The Knicks have a Jalen Brunson problem: ‘I’ll figure out what I need to do’
NY Post
The Knicks invested so much to provide Jalen Brunson with needed scoring help.
But that supporting cast can’t, well, support if it never gets the ball.
Through two games of this first-round series against the Pistons, which is even at 1-1 heading to Detroit for Thursday’s Game 3, the numbers are startling.
This is certainly not what president Leon Rose and coach Tom Thibodeau envisioned when they made two blockbuster trades to acquire Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges along with giving OG Anunoby the biggest contract in franchise history over the offseason.
The Knicks had just 15 assists during their 100-94 Game 2 loss Monday night at Madison Square Garden, their lowest total the entire season.
In Game 1, which the Knicks won 123-112, they had just 15 assists through the first three quarters before recording 11 in the fourth quarter, when they utilized a 21-0 run to blitz the Pistons with 40 points.
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PHILADELPHIA — That’s one for each game of the now deceased losing streak.
Why are all the spreadsheet folks, who have lectured all of us for years that teams cannot win the Stanley Cup if they are paying their No. 1 goaltender at least 10 percent of the cap, so silent now after the Panthers have gone back-to-back with Sergei Bobrovsky in the net?
Anthony Volpe struck out to lead off the bottom of the second inning Saturday, extending his hitless streak to 25 at-bats.
Surely it wasn’t selected to make a point or to lament what the NBA has become, but it was, nonetheless, a picture worth a thousand 3-point heaves.
It sounds like Aaron Rodgers has some thoughts on how the Jets went from building a potent 1-2 combination in the backfield to looking punchless on the ground.
The Rangers are holding on to Matthew Robertson.
Anthony Volpe entered Friday in the midst of a 0-for-20 slump, with Aaron Boone saying the shortstop’s swing has been “off.”
We knew the Knicks were fairly close under Tom Thibodeau. But this close? Nope.
Vlade Divac needed emergency surgery to implant an artificial hip on Friday after falling off his motorcycle in a scary incident in Montenegro.
Damon Arnette is getting a second chance at an NFL life.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Jonathan Toews is going home to sign with the Winnipeg Jets as he attempts to make an NHL comeback after a two-year absence.
One thing everyone’s convinced of: We won’t see a bigger deadline trade than the bombshell Rafael Devers deal.
This wasn’t a very Saintly act.