When Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the Knicks last watched the Boston Celtics’ bus drive away from Madison Square Garden, the Celtics had a 102-96 victory in hand, their third in a row. They’d evened their record at 17-17, and the script seemed familiar to everyone: the veteran Celtics… Read More →
In the 14 months since his much-ballyhooed arrival in Gotham, Carmelo Anthony has been labeled a franchise-savior, a ball-stopper, a scoring-savant, a coach-killer and hero-baller. If he keeps playing like he did last night against the Boston Celtics, it won’t much matter what anyone calls him anymore, because eventually, they’ll… Read More →
Remember that time 24 hours ago when I told you that everything was going to be okay? Apparently, I lied. And as long as Toney Douglas keeps playing meaningful minutes for the Knicks, my feel-good promises of a turnaround for Mike D’Antoni’s embattled squad are going to remain unfulfilled. Last… Read More →
The funny thing about expectations is that they’re hardly ever met. But around this time of year, for a little while, anyway, we New Yorkers shed those cloaks of cynicism, and allow ourselves to bask in the glow of hope. Holiday-fueled optimism was (mostly) on full display in the Garden… Read More →
Much like how New York played during the 2010-11 regular season — from quarter-to-quarter and game-to-game — the playoff version of the Knicks’ demise was appropriately comprised of fits and starts, breakthroughs and collapses, and the ever-present ifs and buts. The flawed franchise — with its flawed owner, flawed coach,... Read More →
This image pretty much sums up how things went for the Knickerbockers against the Celtics last night — Carmelo unable to escape Boston’s suffocation, and Mike D’Antoni left to helplessly watch his inept and/or inferior club get annihilated by the opposition. When I sat down this morning to sum up… Read More →
The Knicks got absolutely waxed tonight in all phases of the game. They now find themselves in an 0-3 hole, and despite an entertaining season, things look beyond bleak as far as this series against the Celtics goes. More to come tomorrow…
Let me begin by stating the obvious; losses don’t get much tougher than last night’s crushing Knick defeat in Boston. Well, unless you were a Yankee fan in 2004, but that’s neither here nor there. It was a letdown of epic proportions — a failure to seize karmic reigns that… Read More →
“I think they can do it.” – Walt Clyde Frazier post-game, on Knicks’ ability to come back from 0-2 down in their best of seven series against the Boston Celtics. I wholeheartedly agree. More to come later. My present state of mind akin to that of a deep-sea diver resurfacing… Read More →
It goes without saying that the Knicks need to win at least one game in Boston to win their series against the Celtics, but the chances of them winning a Game 7 on the road would seem miniscule at best. Heck, should a Game 5 in the 2-2-1-1-1 format be… Read More →
Well that sucked. Despite a stupendous first-half performance by the Knickerbockers, a combination of horrendous officiating, puzzling in-game strategy, and a lack of focus in the fourth quarter led to a demoralizing loss to the Celtics in Boston last night. So what went right? Amar’e. The man was an absolute… Read More →
I will leave it for someone else to provide the game recap beyond what’s staring you in the face above, but rest assured that tomorrow will bring a full description of what went wrong — and a few things what went right — plus what the Knicks will need to… Read More →
The time for talk is over. Technically, the time for writing is just about over too — as far as predictions go — but when it came to picking a winner of the Knicks – Celtics series starting tonight, I needed every last moment. Here’s how I see the series… Read More →
The Knicks’ first-round playoff opponent is set — an opponent we were a proponent of — and this Sunday in Boston, we’re going to find out just how good this New York team really is. The positional match-up breakdown (mercifully) concludes today, this time at center, in an attempt to… Read More →
The Knicks’ first-round playoff opponent is set — an opponent we were a proponent of — and this Sunday in Boston, we’re going to find out just how good this New York team really is. The positional match-up breakdown continues today, this time at power forward, in an attempt to… Read More →
