Ugly stretch dooms Knicks in disappointing loss to Jazz
NY Post
SALT LAKE CITY — It was ‘80s Night’ at the Delta Center and the Knicks paid homage to the forgettable days of Pat Cummings and Louis Orr.
In other words, they weren’t very good.
As Journey and Bruce Springsteen blasted during timeouts, the Knicks were pounded at the start of the fourth quarter in a 117-113 defeat to the Jazz, wasting another strong performance from Julius Randle and missing two open shots that could’ve tied the game in the final seconds.
“We want to play for a full 48 minutes, playing our style of basketball, the way we want to play,” Jalen Brunson said. “We can’t have lapses like that and lose a game.”
The killer stretch spanned the third and fourth quarters — with Brunson and Randle mostly on the bench — when the Jazz scored 16 straight points to take a 15-point advantage.
It started with a boneheaded foul from center Isaiah Hartenstein, who ran into Utah’s Lauri Markkanen as the forward took a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
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MIAMI — Mitchell Robinson said his minutes limit was “supposed to be about 18” after his encouraging season debut Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — So many of the questions directed his way at the NFL Scouting Combine prompted an almost bewildered — and amused and delighted — response from Howard Cross III.
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham broke out of a slump by scoring nine of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and the Detroit Pistons pulled away to beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-94 on Saturday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Warren wears No. 44 because of an old Jet.
Of course this is not 2018, this deadline does not represent a sea change in philosophy resembling that one. But, just as seven years ago, the hierarchy — different general managers, same CEO — is not homing in at making a run at eighth place at the expense of acquiring future assets in exchange for expiring contracts.
TAMPA — It was all but certain even before Giancarlo Stanton left camp last Monday to tend to a personal matter, but now it is official: The Yankees DH will begin the season on the injured list.
Chris Kreider missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury Friday, when the Rangers lost to the Maple Leafs 3-2 in their fourth game back from the 4 Nations Face-Off break.
MEMPHIS — Mitchell Robinson’s long-awaited return was about as promising as the Knicks could’ve envisioned.
The time to string wins together is now, but the Rangers haven’t been able to do that since mid-November.
