Battered Knicks are limping to the playoffsHowie Evans
However, beyond Brunson, New York plays better than most squads in the league as a team and has an elite defense that will be a major problem for opponents and is always a huge X-factor come playoff time. The Knicks, even without Julius Randle is a serious dark horse in the 2024 NBA...
former coach of the Knicks and Rockets, has Wednesdays and Fridays, as well as some Saturdays and Sundays. The Brothers Van Gundy are idle Monday, except late in the season and during the playoffs, when you might encounter them at any time. ...
The teams that have won the most Game 7s in a single playoffs are the LA Lakers (1988) and the New York Knicks (1994). The format for the NBA Finals is the same as the rest of the playoffs: 2-2-1-1-1, with the team who has the better regular season record enjoying home-co...
in the office one day - Irish, (publicity man) Lester Scott, and a few others on the staff. We each put a name in the hat, and when we pulled them out, most of them said Knickerbockers, after Father Knickerbocker, the symbol of New York City. It soon was shortened to...
For the first time in a decade the Kings are headed to the playoffs, kind of. If the NBA stopped right now (after 41 games) the Sacramento Kings would make the playoffs. For the first time since 2006 the Kings are in a position to play deep into April as the 8thseed in the ...
1 Lakers at Knicks, 8:30 p.m. (ABC) All times Eastern This helps explain why the Heat's zone was effective against Harden. Modern offensive superstars such as Harden all but demand that man-to-man defenses switch pick-and-rolls to keep up, which puts their defenders in uncomfortabl...
“According to predictive models, the Knicks were supposed to have 49 wins. However, they finished the season with only 37 and missed the playoffs,” Grijalva notes (no doubt to groans from long-suffering Knicks fans). The same is ...
15 Knicks at 76ers, 7:30 p.m. Heat at Lakers, 10 p.m. All times EasternSo few big men can score on the block like Jokic anymore. In the East, the Miami Heat switch with Bam Adebayo knowing most centers -- Daniel Theis, Myles Turner -- present zero threat posting up...
Derrick Rose and the other veteran players for the New York Knicks have provided value over their contracts this season. Sarah Stier / Getty Images For the first timein eight years, the New York Knicks will play in the postseason.1