2017-18 Game Thread: Knicks @ Kings

Here’s a big risk for the tank, as the Kings are pretty awful.

But hopefully the Knicks can pull a loss off!

Let’s go, Nick Clooney!

Knicks Morning News (2018.03.04)

  • [NY Newsday] Jeff Hornacek lets Knicks players critique themselves
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 11:45:25 PM)

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jeff Hornacek voiced his disgust with his team’s performance after Friday night’s 128-105 loss to the Clippers. He let the players do the talking Saturday.

  • [NY Newsday] Doc Rivers sees Kristaps Porzingis’ injury as a blow to Knicks recruiting
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 5:23:00 PM)

    The Knicks are looking to the future, but it’s filled with uncertainty, as Clippers coach Doc Rivers pointed out.

  • [NYDN] Knicks season winding down and so is Hornacek’s time & patience
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 9:23:25 PM)

    This was the mandate to Jeff Hornacek from the front office: play hard and play defense.

  • [NYDN] Knicks ink Troy Williams to second 10-day contract
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 1:00:17 PM)

    The Knicks signed Troy Williams to a second 10-day contract on Saturday, extending the athletic wing’s trial four more games.

  • [NYPost] Knicks’ pride challenged after brutal defensive film session
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:52:32 PM)

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jeff Hornacek made the Knicks watch the Clippers’ film and talk about their massive amount of defensive mistakes during a nearly two-hour practice session Saturday night at the defunct Kings’ practice facility by their old arena in suburban Sacramento. Livid after their 128-105 loss to the Clippers on Friday at Staples Center,…

  • [NYPost] The Knicks want a longer look at their athletic newcomer
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:27:35 AM)

    LOS ANGELES — One of the bright elements of Friday’s 128-105 debacle to the Clippers was the Knicks’ recent acquisition, the uber athletic Troy Williams. The best compliment you can give him is he looked like a Clipper, and he got rewarded Saturday with a second 10-day contract after the first one expired. Williams didn’t…

  • [NYPost] Beasley demotion on table after forward blasts teammates
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 8:30:58 AM)

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Michael Beasley hasn’t been happy with the team’s ball movement and Jeff Hornacek isn’t happy with him. Beasley admits he’s been on a slide since the All-Star break. Taking over for Kristaps Porzingis as starting power forward hasn’t been easy. Hornacek, who has only raved about Beasley’s prowess this season, singled him…

  • [SNY Knicks] After loss to Clippers, Hornacek has players dissect film themselves
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 11:08:54 PM)

    One day after the Knicks’ 128-105 loss to the Clippers, coach Jeff Hornacek stepped back and had his players dissect film themselves.

  • [SNY Knicks] Rivers knows how devastating Porzingis injury is to Knicks
    (Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:50:45 AM)

    Doc Rivers tore his ACL while playing with the Knicks in 1993/94, so he knows firsthand how devastating Kristaps Porzingis’ injury is.