[NYTimes] 76ers 98, Knicks 97: Knicks, Losing at the Buzzer, Are Unable to Break Their Fall (Thursday, January 12, 2017 5:00:20 AM) Squandering a 17-point lead in the first half, the team lost for the ninth time in 10 games despite the return of Derrick Rose. [NYTimes] As Jimmy Butler Sizzles, Bulls Struggle to Play […]
Month: January 2017
The Knicks and their starting point guard, Derrick Rose, travel to Philadelphia for a very important game for the future of the team. The Sixers are not particularly good and the Chicago Bulls are playing without Jimmy Butler on Thursday, so the Knicks very well could win both of these games and be right back […]
[NYTimes] On Pro Basketball: For Knicks, Professionalism Was Missing Way Before Derrick Rose Was (Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:44:11 PM) Behavior like Rose’s mysterious absence on Monday tends to spring up in organizations when the negligence comes from the top down. [NYTimes] Derrick Rose Returns to Knicks and Explains His Absence (Wednesday, January 11, 2017 […]
NBA.com reports: Last night, the Knicks hosted the New Orleans Pelicans with hopes of reversing a recent funk in which New York had lost seven of its last eight games. Not only did the Knicks fall last night to the Pelicans, 110-96, but they did so without starting point guard Derrick Rose. Rose was absent […]
[SNY Knicks] Report: Rose leaves Knicks without permission to deal with family issue (Monday, January 09, 2017 11:26:18 PM) New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose was not with the team for Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans due to undisclosed reasons. [SNY Knicks] Shorthanded Knicks struggle against Davis, Pelicans (Monday, January 09, 2017 10:08:00 […]
[NYTimes] Keeping Score: Ron Baker, Knicks’ Third-String Point Guard, Provides Lift (Monday, January 09, 2017 1:17:34 AM) The fourth-quarter play of Baker, a little-used option behind Derrick Rose and Brandon Jennings, helped end a six-game losing streak and injected offense into the game that followed. [NYPost] Knicks are sick of their own excuses (Sunday, January […]
[SNY Knicks] Knicks fall to streaking Pacers, 123-109 (Saturday, January 07, 2017 8:28:29 PM) Jeff Teague and Paul George led six Pacers in double figures with 19 points each and Indiana used a 53-32 rebounding edge to defeat the Knicks 123-109 in Indianapolis Saturday. [SNY Knicks] Tonight’s Game: Knicks at Pacers (Saturday, January 07, 2017 […]
Oops, for some reason I thought that this game was starting later. The Knicks really should win this one. EDITED TO ADD: I wrote this post at the end of the first quarter when the Knicks had just cut it to 4, but it didn’t go up until later. Let’s go, Knicks!
[NYTimes] James Harden Meets Russell Westbrook in a Battle of Perpetual Motion (Friday, January 06, 2017 12:41:24 PM) The Rockets outlasted the Thunder. Westbrook had 49 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, while Harden had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists. [NYTimes] Cavaliers 116, Nets 108: Even With Mr. Whammy, Nets Are No Match […]
The Knicks barely lost to the Bucks without Kristaps Porzingis and they will have Kristaps Porzingis back tonight, so this could easily be a win. The Bucks are a good match for the Knicks, defensively, since the Bucks don’t shoot threes very well (and they don’t shoot three period, really). As a mediocre team, the […]