From Marc Berman: The Knicks’ magic ran out against the reeling Magic. A third quarter from hell doomed the Knicks as their Fantasyland three-game winning streak got snapped by an injury-wracked Orlando squad, 107-89, before 4,000 fans at Amway Center on Wednesday night. Looking like anything but a playoff contender, the Knicks (14-16) missed 15 […]
Month: February 2021
The Knicks head to Orlando for a very good chance at getting to .500 ahead of a game against the worst team in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Magic’s recent collapse (they have the second worst record in the NBA since the start of 2021) has been a huge factor in making the Knicks […]
The Knicks host the Hawks tonight, and while it sure looked like the Hawks were poised to make a big move in the standings this year, they’ve instead taken a step back. Part of that is due to injuries, but in general, they are not playing well at all and Trae Young, in particular, has […]
From David Vertsberger: NBA trade season is underway, with the Knicks setting off the starting gun by acquiring Derrick Rose in a deal with the Pistons. There remains a number of big names and deals to be made across the league, including for New York, finding itself within reach of the playoffs for the first […]
From Peter Botte: A costly weekend due to Mitchell Robinson’s injury still resulted in two important wins against undermanned opponents for the Knicks. Immanuel Quickley connected on four 3-pointers and scored 22 points — while replacement centers Nerlens Noel and Taj Gibson played well in the first game without Robinson — as the Knicks’ depth […]
After tonight’s game, one of these two teams will be two games under .500 and the other will be four games under .500. So it’s not exactly like the 1994 NBA Finals here (or that amazing 1995 regular season rematch in the Garden that the Knicks won 122-117, which was quite the high-scoring affair back […]
From Peter Botte: Julius Randle had stressed that the Knicks “definitely [had] to take advantage” of the fact NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal wasn’t playing for the Wizards on Friday night. And Randle, a potential All-Star forward, got back on track after one of his worst offensive games of the season, finishing with 24 points […]
A trap game is defined as, “A trap game is when a stronger opponent overlooks a weaker opponent and the weaker opponent overcomes adversity potentially winning the game. This especially happens when the stronger team is on their home turf with their fans behind their backs. They get too comfortable.” This is not a trap […]
From Marc Berman, who, let’s be frank, seems to be kind of stirring the pot here, right? He could be correct, but it still seems like stirring the pot: The Knicks did not make Kevin Knox, Frank Ntilikina or any of their first-round picks available in the Derrick Rose trade on Sunday, The Post has […]
From Marc Berman: The trade looked good. But not good enough. It didn’t result in a victory, but Derrick Rose juiced the Knicks’ second unit in his debut Tuesday, playing alongside rookie guard Immanuel Quickley in the backcourt. Coach Tom Thibodeau, though, chose not to close with Rose and the Knicks suffered a heartbreaking 98-96 […]