Knicks Morning News (2017.01.05)

The Knicks lost to the Bucks on Wednesday night, 105-104.

The Knicks host the Bucks at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Kristaps Porzingis is officially out for Wednesday night’s game against the Bucks, the team announced.

In the midst of a five-game losing streak, the Knicks are looking for answers and pondering if they have the pieces to remain competitive in all aspects.

The Knicks assigned F Maurice Ndour to their D-League affiliate, the team announced Wednesday morning.

Jeff Hornacek smiled his “aw, shucks” smile before the game Wednesday and said sometimes, coaches can be too hard on players. Sometimes, they expect perfection when that isn’t possible. And sometimes, like he did on Monday, they get frustrated. They say their team may not be capable of playing defense. They get caught by television cameras looking like they’re walking away in a huff when their star player calls an ill-advised iso play.

“The Greek Freak” is no Greek myth.

Day after day, Kristaps Porzingis and the Knicks have said the same thing about his Achilles injury: Tomorrow — it’ll be better tomorrow. Problem is, all those tomorrows are adding up.

The whole thing played out as a three-act play from hell: ball in the air, ball through the net, final buzzer. And with one last tour-de-force, Giannis Antetokounmpo had edged the Knicks ever closer to an abyss that just two weeks ago would have seemed utterly unthinkable. Yes, this is the play you’ll see time…

With Kristaps Porzingis missing his third straight game with a sore Achilles tendon, a leading medical expert in foot/ankle injuries told The Post the 7-foot-3 Latvian is suffering from tendinitis, should play less minutes and go on a special program to strengthen the tendon. The good news, the expert from Northwestern Memorial Hospital said, is…

That was a heartbreaker. The Knicks’ losing streak hit six games as they got “freaked’’ out in the fourth quarter. NBA’s new superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo stunned the Garden with a buzzer-beating 15-foot fadeaway from the foul line over Lance Thomas, capping their comeback and pulling off a Bucks’ 105-104 victory. Milwaukee rallied from 14 points…

The Carmelo Anthony clip has gone around the internet by now, but, interestingly, MSG Network’s postgame show was the first to show it Monday night. The video, leading off the program after the Knicks’ 115-103 loss to the Magic, shows Anthony dribbling the ball on the deep left wing and clearing out his mates, essentially…

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Ntilikina, an 18-year-old point guard for SIG Strasbourg in France, has enviable collection of physical tools. The goal is to wield those tools more aggressively.

Antetokounmpo, who finished with 27 points, hit a buzzer-beating 15-footer, and Milwaukee overcame a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit, dealing the Knicks their sixth straight loss.

The special ones seem to have the uncanny ability to mesmerize you and then rip your heart out.

The Knicks improved on the defensive end, but it wasn’t enough to stop the bleeding.

The Knicks are taking a cautious approach with Kristaps Porzingis.