Posted by Killa4luv:

This is our first game of the new year and this is our new season. No more lineup shuffling (allegedly) no more uncertainty.

The resurgence starts tonight!!!!

We can beat Phoenix, and WE WILL.

Watch this and keep an eye on this thread. This game marks the beginning of our season.

The knicks we have been waiting on appear tonight. Watch the passion, watch the emotion, FEEL IT!!!!! BELIEVE!!!!!!

We have reached the end of the notoriously slow Larry Brown start. Watch our unprecedented rise. Watch it against the Suns tonight in our first statement game. The Knicks have arrived!!!

THE NEW YEAR KNICKS
Posted by John Schuhmann on January 12, 2006 9:30 a.m. ET

NEW YORK IS THE BEST TEAM OF 2006

Yes, you read that subheadline right. The New York Knicks, residents of the Power Rankings basement for the last two weeks of December, are the best team of 2006. They have run off five straight wins since we hung up our new calendars and are the only team to not have a loss in January.

Last night, they got their best win of the streak (and of the season for that matter), showing some resiliancy by beating the Mavs in OT after losing a 13-point, fourth-quarter lead. Dallas shot .529 from the field, but the Mavs were outrebounded 54-37 and New York made 31 of its 33 free throws. Stephon Marbury recovered from two straight turnovers down the stretch to draw a foul and hit the game-tying freebies with 27 seconds left in regulation. Dirk Nowitzki missed two chances to win the game in the final seconds, both times guarded by 5-9 Nate Robinson. Marbury and Jamal Crawford combined for 53 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

Marbury says that the difference has been their effort and even the referees complimented Larry Brown about hard his team was playing. Brown says his team's attitude is different.
-- [New York Daily News]

Looking at the Knicks schedule, we see that they have a serious chance to run off a few more wins before this streak comes to an end.