The team is competing for a playoff spot. One they've made no ground up on in a long time still being 1.5 games out.
They are very lucky to have escaped with that 1 point win over Philly, who only has 12 wins. Lucky that Carney went cold in the 4th from 3pt range.
Philly and Knicks played a game of who can lose first....not who can win. Other than putting another win on the board that game was actually a negative to the team's supposed turning of the corner.
We must win tonight or we're 2 games back again.
This is why weeks ago when some felt "Hey, we're only 2 games back!" I tried to suggest what that really meant.
Well, now we see.
The 6,7,8 seeds in the East have now won 7 of their last 10 games. The Knicks have won 5 of their last 10 games.
We LOST ground despite our overall 15-13 record over the last 28 games!
This is why it's so tricky.
Now the Raptors tonight. And the weak part of our season schedule is coming to a close. Once we get into February it's more of an "average" schedule. March into early April, with two combined road trips of 12 out of 13 on the road, could kill us in a HURRY.
...The DEATH of the Knicks playoff run of 09/10 ends with THIS!
Mon, Mar 8 Atlanta 7:30 PM
Wed, Mar 10 @ San Antonio 8:30 PM
Fri, Mar 12 @ Memphis 8:00 PM
Sat, Mar 13 @ Dallas 8:30 PM
Mon, Mar 15 @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM
Wed, Mar 17 @ Boston 7:30 PM
Fri, Mar 19 Philadelphia 7:30 PM
Sun, Mar 21 Houston 1:00 PM
Tue, Mar 23 Denver 7:30 PM
Fri, Mar 26 @ Phoenix 10:00 PM
Mon, Mar 29 @ Utah 9:00 PM
Wed, Mar 31 @ Portland 10:00 PM
Fri, Apr 2 @ G State 10:30 PM
Sun, Apr 4 @ LA Clippers 9:30 PM
Tue, Apr 6 Boston 7:30 PM
Wed, Apr 7 @ Indiana 7:00 PM
Fri, Apr 9 @ Orlando 7:00 PM
Sun, Apr 11 Miami 6:00 PM
Mon, Apr 12 Washington 7:30 PM
Wed, Apr 14 @ Toronto 8:00 PM
