and had four turnovers. Carmelo Anthony committed five turnovers.
“We’re pressing, ” D’Antoni said. “We’re thinking that we have to be that great team right now and we’re not. We have guys that are a little bit tight. ”The shortened preseason and two new starters — Douglas and center Tyson Chandler — were ingredients for a slow start. Also, two games this early in the season are hardly a proper sample size to conclude that the Knicks are offensively challenged, especially since Baron Davis hasn’t played. But the organization has been intent on changing its philosophy, which isn’t necessarily D’Antoni’s philosophy. In fact, the decision to hire someone to coach defense wasn't D’Antoni’s. That came from the front office and had the full support of Garden chairman James Dolan, who had previously turned down D’Antoni’s request for a contract extension. On Friday, before the Knicks practiced on the USC campus, D’Antoni managed to grin when asked if too much emphasis was placed on defense in training camp at the expense of offense. “Well, we tried to do both, ” he said. “And we really put an emphasis on the defensive end... and, you know, we’ve got to get it all done. We think the offense will come. ”

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