Big Sour Apple
The New York Knicks are a terrible basketball team. Assembled by the incompetent Isiah Thomas, not even Larry Brown has been able to quell the disaster taking place at Madison Square Garden. Coach Brown was quoted recently saying damning things about the troubles he's had motivated Knicks players to even wipe their own asses, let alone play help defense.
Yes the Knicks can't do anything right anymore, settling into the role as league doormat with a putrid 20-54 record.
Amidst all the wreckage however, the Knicks have one small distinction this bleak season. They have dominated the Cavs.
The Cavs came into Wednesday's game with the Knicks riding a 9-game winning streak and playing their best basketball of the season. And for the second time this season in as many tries, the Knicks left the court as victors. The Knicks have won 20 games in over five months of basketball, yet they are 2-0 against the Cavs.
What is it about that team the Cavs can't handle? You can make the excuse about Ilgauskas being out, but countless teams have handled the sorry Knicks with centers much less adequate than big Z, and they did not have a LeBron James on the floor. The Knicks can barely run an offensive play these days without their collective egos crashing into each other, yet when they play Cleveland, the ghosts of Willis Reed and Walt "Clyde" Frazier emerge.
All I can say is the disturbing trend must end. The Cavs play one more game with the Knicks, I'm not sure I can handle 0-3 against a team that is thinking more about ping pong balls than basketballs at this point.
Yes the Knicks can't do anything right anymore, settling into the role as league doormat with a putrid 20-54 record.
Amidst all the wreckage however, the Knicks have one small distinction this bleak season. They have dominated the Cavs.
The Cavs came into Wednesday's game with the Knicks riding a 9-game winning streak and playing their best basketball of the season. And for the second time this season in as many tries, the Knicks left the court as victors. The Knicks have won 20 games in over five months of basketball, yet they are 2-0 against the Cavs.
What is it about that team the Cavs can't handle? You can make the excuse about Ilgauskas being out, but countless teams have handled the sorry Knicks with centers much less adequate than big Z, and they did not have a LeBron James on the floor. The Knicks can barely run an offensive play these days without their collective egos crashing into each other, yet when they play Cleveland, the ghosts of Willis Reed and Walt "Clyde" Frazier emerge.
All I can say is the disturbing trend must end. The Cavs play one more game with the Knicks, I'm not sure I can handle 0-3 against a team that is thinking more about ping pong balls than basketballs at this point.
posted by Jon Sladek at 5:43 AM
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