Day: November 22, 2018

BOSTON – It’s been a difficult start to Kevin Knox’s NBA career. He’s not hiding from that.

Being crowned a future star after Summer League was probably not fair for a teenager, as it turned out. He has since been removed twice from David Fizdale’s starting lineup, suffering a sprained ankle in…

BOSTON – It was coming.

It had that feel because of all the times prior it happened to the Knicks.

A collapse.

And this one would’ve been epic.

Up by 26 in the second quarter and then by 12 with 2:28 remaining, the Knicks allowed the Celtics and their passionate crowd to believe they could win…

BOSTON — Rookies Kevin Knox and Mitchell Robinson are no longer starters. But they were contributors Wednesday night. Knox had one of his best games as a rookie in the Knicks’ 117-109 victory over the Celtics, scoring 11 points with nine rebounds and hitting back-to-back 3-pointers in the fourth quarter that kept Boston at bay….

BOSTON — It was The Thanksgiving Eve Miracle. The Celtics — not the Knicks — turned into the turkeys. David Fizdale’s baby Knicks grew up on Wednesday, turned TD Garden into a cauldron of holiday jeers and hung on to beat the formidable Celtics, 117-109, to break a six-game losing streak. Who needs Kyrie Irving?…

BOSTON — Five observations from the Knicks’ 118-114 Garden loss Tuesday to the Blazers that dropped them 10 games under .500 at 4-14. 1. Knicks fans can tolerate massive amounts of losing in this 2018-19 season of player development, but not if their four most important young players — Kevin Knox, Allonzo Trier, Mitchell Robinson,…

The Knicks kept this one close, but the Trail Blazers eeked it out as New York dropped their sixth straight game, 118-114, on Wednesday night.

Zion Williamson continues to show why he may be the most-coveted player in next year’s NBA Draft.

After losing at Charlotte on Monday night, the Celtics are 9-8 and have been called “the biggest disappointment” in the NBA by former star turned television commentator Paul Pierce.

While Durant says the issue with Green won’t have an impact on his free agency decision, it is still widely expected that he’ll opt out of his deal for 2019-20 and become an unrestricted free agent in July.

The former Cavaliers superstar led a fourth-quarter comeback for the Lakers, keeping a hot streak going while sending his former team to yet another loss.

Bob Cousy and Bill Russell had the staying power that other N.B.A. star pairings lost.

The ESPN basketball analyst may have received a lift in his career from his association with James, going all the way back to Akron, but he says he is more than that now.