[ESPN]Knicks game notes: Lee and Battier on each other, "Fat-rick Ewing"

Van Gundier · Nov 24, 2006

Yao's lone trip to NYC is usually a tough ticket, especially since seemingly Gotham's entire Chinese population floods the Garden. Not this time. The official attendance number was 17,533, but that was generous. Entire sections were empty. Either everyone stayed home to watch the Giants on Monday Night Football or the boycott has begun.

• And too bad for them. Despite another Knick loss, they missed the play of the year. With 14 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Nate Robinson went all David and Goliath on Yao, having no business being in the paint, trying to reject the shot of a man nearly two feet taller than him with only his own body to sling shot.

But that's what he did, and it wasn't of the surprise, got-you-from-behind variety. It was straight up. In your face. And lefty. To add injury to insult, Robinson caught Yao in the eye with the follow through, leaving the big man keeled over in pain and the crowd in ecstasy.

• One-game scouting report on Yao: Back to the basket, spinning to his right? Strong. Back to the basket, spinning to his right alongside the left baseline? Pretty much unstoppable. Back to the basket, spinning to his left? Not so effective, resulting in bad shots, bad passes and TOs.

• David Lee (15 points, 12 rebounds) was the first Knick to come off the bench. Within seconds, he took it strong to Mount Mutombo for a lefty layup and ran down the court to draw a charge. He even guarded Yao effectively.

Even Shane Battier noticed Lee's fight, singling him out as the young Knick he was most impressed with -- a high compliment coming from Mr. Intangible himself, a player Lee says he looked up to in college. "At one point in the game," Lee said. "I went up to (Battier) and I was like, 'You have zero points and your team is still winning.' He found other ways to impact the game."

• Shane Battier's final line: 6 points on 2 of 4 shooting (one of those buckets coming on an accidental tip-in by Quentin Richardson), seven rebounds, two assists, one steal, three blocks. Not to mention the three charges he took, the crosscourt passes he made when he was double teamed in the post and the reckless dive he took to recover a loose ball that may well have been an Eli Manning fumble.

• Watching the combination of Robinson, Lee and Renaldo Balkman is reminiscent of playing in a pickup game when your team just scored a basket and you feel the momentum shifting and everyone's running back on defense yelling, "Hands up, hands up." These guys are practically doing jumping jacks on defense. A beautiful sight.

• Watching Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis get yanked a minute into the second half? A painful sight.

• Patrick Ewing was in the house, receiving a standing ovation and looking at home while still looking unfamiliar without his hightop fade. However, when the Knick great visited the Rockets locker room after the game, the reception wasn't as kind. His buddies Juwan Howard and Dikembe Mutombo showed no mercy making fun of his weight. And even when Ewing went into another room, Mutombo continued in that one-of-a kind, raspy voice of his, "Number 33 ... Fat-rick Ewing!"

-- Matt Wong in New York City
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RocketsMac · Nov 24, 2006

Van Gundier said:

Mutombo continued in that one-of-a kind, raspy voice of his, "Number 33 ... Fat-rick Ewing!"
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lmao ..

I am just imagining Deke with his scary voice going "FATRICK EWING"

Manun · Nov 24, 2006

How come ESPN have to bash yao in any method. But Deke comment is gold. FATRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FATEEW (eeww...)
Anyway, David Lee..... u can win. Just leave freakin NYK and join us, i promise golden roads and victories.

askball · Nov 24, 2006

Bonzi for Lee
Get to work, CD

stangend77 · Nov 24, 2006

who wants to sex mutombo

YallMean · Nov 24, 2006

askball said:

Bonzi for Lee
Get to work, CD
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Bonzi + Howard for Lee and one of Knick's bad contracts.
I figure any Knick bad contract wouldnt be too bad for Rockets if we can get Lee. I will take James or Rose.

Rocket River · Nov 24, 2006

RocketsMac said:

lmao ..

I am just imagining Deke with his scary voice going "FATRICK EWING"
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Maybe he said Fat Trick Ewing

Rocket River

tiger0330 · Nov 24, 2006

YallMean said:

Bonzi + Howard for Lee and one of Knick's bad contracts.
I figure any Knick bad contract wouldnt be too bad for Rockets if we can get Lee. I will take James or Rose.
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Jalen is in Phoenix. Lee ain't going anywhere.

Deke is too funny, Fatrick Ewing and before about Curry going at Yao being on ESPN Sports Center.

tiger0330 · Nov 24, 2006

YallMean said:

Bonzi + Howard for Lee and one of Knick's bad contracts.
I figure any Knick bad contract wouldnt be too bad for Rockets if we can get Lee. I will take James or Rose.
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Oops- You meant Malik Rose. Lee still ain't going anywhere.

Rocket Rowdie · Nov 24, 2006

What terrible news it must be for any player to hear he's been traded to New York. Miserable team, miserable coach/owner, miserable fans, just a miserable situation for anyone.

wink3 · Nov 24, 2006

Did anyone notice this? The part where it compliments David Lee

"He even guarded Yao effectively."

Uhh, don't get me wrong, the kid's got hustle and all. But David Lee did not guard Yao effectively. Maybe on one possession, but c'mon, gimme a break, this blatant disregard for Yao's dominance this season is ridiculous.

Memo to NYC: Yao OWNED the Knicks this year, even a r****d like Isiah Thomas can see that.

AggieDentist · Nov 24, 2006

Rocket River said:

Maybe he said Fat Trick Ewing

Rocket River
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HAHAHAHA....

KGHossman · Nov 24, 2006

Mutombo continued in that one-of-a kind, raspy voice of his, "Number 33 ... Fat-rick Ewing!"

o man, that is classic. Picturing Mutombo saying that is what makes this so freaking hilarious. lmao

roflmcwaffles · Nov 24, 2006

wink3 said:

Did anyone notice this? The part where it compliments David Lee

"He even guarded Yao effectively."

Uhh, don't get me wrong, the kid's got hustle and all. But David Lee did not guard Yao effectively. Maybe on one possession, but c'mon, gimme a break, this blatant disregard for Yao's dominance this season is ridiculous.

Memo to NYC: Yao OWNED the Knicks this year, even a r****d like Isiah Thomas can see that.
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I'm pretty sure it was in comparison to the other Knicks players. Yao TORCHED Curry and basically anyone else that guarded him on Knicks, but Lee got a couple of hands on balls, kept ball away from Yao. It is a relative effictiveness comparing him to rest of the Knicks.

tigermission1 · Nov 24, 2006

That is why Deke remains to be my favorite NBA player...just classic stuff right there.

Deke for Homeland Security Chief! (In a press conference, after informing the nation of yet another foiled terrorist plot, Mr. Mutombo inexplicably looked straight in the camera and wagged his finger while saying, "Don't ever bring that weak sh** in here again.")

kwik_e_mart · Nov 24, 2006

Uncle Mu is simply the best! A sandpaper voice coupled with a sense of humor makes him one of the funniest basketball players in the league right now

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