New York Knicks: Out Of Town Articles
CelticsBlog (OliverFox) —
Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Boston’s playoff journey will begin April 21, though their opponent is not yet known. Wednesday morning, the NBA announced the schedule for the upcoming first-round series’ of the 2024 NBA Playoffs , including Boston’s clash with a still-undetermined opponent. Boston will host the winner of the 8-seed Play-In Game to kick off their...
CelticsBlog (OliverFox) —
Photo by Eric Espada/NBAE via Getty Images In the third and final part of the Celtics award predictions, we check out Boston's backcourt's All-Defensive cases, and then we beg the voters to accept them. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s the best defensive backcourt in the league, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday! On September 28, I wrote that “the Celtics should absolutely trade...
SBN: Fear The Sword (Tony Pesta) —
Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images Cavs have a chance to prove they have grown. A loss ain’t a loss, it’s a lesson. For the Cleveland Cavaliers, a series against the Orlando Magic is a chance to prove that last season’s beatdown was more than just that. It’s time to find out if they truly learned anything from the New York Knicks. Last season’s collapse can be...
SBN: Fear The Sword (Chris Manning) —
Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images Cleveland vs. Orlando is the first game on playoff weekend. Game 1 between Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic will kick off the first full day of the NBA playoffs. After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday (and locked in a matchup against the Denver Nuggets), the NBA announced the full schedule of games for...
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Knicks swingman Donte DiVincenzo is one of several notable players who will be ineligible for end-of-season awards this season despite playing in far more than 65 games, as James Herbert of CBS Sports observes. DiVincenzo appeared in 81 games this season, but technically didn’t meet the NBA’s 65-game criteria. As we outlined in our glossary […]
SBN: Fear The Sword (Jackson Flickinger) —
Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Merrill’s shooting could prevent the Cavs half-court offense from stalling in the playoffs. The Orlando Magic aren’t the New York Knicks . But they will cause similar problems for the Cleveland Cavaliers and their guards in the half-court offense. Orlando finished with the second-best defense and has the height and physicality to make things...
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been named the Western Conference’s final Player of the Week for the 2023/24 season, while Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has won the award for the Eastern Conference, the NBA announced today (via Twitter). It’s Jokic’s second Player of the Week win of ’23/24 — the first came all the way […]
CelticsBlog (Adam Taylor) —
Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images The Boston Celtics finally got over the finish line. Now, bring on the playoffs. The Boston Celtics wrapped up their season weeks ago. However, with multiple games left on their schedule, they were forced to go through the motions as they began the countdown to the postseason. We saw multiple members of the rotation miss games as Joe Mazzulla...
HoopsRumors (Arthur Hill) —
The Knicks had a chance to create a more favorable first-round matchup for themselves by losing on Sunday, but coach Tom Thibodeau didn’t consider it, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post. Coming down the stretch of a tight game with Chicago, the team’s choices were clear: a loss would mean the three seed […]
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
It came down to a blown DeMar DeRozan overtime buzzer beater attempt, but the Knicks finally clinched the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed by winning a nationally broadcast ESPN clash against the Bulls this afternoon. Earlier in the day, several other East playoff and play-in clubs wrapped up their 2023/24 regular seasons, thus cementing the […]
SBN: Fear The Sword (Jackson Flickinger) —
Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images The Cavs lose 120-110 to Hornets in order to avoid a possible first round with the Sixers or Heat. The Cleveland Cavaliers wanted nothing to do with the second seed and taking on either the Philadelphia 76ers or Miami Heat. They did everything in their power to throw the fourth quarter against the Charlotte Hornets to make that happen. ...
CelticsBlog (Bobby Manning) —
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Miami Heat enter the final day of the regular season as the most likely first round Celtics opponent. The Pacers, Magic and 76ers all lurk as potential participants in the 7-8 Play-In game. The Celtics clinched the East’s top seed on Mar. 25 and the NBA’s best record on Apr. 4. They’ve sat back since, playing out the schedule some nights,...
SBN: Fear The Sword (Tony Pesta) —
Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Soon, the Cavs will know who they are facing. The Cleveland Cavaliers have clinched a spot in the NBA playoffs for the second straight season. But who they will face in round one is yet to be determined. The final day of the NBA’s regular season is sure to be a good one. Numerous teams are deadlocked in a tight race for seedings in both...
HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) —
The Knicks have some big decisions coming this offseason beyond OG Anunoby potentially hitting free agency, writes Stefan Bondy of The New York Post, as both Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle will be extension-eligible. Offering Brunson the maximum extension they’re able to is pretty straightforward, but he can earn significantly more money on his next […]