ONE In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. the NBA, along with the other major sports leagues, is taking precautionary measures and preparing for possible games without fans. The league already closed the locker rooms to the media. It last week advised players to no longer shake hands with fans and instead […]
New York Knicks (13-10) The Knicks are off to their best start since the 2012-13 season, and tonight they visit the Staples Center to take on the Lakers in a series that has seen Los Angeles have the upper hand for the past 20 years, holding a 24-15 record over New York. Carmelo Anthony has led […]
Bernard King‘s 60-point MSG scoring record stood for nearly 25 years. Then, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers came to town on February 2, 2009. The Lakers were in the midst of what would be a 65-win season and an eventual NBA Championship, and Kobe was playing some of the best basketball of his […]
A CLOSER LOOK — THREE 60-POINT GAMES AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Points 62 61 60 Date Jan. 24, 2014 Feb. 2, 2009 Dec. 25, 1984 Final Score Knicks 125, Bobcats 96 Lakers 126, Knicks 117 Nets 120, Knicks 114 % of Team’s Score 49.6 48.4 52.6 Attendance 19,812 19,763 10,681 FG-FGA (%) 23-35 (65.7%) 19-31 […]
Even if some players didn’t think the grueling Boston series and quick turnaround would take its toll on the Knicks, it probably did. They dropped Game 1 to the Lakers, 115-112. “We actually did pretty good late in the game, but early on, we didn’t play well at all,” Reed said. “But still, we thought […]
The Knicks’ return to the Finals in 1973 essentially began the year before, after losing to the Lakers in the ’72 Finals. “We all felt that we should have won that series,” Monroe said. “At that time, we made a vow among ourselves that we were going to get back to this point next year […]
