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When shots drop, the Knicks look top: Knicks season on the sofa week 20 review
Regardless of their numerous shortcomings and the fact that teams from the top, middle and lower tiers of the league have easily exposed these flaws throughout the NBA season, one simple grain of truth about this New York Knicks team remains: when they make shots, they are dangerous and capable of beating anybody – including a team on a 13-game winning streak. Continue reading
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Indefensible defence: Knicks season on the sofa week 18 review
Pull on your crash helmets and brace yourself for pain. New York’s new day will still come this summer but, on the evidence of the Knicks’ four games this week, the remainder of this NBA season is going to be hard to watch. Gutted by Donnie Walsh’s trades to bring about free agent nirvana this summer, Mike D’Antoni’s new-look roster seems incapable of competing with even the most mediocre NBA teams for a full 48 minutes. With no Jared Jeffries marshalling their already below-average interior defence, the Knicks have become easier to score on than a female contestant in the Jersey Shore. Continue reading
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Snubs, surrender, suffering and shellackings: Knicks season on the sofa week 14 review
With attention diverted from their on-court performances to David Lee’s omission from the All Star Game, the Knicks slowly slipped further away from play-off contention with a pair of crushing losses. With Chicago and Charlotte enjoying strong winning runs in recent times, this week’s unnecessary defeats to Toronto and Washington could not have come at a worse time. Continue reading
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The return of Nate the Great: Knicks season on the sofa week 10 review
After 14 successive games in which his sole contributions were to warm the pine and consistently pump up his teammates with an intensity that would have made 1980s Celtics towel-waver extraordinaire M.L. Carr proud, Nate Robinson emerged from Mike D’Antoni’s doghouse to propel the New York Knicks to a memorable road win over the playoff bound Atlanta Hawks. The effervescent Robinson poured in 41 points from all corners of the court as the Knicks overcame a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to force overtime and best their opponents in the extra period. Continue reading
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NBA elite breach Fortress MSG: Knicks season on the sofa week 9 review
With the Knicks in the middle of a Christmas home stand and and having reeled off five successive home wins, Mike D’Antoni’s men were surely hoping Santa would leave them three more MSG victories to bring them closer to an Eastern Conference play-off berth. What they actually ended up with was one scraped win and two lessons handed down from two of the league’s best teams. Continue reading
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A December to remember: Knicks season on the sofa week seven review
Things at Madison Square Garden have been so bad over recent seasons that, if you’d said the phrase “streaking Knicks” to me, I would have immediately thought that Stephon Marbury had been making more lurid advances to club interns. But now, after a truly woeful start to the season, the New York Knicks, with four successive wins under their belt, are indeed streaking and, happily, in a wholly appropriate, wholly positive sense. Continue reading
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Swept by the best, swept by the rest: Season on the sofa Knicks week five review
Having the wind knocked out of their sails in a heartbreaking home loss to Boston proved to be the worst possible preparation for the Knicks’ West Coast swing against the Lakers, Kings and Nuggets. Continue reading
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New hope and big decisions: Knicks season on the sofa week 4
The Sports Bloke breaks down the Knicks’ performances against Indiana and New Jersey and explains why Allen Iverson was definitely not the answer at Madison Square Garden. Continue reading
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