It feels like more than just a game is on the table Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. It feels like the whole season is.
We have seen the Knicks’ heart plenty this year. There have been stretches of the season when it seemed things were about to spin sideways on them, times when it felt like they were on the precipice of a killing skid, and they’ve always managed to find themselves in time, always gotten back on the proper pathway.
There was the Sunday afternoon at the Garden when the Knicks, sitting at 10-13 and coming off a bloodletting loss to the Mavericks, stepped up and provided a harbinger of a win at home against the Cavs, sparking an eight-game winning streak. There was a stretch in February when the Knicks had sunk to the No. 7 spot in the East, only two games out of 10th, when they embarked on a season-defining nine-game winning streak.
It has felt, much of the season, that the Knicks are at their best when the dark clouds have gathered and the abyss beckons.Because Tuesday night, the Knicks face their first real crucible of the season. If they want to retain a realistic chance of winning this Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Heat, they really need to make sure that they head to Miami this weekend with the series knotted at a game apiece.
It had better be. If we’ve learned anything from the Knicks this year, it’s that they aren’t afraid to win on the road; they have won 26 of the 44 games they’ve played away from MSG this year. And if we’ve learned anything from sports the past few weeks, it’s that home court isn’t nearly what it used to be. The Warriors
. The Heat won twice in Milwaukee, the Knicks twice in Cleveland. Two road teams won Game 7s Sunday in the NHL.
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