The Knicks’ back-to-back games at Madison Square this past Sunday and Monday are a microcosm of their season thus far.
Knicks forward Mikal Bridges drives to the basket on Monday night at Madison Square Garden in a 124-119 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Credit: Jamir Dickens, Fence Boy Media‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me.
“They hit shots when they had to,” said Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, who finished the evening with a strong 26-point, 12-rebound effort but was called for a detrimental offensive foul setting a screen for Jalen Brunson with one minute remaining and his team down by just 118-117. Towns’s statement of fact rings loudly. The Knicks had moments to seize control of the game, as they have in many of their other losses, yet did not capitalize on those moments.
When the NBA schedule began last night, the Knicks, which faced the Philadelphia 76ers on the road, were 26-15 and in a solid position in the standings at No. 3 in the Eastern Conference. The only teams ahead of them were the No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers , which had the league’s best record, and the defending NBA champion No. 2 Boston Celtics at 28-11.
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