The New York Knicks came back from the All-Star break and got humbled by the Detroit Pistons, trailing by ten at halftime. It was not a pretty first half, and Amazon Prime's broadcast crew spent a good chunk of it talking about one thing: Karl-Anthony Towns on defense.
Two of the NBA’s top teams meet at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks host the Houston Rockets in a matchup featuring elite talent and playoff implications.
The NBA's self-imposed 65-game minimum to maintain award eligibility is nothing new to members and viewers of the league, but amidst mounting injuries to some of the game's premier faces, the regular-season MVP is starting to feel up-in-the-air by pure technicality.
Three games. Three losses. All by double digits. The Detroit Pistons have had the New York Knicks' number all season, and the 126-111 loss at Madison Square Garden on Feb.
How many of the NBA All-Star Game MVP Award -- officially named the Kobe Bryant Trophy in 2020 -- in the three-point era (1979-80) can you name in five minutes?
The NBA is a league built on the backs of its stars. Every now and then, guys in the NBA will raise their play to All-Star level, and sometimes, that run only lasts for one season.
The New York Knicks missed their last chance to make a statement against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. But the Knicks won't have to wait long to get another opportunity against a potential NBA title contender Saturday night, when they host the Houston Rockets in the first clash of the season between the teams.
The Detroit Pistons ran the regular-season series 3-1 over the New York Knicks last year and looked like the tougher team heading into the playoffs. Then Jalen Brunson scored 40 in Game 6 and the Knicks moved on.
The Detroit Pistons came to Madison Square Garden on February 19th without Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart, both suspended. It was the third time the New York Knicks had faced the Pistons this season and each time, the Pistons had won.
The New York Knicks are set to take on the Houston Rockets in a regular-season game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, February 21. The Knicks are coming off their third straight loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
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The New York Knicks opened the second half against the first-place Detroit Pistons and lost, badly. But amid the wreckage, there was one subplot worth tracking.
The Knicks aren’t winning it all this season. Assuming they finish the regular season with a top-three seed, they’ll only meet the Pistons in the ECF. That’s it, that’s where everything will end.
Before this season began, the New York Knicks were thought of as the favorites to win the East. And it was easy to see why. They were coming off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance and returning with a core that included Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, and OG Anunoby.
The New York Knicks kicked off the second half of their season with a dispiriting 126-111 loss at Madison Square Garden to the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons, who were without Jalen Duran and Isaiah Stewart, their two best and currently suspended big men.
If only pictures could say a thousand words. Well, this was exactly how things panned out when Jalen Brunson watched Karl-Anthony Towns get blocked in his attempt to score.
The New York Knicks lost 126-111 to the Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden, and Karl-Anthony Towns took too long to get going, and by the time he did, the game was mostly gone.
The New York Knicks just couldn’t figure out the Detroit Pistons in the 2025-26 NBA season. On Thursday, the Knicks failed anew in their mission to score a win at Detroit’s expense, as they suffered a 126-111 loss to the visiting Pistons.
The Detroit Pistons lost a hard-fought first-round series to the New York Knicks last season. The Knicks better hope they don't get a rematch this year.
The New York Knicks made a decision down the stretch of Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons to have Landry Shamet on the court instead of Mikal Bridges.
NEW YORK – Peaks and valleys tell the story of the New York Knicks’ season thus far. Their path to the NBA Finals was open and clear when they were 2025 NBA Cup Champions in Las Vegas.
The New York Knicks' mercurial big Karl-Anthony Towns is open to a future move to NBA Europe, should it come to fruition. Towns was one of the players who spoke to The Athletic on the subject of NBA players considering their futures in NBA Europe, and it looks like the five-time NBA All-Star wouldn't mind plying his trade there.
There is a chance that Madison Square Garden Sports CEO James Dolan might be making moves to split up the New York Knicks and Rangers, the city’s NBA and NHL teams, into two separately publicly traded companies.