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Toney Douglas makes his point: Knicks season on the sofa week 21 review
With a playoff berth well beyond the the New York Knicks, coach Mike D’Antoni has finally bestowed starter’s minutes upon rookie point guard Toney Douglas. The former Florida State guard has taken his chance, undergoing an almost instant transformation from youthful benchwarmer to 2010 keeper. Continue reading
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A new day is coming: Knicks season on the sofa week 17 review
Thanks to New York Knicks general manager Donnie Walsh and the trades he made, the promise of a new day dawning at Madison Square Garden this summer has become a reality. Continue reading
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Raising the white flag: Knicks Season on the Sofa week 15 and 16 review
This weekend David Lee will play in the All Star game. Nate Robinson will go airborne in the Slam Dunk contest. Danilo Gallinari may win the three point contest and shine in the Rookies vs Sophomores match-up. And when the glitz and glamour of All Star 2010 is over, the New York Knicks will return to their regular season schedule safe in the knowledge that their play-off hopes are well and truly extinguished for another year. 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 full spectrum of losing: Knicks season on the sofa week 13 review
In a span of 48 hours, the New York Knicks lost two games in which they managed to span the full spectrum of defeat. After falling with honour to the Los Angeles Lakers, they turned in a performance of utter ineptitude against the Dallas Mavericks. 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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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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Wake up and smell the despair: Knicks season on the sofa week three review
Three games, three defeats, shifting starting line-ups and an incomprehensibly bungled rotation. Oh, and the worst start to a season in franchise history. Just another desperate week in the life of the New York Knicks. Continue reading
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