Are The Knicks A Soft Team?

  The Knicks were thoroughly beaten despite the final score by the Chicago Bulls a few nights ago for the second time this season. Of the Knicks seven losses this season, you can argue that four have come at the hands of teams that play a very physical style of play. The first sign that a physical team could be the Knicks’ kryptonite was the 105-95 loss at Memphis, when Carmelo at the four was brutalized by the combo of Zack Randolph and Marc Gasol. At the time the Knicks were still undefeated so the loss was looked at as no big deal. The Knicks had beaten the Spurs so a road loss to a very tough Grizzlies team was quickly dismissed, but skeptical fans took mental notes of what seemed like a Knick semi melt down after physically being out muscled, out hustled, out rebounded, and basically outclassed. An upset beat down from the Rockets and a revenge loss to the Mavericks aside, the Knicks pretty much rebounded from the Grizzlies loss as they prepared to face their inner city rival a...