Knicks Morning News (2016.12.16)

Klay Thompson scored 25 points, JaVale McGee added a season-best 17, and the Golden State Warriors put on an another spectacular passing display to beat the undermanned New York Knicks 103-90 on Thursday night.

Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony and guard Derrick Rose will both sit for tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors.

Kristaps Porzingis thinks he can help recruit free agents to the Knicks

Knicks president Phil Jackson has settled into his life away from Los Angeles and his competitive fire is lit.

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony empathized with NBA players skipping games and road trips to get some rest, adding he may take a game to rest in the near future.

The Cleveland Cavaliers rested their three best players — LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love — in their only road trip of the season to Memphis.

Mr. Sager was known as much for his outlandish outfits as for his brief interviews with basketball coaches and players on N.B.A. broadcasts.

Anthony, nursing a sore shoulder, said he felt that he should play it safe.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Knicks certainly weren’t going to walk into Oracle Arena and win this game absent Derrick Rose and Carmelo Anthony. They probably wouldn’t have won with Rose and Anthony (or with Clyde and Pearl, too, for that matter), not with the Warriors devoting so much of the night to an impromptu homage…

OAKLAND, Calif. — No Carmelo Anthony. No Derrick Rose. No sufficient pregame warmups. No chance for the Knicks at Oracle Arena. With the Knicks missing two of their Big 3, the team bus arrived late for their predictable rout versus the Warriors, with most players entering the locker room 45 minutes before tip-off after a…

OAKLAND, Calif. – Kevin Durant says he enjoys being the one to nickname Kristaps Porzingis “unicorn,’’ but that didn’t mean he wanted to suit up next to him. Reflecting on why he didn’t meet with the Knicks during his free-agency summit in the Hamptons, Durant simply said: “Uh, because I didn’t want to. It’s simple….

OAKLAND, Calif. — Carmelo Anthony’s right shoulder has been acting up the past two games, the Knicks star said, leading him to take a rest day against the Warriors on Thursday night. Derrick Rose also sat out with back spasms against the league’s best team, which topped the Knicks 103-90 to move to 23-4. Adding…

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors have not disappointed. They have put the super in “superteam” — off to an NBA-best 22-4 record going into Thursday’s nationally televised visit from the Knicks. “You got to be at full force,’’ Carmelo Anthony said when asked how to beat them. “You got to have everything clicking. I think…

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The Knicks, who had a tall task in upsetting Golden State at full strength, had little chance with Lance Thomas and Brandon Jennings in the starting lineup instead of Anthony and Rose and suffered a predictable 103-90 defeat.

The issue of NBA coaches resting their star players took center stage again this week when Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue did not even bring LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love to Wednesday night’s game in Memphis against the Grizzlies.

The Knicks will face the powerhouse Warriors on Thursday night without Derrick Rose, who is out with lower back stiffness.

The Knicks arrived late to the arena because they were stuck in traffic. But they might as well just driven straight to Denver.

Derrick Rose (sore back) and Carmelo Anthony (sore right shoulder) were ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Warriors.

Kevin Durant was stationed in the Hamptons over the summer during his free agent meetings, less than 100 miles from the Garden.