Day: February 5, 2018

Knicks fans balked at his four-year, $71 million deal, but Tim Hardaway Jr. has proved his worth the second time around in New York.

Kent Bazemore hit a 3-pointer with 6.7 seconds left to give Atlanta a 99-96 win over the Knicks, who had led by 6 with 2:16 remaining.

Their All-Star played half the game like he was MIA. They managed, again, to turn certain victory into defeat. Players used words and phrases like “most embarrassing.” There was a call, legal it turned out, unlike anything seen in a while that had a crippling effect on their momentum. But one silver lining emerged for…

Trey Burke shined. Frank Ntilikina got hurt. And so it went in the ongoing point-guard soap opera between the newly signed former lottery pick, Burke, and the Knicks’ prized 2017 lottery pick from France. Ntilikina was shut down in the second half of Sunday’s horrifying, 99-96 matinee loss to with a sore right knee after…

The box score was kinder to Kristaps Porzingis than the eye. Though Porzingis racked up 22 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and four steals — along with no assists and two turnovers — the Knicks’ only All-Star missed three fourth-quarter free throws in Sunday’s 99-96 loss to the Hawks, and allowed the NBA’s worst team…

The Knicks didn’t need help finding a way to lose — just to do it in a way no one had ever seen. A few minutes before the Knicks suffered an embarrassing 99-96 loss to the NBA-worst Hawks, Madison Square Garden was as loud as it had been all Sunday afternoon, following Tim Hardaway Jr.’s…

It was a Super Bowl Sunday implosion of epic proportions. Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said it was the season’s worst. Courtney Lee called it “embarrassing.” Kristaps Porzingis, in hard-hitting remarks, said he still hadn’t comprehended it and feels the team still “doesn’t know how to win’’ close games. And goat Tim Hardaway Jr. didn’t stick…

Tim Hardaway Jr. stormed off the court with his head down, not making eye contact with anyone as he headed to the locker room.

Frank Ntilikina didn’t play in the second half of Sunday’s game because of soreness in his right knee.

Confusion abounded late in the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon at the Garden.

On Super Bowl Sunday, a couple of crucial video reviews went against the Knicks and resulted in their most disastrous loss all season.

Ntilikina missed the second half of Sunday’s 99-96 home loss to the Hawks because of right knee soreness.

Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis couldn’t “even process that we lost” after New York let a four-point lead slip away with 1:07 to play against the lowly Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. “We don’t know how to win games at the end,” Porzingis lamented.

Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis voiced his frustrations after New York blew a four-point lead with 1:07 remaining in Sunday’s 99-96 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at Madison Square Garden.

Knicks rookie guard Frank Ntilikina told ESPN’s Ian Begley he’ll be “all right” after missing the second half of Sunday’s 99-96 loss to the Atlanta Hawks due to a knee issue.

NEW YORK (AP) Kent Bazemore’s 3-pointer with 6.7 seconds left lifted the Atlanta Hawks to a 99-96 win over the New York Knicks on Sunday.

Enes Kanter agrees with his fellow big man Kristaps Porzingis in keeping the Knicks together ahead of the trade deadline.

For the Knicks, defense has not been the primary problem. In fact, New York ranks in the top 12 in the NBA in points allowed (105.6) and rebounds (44.4)