. Item: The New York Knicks ended a season-high, six-game winning streak in a blow out loss at Toronto on Sunday. Nonetheless, Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown earned his 1,000th career victory in the NBA Friday — something only Lenny Wilkens, Pat Riley and Don Nelson have previously accomplished — following an 11-point win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.

What this really means: Despite all the hand-wringing and doomsaying in New York — the Knicks now are only three games out of the playoffs in the East and Brown appears to have found his rotation. Rookie David Lee is starting up front with Curry and Davis, while Stephon Marbury has become grounded at point guard next to another rookie, Nate Robinson. A third rookie, Channing Frye and guard Jamal Crawford will also play significant minutes, while Quentin Richardson, Maurice Taylor, Malik Rose and Trevor Ariza also pop in and out.

That's not to say the Knicks are a finished product. On the contrary, between Brown and Isiah Thomas, something is bound to give, beginning with overpaid and distracted 7-foot center Jerome James and one of the unhappy types being packaged. But for the time being, the story is Marbury, who averaged 23.3 points and 9.4 assists during the six-game winning streak. They started out so horribly, but because they're so young and have bought into Brown's defensive principles, there's nowhere to go but up and that means they'll push for a playoff spot.


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Nice !!!

Posted by Caseloads:

have bought into Brown's defensive principles

Laughable.

Posted by fishmike:

Posted by Knight:

Posted by Caseloads:

have bought into Brown's defensive principles

Laughable.

have to agree. We cant stop anyone

yeah giving up 115 a night isn't exactly buying into Larry's defensive principles!

we can score and we are good on the boards. Those are 2 of the 3 critical areas. Its like football with the O,D and specials. In hoops you have offense, defense and rebounding. If you can dominate your opponent in 2 of those on a nightly basis your a 50 win team. Obviously for the Knicks of old it was defense and rebounding.