What has gone right, wrong for Knicks as they emerge from All-Star break
NY Post
Few teams in any sport have needed a midseason timeout more than the Knicks, whose mounting injury situation resulted in six rotation regulars being sidelined for their final game before the All-Star break.
That shorthanded defeat in Orlando represented the Knicks’ fourth loss in a row and fifth in six games following the 15-2 run that briefly vaulted them within a half-game of the No. 2 playoff position in the Eastern Conference.
The recent slide has left them in the fourth spot, four games behind the second-place Cavaliers, and a half-game up on the 76ers with the Knicks (33-22) opening their final 27 games of the regular season Thursday night in Philadelphia.
Just listening to the chanting crowds at the Garden, Jalen Brunson is fully worthy of this designation.
The deserving first-time All-Star might legitimately find his way into the league-wide conversation, too, if the Knicks regain health and secure no worse than a top-4 spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Brunson only has been the franchise’s best point guard since Walt Frazier, putting up 27.6 points and 6.5 assists per game while shooting 41.1 percent from 3-point range and providing a defining toughness and work ethic that New York sports fans always have appreciated.
Every game the Rangers have played recently has come with seismic implications.
Steve Cohen is fast approaching a billion-dollar outlay this offseason, and the Mets’ work isn’t done.
Tank Dell’s knee injury is bad enough that it could put his status in doubt for the start of the 2025 season.
The Jets want to get the fourth-most-targeted receiver in the NFL more involved in their offense.
ATLANTA — The Giants are a franchise bleeding despair right now.
Folks have been clamoring for Peter Laviolette to meaningfully reduce Mika Zibanejad’s minutes and that is what the Rangers head coach has done over the last week.
The Phillies are fortifying their already strong rotation.
The Knicks are saying hello again to Landry Shamet.
Mike LaFleur wore a postgame smile Sunday that was seldom seen when he called MetLife Stadium his full-time home.
NEW ORLEANS — The Pelicans’ ballboy was caught up in an act of trickery that resulted in a technical foul.
Saturday wasn’t Tom Brady’s finest hour in the booth.