2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Heat

The Knicks head to Miami for the second game of a home and away against the Miami Heat. Throughout the season, Thibs has been particularly good at coming up with new schemes for the second game that the Knicks play against an opponent. We saw them lose to the Blazers and the Bulls in the […]

ESPN.com: Sources: Detroit Pistons trade Derrick Rose to New York Knicks in deal that reunites former MVP with Tom Thibodeau

Sorry, i think that this takes precedence over a post-game thread (decent loss against a better than their record Heat team). From Woj: The New York Knicks have reached agreement on a trade to acquire Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose and reunite him with coach Tom Thibodeau, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The Knicks are sending guard Dennis Smith Jr. and a […]

2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Heat

If you had said to me last year, “The Knicks will have a better record than the defending Eastern Conference champions 24 games into the season,” I would say, “Wait, did some team get hot and play above their expected success level during the playoffs?” and you would say, “Okay, yeah, but still, pretty cool, […]

NY Post: Point guards shine as Knicks hold off Trail Blazers

From Peter Botte: Two weeks after the Knicks failed to complete a stirring comeback in Portland — largely because they couldn’t stop Damian Lillard — they more than held their own in the point-guard battle against the Trail Blazers to post their second straight victory. Elfrid Payton netted 22 points in his second strong performance […]

2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Trailblazers

“Coming home, coming home, tell the world that I’m coming home.” Yes, this is, indeed, the Enes Kanter comes home game! Kanter and the rest of the Trailblazers (including Carmelo Anthony) come to the Garden for the first of two back-to-back matinees, which seems kind of unusual, no? In any event, the Blazers are seriously […]

NY Post: Elfrid Payton answers challenge as Knicks clip Bulls

From Peter Botte: he cries have been incessant recently, with fans and media wondering when Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau will alter his starting lineup to insert electrifying rookie point guard Immanuel Quickley in place of Elfrid Payton. Payton responded with his best game in several weeks Wednesday night in Chicago, helping propel the Knicks to […]

2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Bulls, Take Two

Okay, the Knicks lost their first game in this odd two game swing to Chicago, but I find it extremely difficult to imagine that Thibs will let the Knicks lose two in a row to his old team. He was apoplectic about their loss on Monday, I imagine his brain would explode if this wasn’t […]

NY Post: Tom Thibodeau didn’t look pleased as flat Knicks fall to Bulls

From Marc Berman: Tom Thibodeau isn’t used to losing in Chicago. So no wonder the former Bulls coach looked more hostile than usual Monday night at United Center, lashing out at referees and his players in a dispiriting 110-102 loss to the mediocre Bulls. The Bulls broke a three-game losing streak as Thibodeau’s club fell […]

2020-21 Game Thread: Knicks @ Bulls

The Knicks head to Chicago for the first of two games (the COVID-inspired schedule is so weird) to get some measure of revenge for their coach, Tom Thibodeau, as they take on his old team, the Chicago Bulls, where Tom Thibodeau won a lot of games over the years. Given what we know about Thibs, […]

NY Post: Knicks push Clippers before running out of steam in loss

From Peter Botte: The Knicks already had posted several impressive wins this season against some of the NBA’s expected top teams, including Milwaukee, Utah and Boston. A toe-to-toe victory Sunday would have rocked a full Garden from its foundation to the rafters, but the Knicks ran out of steam inside their empty home arena and […]