It has been a long time since the New York Knicks were a legitimate championship contender. Ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season, many people viewed this team as the no-doubt favorite to make it out of the Eastern Conference.
The New York Knicks dropped a tough 126-118 game to the Clippers, and that was enough to send very loud NBA voice Stephen A. Smith completely off the rails on social media.
The New York Knicks rank third in offensive rating, sit inside the top ten defensively, and carry a +6.1 net rating that puts them in the same statistical tier as Boston, Detroit, and Cleveland.
The Knicks flew to LA, and they made sure to make it look like Hollywood lights don’t translate to winning nights—for New York, at least. The Knickerbockers will remain on the road for a couple more games, yet they will surely get a break as Utah and Indy come up next.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
The Los Angeles Clippers did not just beat the New York Knicks 126-118; they solved Jalen Brunson. While KAT delivered a monster 35-point night, the bigger story is how the Clippers systematically dismantled Brunson's go-to moves, and the Knicks had no answer for it.
With last night’s 126–118 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, their second straight defeat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beating the Philadelphia 76ers 115–101, the cushion the New York Knicks once had in the standings is suddenly very thin.
As he readily awaits a reunion, New York Knicks guard Jordan Clarkson conceded uncertainty on what to expect when he faces the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. That marks the first time Clarkson will face his former team in Utah since both parties negotiated a buyout last summer.
With the final quarter of the regular season on the horizon, the New York Knicks have cemented their status as one of the best teams in the NBA. Things didn’t look great for the Knicks at the midway point of the campaign.
The New York Knicks haven't been able to conclusively prove to anyone that they're the best team in the Eastern Conference despite being in the middle of their championship window.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The stoic facial expression revealed Karl Anthony-Towns’ seriousness about the New York Knicks’ recent struggles. The calm voice conveyed Towns’ patience on the state of the team.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
After a 13-point loss against the Lakers, head coach Mike Brown demanded to protect the ball. But the loss to the Clippers proved that the Knicks failed to adhere to the statement.
Jalen Brunson is one of the best guards in the NBA, but even the best players have things opponents pick on. For Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, it's how Brunson falls off screens, and Portis apparently knows this well enough to mimic it mid-game.
The New York Knicks look to be entering their 21st century golden age, finally having shaken off the stink of their last two underperforming decades in piecing together a dominant on-court product that's finally worthy of their nonstop media coverage.
The New York Knicks have lost three of their last four, following their 126-118 road loss against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday evening. During this stretch, Jalen Brunson only shot above 42 percent from the field once.
Just when it had looked as though the New York Knicks were figuring it out, they take a few steps back that call into question the legitimacy of their status as a contending team.
Still smarting from the previous day’s drubbing by the Lakers, the Knicks (41*-25) bounced over to the Intuit Dome to challenge the LA Clippers (32-32).
The New York Knicks dropped a heartbreaker on the road, losing to the Los Angeles Clippers 126-118 in a game filled with scares, struggles and last-minute chaos.
The New York Knicks got handled by the Los Angeles Lakers 110-97, and now they have to bounce back on the same road trip against the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard has been playing like it's 2019 again, and that alone makes tonight interesting.
The New York Knicks came into Los Angeles as one of the better teams in the East, but they left Crypto.com Arena looking nothing like it. A 110-97 loss dropped them to 41-24, and the Lakers had plenty to say about it after the final buzzer.
Jeremy Sochan's brief time with the New York Knicks has already enjoyed a spread of phases just a few weeks into his newest stint, and a recent outing revealed where the former top prospect's odds of meaningfully contributing to a championship push stand.
On Sunday afternoon, the New York Knicks fell back into the loss column with a tough road loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers. It was a rough day for Jalen Brunson, who shot just 8-19 from the field, scoring 24 points in the loss.
The New York Knicks remain one of the harder teams in the East to figure out. Overall, they look like a contender, but at the beginning of 2026 they were on a horrific losing streak that cast serious doubts in the minds of fans about their chances of success.
OG Anunoby scored a season-high 34 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 17 points and 13 rebounds and the visiting New York Knicks routed the Denver Nuggets 142-103 on Friday night.
The New York Knicks fell short in the final seconds against the Oklahoma City Thunder. But by holding the Thunder 16 points below their season average, the Knicks showed they've got a playoff-ready defense.