5 thoughts on the loss: 1. There was one moment left for Trey Burke to have in this game and he wanted it. This was like Jeremy Lin against the Lakers but with the Raptors ending, which included MSG Network‘s radio analyst Brendan Brown famously yelling, “Give him the ball and get out of his […]
As the NBA considers eliminating the draft age limit with the hopes of expanding it’s G-League and it’s control over the game, it also needs to prioritize something that is tethered to the modern draft strategy: tanking. We’ve reached a point now where come March, you have a little more than half of your league […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. Those who say you don’t need to watch an NBA game until the last five minutes clearly aren’t Knicks fans. How do you think we came up with the phrase “third quarter of doom”? It’s like every critical turning point of just about every loss and over these last three […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. Over the last two decades, we’ve seen some of the NBA‘s best teams, some of the most entertaining in the game’s history just like the Warriors, come to The Garden and put on a show that has this basketball-obsessed city buzzing. I vividly remember a game in 2006-07, when […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. Trey Burke keeps proving he can be a scoring guard in this league. For a second straight game — and this time against a very good defense — he lit up the scoreboard with 26 points and eight assists in 26:26. After the game in Orlando, he was the […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. As Kristaps Porzingis heads off to surgery and a long recovery process, the Knicks moved forward in their rebuilding process. Scott Perry made two moves before the trade deadline that may not have great significance on the current season but were more in the realm of asset collecting. Perry […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. In a game in which we all learned the phrase “correctable error,” the Knicks made several unforced errors to give away a game they know — everyone, including the Hawks, know — they should have won. And two days after Tim Hardaway said to put the loss in Milwaukee “on […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. The question had to be asked. I couldn’t have been the only one who made a mental note when Lance Thomas left the game with 4:19 to go and the score tied at 86. Someone else had to be thinking the same thing: Why take him out? He had […]
5 thoughts on the win: 1. Let’s get right to the useless stats because this game was an about-face from what we saw on this trip. After three straight games allowing over 120 points per game — 127, 123, 130 — the Knicks held the Suns not just under 100, but under 90. It tied […]
5 thoughts on the loss: 1. Al Trautwig read me a tweet from a fan during the game that seemed to sum it up best. The question was simple: remember when this was a fun team to watch? That peaked on Dec. 21, with that 102-93 win over the Celtics at The Garden. It improved […]