At 8-14, the Knicks lead the Atlantic in victories, and are 0.5 games out of first place behind the Nets (7-12).

Amazing. Toronto, whose fortunes looked to be on the way up after beating the Knicks, have since lost 3 straight to tie with the Knicks in the standings (7-13).

Also... looking around the league, the Knicks aren't the only team that's had a rough going at home. Boston sports an identical 3-8 record at home, and the defending champs, Miami, are at 3-6.

Tonight's game vs Boston is going to be big. Injuries seem to have helped stabilize each team's deep rotations and made decisions easier for the coaches. On the Celtics end, Al Jefferson finally broke loose, dropping 29/14 on the Nets a few nights ago. For the season he's averaging 11/8 in only 24 minutes-- plus he had that emergency appendectomy to slow him down.

[Edited by - technomaster on 12-11-2006 10:42 AM]

Worst division in all of sports. Scary. Just think what the records would be if they didn't get games against each other.

if we can ride Eddy to a little winning streak right now it would be huge

Knicks have the most losses and that's all that matters at this point, considering they have played more games and the losses are in the books. Tonight's game is an important one.

Posted by Solace:

Worst division in all of sports. Scary. Just think what the records would be if they didn't get games against each other.

The funny thing is that we've only played 3 games against the Atlantic. We're 1-2 so far. We've actually played some good teams so far. SA, Hou and Clev a total of 6 games. We went 1-5 against those teams who have higher than .600 winning percentages. The good thing is that we were actually competitive in those games and we weren't yet playing very well. I think we're going to get stronger and I think we're going to become a much tougher team to beat. I'm not as worried about NJ. They have a brutal schedule coming up. It's gonna be light for the next 2 games and then they finish Dec. with 4 back to backs against GOOD teams. They do have a lot of home games which could help. The thing is they face 10 games in 15 days:

@Tor - vs Det (back to back)
vs GSW
vs Cle
vs LAL - @Mil
@Det - vs Hou
@Mia - vs Min

Then in Jan. they have 10 road games and only 5 home. They also have a 5 game Western swing. I know the Nets are a tough and talented team, but I just wonder how they'll handle such a tough schedule, over 2 months.

why would you rather be in the lottery when the Bulls are getting our pick this year?

Posted by TMS:

why would you rather be in the lottery when the Bulls are getting our pick this year?

Das true, but it still doesn't hide the fact that we're a crappy bball team if we make it into the playoffs, 10 games under .500. Isiah and his supporters will be beating their chest red, however.

An optimistic way to look at the Atlantic division is to believe the Knicks are one of the few teams that can and should improve with Jeffries and Frye comming back from injuries. Add to that the fact that Curry has been playig great ball and he continues, the Khicks should get better.

On the other hand, Philly is in disaray, Toronto has a tough stretch comming up and Boston hasn't shown any signs of getting it together. IF the knicks can take care of business at home, they can put some distance between them and the rest of the titanic division (except for the nets of course, who I expect to turn it around soon). Basically, its the race to 500.

Posted by tapseer:

The Knicks will win...just making the Garden a hostile place for them to play. The team is 4-5 on the road, which shows they are a pretty decent team. The so-called true Knick fans never gave this guys a chance to play there game here, jumping on them at every opportunity. This team will be all right if the Garden gave them a chance...

It's good to know that the reason for the Knicks losing is the fans. It's nice to see that accountability isn't something Isiah instills in his players either (much like shotblocking). The fans eat this right up.