PLAYERS:
J.R. Smith,
Carmelo Anthony,
Tyson Chandler,
Paul George
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers
As of Friday morning, I spent 75% of my weeknights forgoing healthy sleep in order to watch the New York Knicks, which proved to be a stupid exercise because the Knicks decided to play basketball very poorly those three nights. Aside from J.R. Smith scoring 11 straight points (to the devastating chagrin of Mike Breen) in the fourth quarter against Portland to cut the Blazers’ lead temporarily to four, the second halves the past three games have been sideshows, one-sided beat downs from various Western Conference teams. Great fun.
And worse off, on Wednesday, Knicks’ knees started disintegrating again. Carmelo Anthony – unsuccessful in his much-awaited return to Denver – took himself out of the game in the third quarter. Then, Knick-for-8-seconds Corey Brewer clumsily collided with Tyson Chandler, who hit the deck clutching his knee and pounding on the floor, depositing hearts in throats across Knicks Nation. Truthfully we have no idea how long Chandler will be out, because the Knic...
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