Game Day: Knicks vs. Pelicans, 4/18/21
The Knicks head home looking for a six-game win streak, facing the same team that they won their fourth straight against on Wednesday. Can they contain Zion again and keep the magic going?
Analyzing Julius Randle and Zion Williamson’s first meeting before round two
When the Knicks met the Pelicans this past Wednesday, it presented an incredibly interesting matchup of two of the NBA’s strongest power forwards. What can be gleaned from the first meeting of Julius Randle and Zion Williamson ahead of Sunday’s second Knicks-Pelicans game in a week?
Knicks 117, Mavericks 109: “Gimme five”
The Knicks extended their win streak to five games — their best streak in seven years — behind a 44-point herculean effort by Julius Randle and key contributions from RJ Barrett and Derrick Rose, besting the Mavericks, 117-109.
Knicks 117, Mavericks 109: Postgame Live
The Knicks have their first five-game win streak in seven years, Julius Randle was the best player on the court in a game against Luka Doncic, and New York thoroughly outworked the Mavericks on their way to a 117-109 win.
Game Day: Knicks @ Mavericks, 4/16/21
Minus their fourth quarter hero Alec Burks, can the Knicks extend their win streak to five straight on the road against the Mavericks? Things will need to go much differently than the last time these two teams faced off.
Knicks 116, Pelicans 106: Barometer game
The Knicks earned their first four-game win streak of the season behind a magnificent second half for Alec Burks and a second straight 30-point game from Julius Randle to down the Pelicans on the road.
Knicks 116, Pelicans 106: Postgame Live
The Knicks have finally snatched their first four-game win streak of the season, and now sit two games over .500 after a brilliant clutch performance by Alec Burks and Julius Randle’s second straight 30-point game.
Game Day: Knicks @ Pelicans, 4/14/21
The Knicks head to the Bayou looking for their first four-game winning streak of the year. Can RJ Barrett help the Knicks get a win over his former Duke teammate Zion Williamson in their first meeting of their careers?
Knicks 112, Lakers 96: “No flip cups need apply”
The Knicks faced a team led by LeBron James, though LeBron himself did not suit up for this one. Still, the stark contrast of where the Knicks are now vs. where they were once upon a time when Bron mocked them on their home floor was stark, as the Knicks wiped up the shorthanded Lakers, 112-96.
Knicks 111, Lakers 96: Postgame Live
The Knicks are back to a game over .500 and on a three-game winning streak after routing the Lakers behind the latest Julius Randle scoring masterpiece.
Game Day: Knicks vs. Lakers, 4/12/21
The Knicks are riding a two-game win streak and looking to get back over .500 against the injury-riddled Lakers. But the Lake Show is holding up pretty well without LeBron and AD. Can the Knicks string together three straight?
Knicks 102, Raptors 96: RJ Barrett did it again. Did you expect anything else?
The Knicks took an 18-point lead over the Raptors early in this game, only to cough it up and need to scratch out a win late. And who else to bring the Knicks a home win than RJ Barrett, the Knicks’ clutch king of late?
Knicks 102, Raptors 96: Postgame Live
The Knicks went up big, blew the lead in the third quarter, but ultimately came through with enough clutch shot-making (from RJ Barrett, who else?) to finish off a win vs. the Raptors at home.
Game Day: Knicks vs. Raptors, 4/11/21
After a big come-from-behind win against the Grizzlies on Friday, can the Knicks keep the momentum going against a Raptors team receiving injury reinforcements on the second game of a back-to-back?
Knicks 133, Grizzlies 129 (OT): “This is how you win her”
Last night’s game felt like it was going to be a loss, based off recent history. It had to be, right? But then the Knicks won, behind a huge night for the bench and a huge stretch run for RJ Barrett.
Knicks 133, Grizzlies 129 (OT): Postgame Live
The Knicks came out listless, but finished the game full of fire, coming back from 13 down in the fourth quarter to beat the Grizzlies in overtime behind incredible clutch play from RJ Barrett and Alec Burks.
Game Day: Knicks vs. Grizzlies, 4/9/21
The Knicks are back home, once again trying to stop a losing skid against a red-hot team. Can they contain the sizzling hot Grizzlies and get back in the win column?
On the Knicks’ untested gem of a four-man lineup, why you should want it, and why we haven’t had it
Fifty-two minutes: that’s how long the Knicks’ most promising foursome has played together this season, and that may, unfortunately, be the cap. Jack Huntley examines why — or, how? — the Knicks’ four best-fitting players have played so little together this year.
Celtics 101, Knicks 99: Low hanging fruit still too high
The Knicks had yet another winnable game slip from their grasp thanks to questionable decisions and play down the stretch. But this loss to the Celtics wasn’t without an RJ Barrett-shaped silver lining.
Celtics 101, Knicks 99: Postgame Live
The Knicks lost their latest in a long line of heartbreakers lately, failing to execute late in the game and losing to the Celtics on the road.
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