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Photo by Jennifer E. Pottheiser/NBAE via Getty Images No. No, there isn't Isaiah. Last time I checked, the Brooklyn Nets were leading the Battle of the Boroughs head-to-head matchup against the New York Knicks . That was back in March 2023, the record being 107-103 in the record of the former New Jersey gentlemen. Of course, no more games have been played since then, with the...
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Cast your votes, pick them all. The 73rd NBA All-Star Game is set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 18, in Indianapolis. The NBA opened the fan voting period on Tuesday, Dec. 19 with its conclusion coming a month from today on Jan. 20. If you haven’t yet, you can go cast your votes already! The selection process for this season’s ten All-Star starters involves a combination of votes from...
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Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports It’s time for a change. When the ball was tipped off last night to get the Knicks at Lakers game underway, disaster struck early. The Knicks, already down their superb big man Mitchell Robinson, were starting neophyte Jericho Sims at center. Sims, the Knicks 2021 2nd-round draft pick, has filled in as a minutes eater for coach Tom Thibodeau for...
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Photo by Harry How/Getty Images He’s always extra motivated against the team that drafted him. The Los Angeles Lakers selected Kentucky forward Julius Randle with the seventh pick in the 2014 NBA draft . He broke his leg in the first game of his rookie season and only played 14 minutes in his rookie season. The following season, he played 81 games, started in 60, and averaged a...
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Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Once more of a mid-range guy, Jalen has become a long-range marksman. Win versus loss splits can often be kind of silly to read too much into because most players obviously play well, or at least better, in the games won by their team. Look up any key rotational player and you’re most likely going to see that statistics like their points per game,...
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports A huge win out West. The New York Knicks ’ road trip was full of speed bumps through its first three games. As a whole, the trip was underwhelming coming into Monday. A disappointing loss against the Utah Jazz was followed by a historic performance by Jalen Brunson in a win against the Suns, but all good vibes were quickly washed away by a 22-point...
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Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Knicks 114, Lakers 109: Hartenstein grabs career-high boards, Randle adds double-double in win On Saturday, the New York Knicks (15-11) endured a beatdown by the Clippers at the Crypto.com Arena. The ‘Bockers hung around for the weekend and returned to the scene of the crime tonight, this time to face the banged-up Los Angeles Lakers (15-12). In...
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Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images But which Lakers? The Knicks (14-11) will conclude their Los Angeles visit for the season when they face off against the Lakers (15-11) at the Crypto.com Arena tonight. Since embarking on a road trip out West on December 13th to face the Jazz, the Knicks have won one of their last three games. They started the trip by losing a...
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Photo by Tayfun Cokun/Anadolu via Getty Images The struggling Knicks defense will get a tough inside-the-paint assignment today. I don’t need to tell you the New York Knicks (14-11) have struggled at stopping teams of late, do I? Well, they might be about to collide with their worst possible opponent on Monday, on the second game they’ll play inside the Cryptodome as they pay...
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Getty Images One more west coast contest, a tilt in Brooklyn, and then a homecoming affair on Saturday against Milwaukee. The road trip ends this week, but not before two more contests on enemy terrain. Let’s get to it, I have presents to wrap. Knicks at Lakers, Monday, Dec. 18, 10:30 pm This season, the Los Angeles Lakers (15-11) faced early defensive challenges. They ranked...
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Defense? What defense? There have been a lot of feelings shared by the Knicks (14-11) fanbase following the trouncing of New York at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers (15-10) on Saturday, a game ending in a depressing 144-122 final score. Most of those thoughts, however, have to do with only a few particular topics and developments we got to watch (or not because it was a freaking...
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Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Despite 87 points from their starters, and five players in double-digits, New York loses each quarter in a 144-122 defeat by the Clippers. On Friday night, the New York Knicks (14-11) stole a surprising win in Phoenix, led by a career night from Jalen Brunson. A short plane ride later and they were in Los Angeles tonight to face the Clippers ...
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Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Brunson led the way, but the game was a team victory. Jalen Brunson gave a historic performance in the Knicks ’ 139-122 victory against the Phoenix Suns last night, but even still, the victory was a team effort. For your consideration, here are the player grades for the game: Jalen Brunson (A+): Brunson deserves all the stars. Not...
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Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images In the second game of a back-to-back, New York takes on Los Angeles’ second-most popular NBA franchise. On Saturday night, the New York Knicks (14-10) will play the third of a five-game road trip, this time against the sizzling Los Angeles Clippers (14-10). When they last faced off, the Knickerbockers clipped L.A., 111 to 97, spoiling James...
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Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images First career 50-burger for JB. 14 seconds. That’s the time it takes Jalen Brunson’s burner to heat up. With the clock reading 11:46 on the broadcast, Brunson scored his first bucket of Friday’s matchup at Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ. All JB would do after that is scoring 48 more points without barely missing any of the shots he hoisted. The...