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What. A. Game. The Knicks were down 93-71 with 7:40 left in Tuesday’s series opener at Madison Square Garden. No matter how optimistic you are, this game was over. At that moment in time, I was just trying to mentally move on to Game 2, the same way I did after that stunning loss to […]
Yesterday, I was playing tennis with my son when Shams announced that Dallas had fired head coach Jason Kidd after five seasons. My thoughts immediately turned to those rumors from last summer. Remember how the Knicks brass, needing to fill their own coaching vacancy, allegedly tried to finagle access to Kidd? In the end, they […]
I’m speechless. Wordless. The Knicks closed Game 1 of the conference finals against Cleveland on a 44-11 run, turning a 21-point deficit with less than eight minutes left in the fourth quarter into a 115-104 overtime win, the biggest postseason comeback in franchise history. I’ve seen more than 200 Knick playoff games. I’ve never seen […]
The New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight at MSG, in Game One of the Eastern Conference Finals. (ECF for the second straight season? What a time to root the orange and blue.) Both sides should be at full strength, with the Knicks coming off a nine-day rest and all healed up. Fun fact: […]
At long last, the Knicks will play basketball tonight. Nine days after they finished off the Sixers in a dominant four-game sweep, the Eastern Conference Finals will finally begin, as the Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to the World’s Most Famous Arena for Game 1 tonight at 8pm. It’ll be a truly massive difference in terms […]
Most important day of the Knicks season is here, fellas. As will be the case again on Thursday, Saturday, and all the way every other day through mid-June. Feels good. Mike Brown On the Cavaliers’ four All-Stars: “Back in the day, when I was with (Gregg Popovich), he said, ‘You need three All-Stars to win […]
The Eastern Conference Finals finally arrive at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, with the third-seeded Knicks hosting the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. Although this is their second straight trip to the ECF, New York hasn’t reached the NBA Finals since 1999. Cleveland has never gotten there without LeBron James. One team is rested, healthy, and […]
It’s been a million years since the New York Knicks last graced a basketball court. But the playoffs haven’t stopped and our beloved Knickerbockers are back it, starting on Tuesday, and hooping in the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year and row. After beating a pesky Atlanta Hawks squad and vaporizing the Philadelphia 76ers, […]
After what felt like a month, the Knicks finally learned the next team they’ll put to the sword. It’s the Cleveland Knights, no puns intended. Here’s the latest in what will likely be the softest and most casual Bulletin in the next two weeks. Mike Brown On sticking with Mikal Bridges despite outside questions: “I […]
After sweeping away the hapless Philadelphia 76ers last Sunday, the Knicks were able to spend the last week in a rare spot as spectators, watching the seven-game clash between the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers while resting, practicing, and rehabbing for the series. Ultimately, it was Cleveland that prevailed on Sunday night in the Motor […]
Once upon a time I was a grad student, a Chinese food delivery driver and a New York Jets fan, and therefore poor, hustling and doomed. That year —2004 — the Jets had been good, though. Really quite good, and “good” was a word my father and I avoided like the plague when it came […]
Nothing better than a Game 7, amirite? Actually, there’s something even better about today’s matchup, as the Knicks aren’t involved and will be just enjoying the bloodbath from afar! Here’s the latest from Tarrytown as New York patiently waits to know its ECF foe. Mike Brown On supporting Mikal Bridges amid benching questions: “I was […]
We’ve reached a point where you can say the Cavs and the Pistons are doing this on purpose to prevent Knicks fans from enjoying New York basketball. But hey, seven games on their legs? Can’t complain! We’re the latest four days and a few hours from the ECF Game 1 tip-off. Finally. Mike Brown On […]
Today marks five days without Knicks basketball, as a week-long wait to determine their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals slowly draws to an end. Whether it’s tonight in Cleveland or Sunday in Detroit, the Knicks will know their opponents soon enough. But who should Knicks fans want to face with a trip to the […]
The National Basketball Association might have leaked the script for the upcoming conference finals, hasn’t it? On Thursday evening, the NBA released all possible scenarios for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, both of which have one team already locked into the matchups—OKC Thunder in the West, New York Knicks in the East—but their opponent […]
Jalen Brunson’s 2025 postseason run was, once again, special. Just like pretty much every other playoff appearance he’s made as a Knick, he made history, joining lists filled with names like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, and Steph Curry. Statistically, it was his second-best one, inferior only to the year prior’s, as […]
Crazy fact I found out today: It’s been six years since COVID-19 began. Now for the shocking news, it turns out it’s actually been eight years since the last time the Knicks played basketball. Would you believe that!? Here’s the latest from Tarrytown. Mike Brown On OG Anunoby’s limited participation in practice on Wednesday: “(The […]
When the Philadelphia 76ers prevailed over the Boston Celtics in impressive fashion, coming back from a 3-1 series deficit, the consensus in the NBA universe was that this series was going to be much more competitive than what you would expect from a 3-vs-7 matchup. While the overall consensus had the Knicks prevailing, there was […]
When OG Anunoby missed the closing minutes of the Knicks’ game two victory over the 76ers, New York fans couldn’t help but expect bad news. After seeing the team’s playoff run suddenly come to a halt just two seasons ago when the forward strained his hamstring, PTSD started to creep in. Thankfully, by the following […]
You can feel it in the air. It’s the rest-and-wait scent. Here’s the latest from across Knicks nation. Mike Brown On closing out series with composure and preparation: “Closeout games are the hardest games to play, because of the level of desperation from the other team, especially when you’re on the road and you factor […]
Just hours after Knicks fans collectively exhaled at the news that OG Anunoby had avoided a major hamstring injury, I got the opportunity to hop on a call with former Knick Danilo Gallinari. Before getting into basketball, there was one thing worth acknowledging first: Gallinari had just won a BSN (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) championship. When […]
A year ago today, the Tom Thibodeau-led Knicks led the Celtics 2-1 in their second-round series, a pleasant surprise for a team with a top-heavy rotation and a spot in East’s pecking order inarguably beneath Boston and Cleveland. The Knicks were a title contender, in that they could conceivably reach the Finals, and their superior […]
The New York Knicks are earning a break for themselves after a Game 4 win against the Philadelphia 76ers that completed a sweep and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row. The Knicks will face off against the winner of the other Eastern Conference series between the Detroit Pistons […]
Would you believe the aftermath of a sweep is one week without the Knicks? Guess beggars can’t be choosers. Here’s the latest from Pennsylvania’s Garden. Mike Brown On why he trusted Miles McBride in OG Anunoby’s absence: “Deuce, he’s not afraid. He gives us the ability to make shots from range and or the ability […]
It was a Mother’s Day Massacre in Xfinity Mobile Arena (otherwise known as MSG East South), as the Knicks pulverized a hapless Sixers team to finish off a four-game sweep and make a second consecutive Eastern Conference Finals run. There’s a lot to analyze, but there will be no analysis in this article. Just sheer […]