Knicks benefited from that easy schedule so far and now they have the hardest going forward.
Walt Frazier mentioned that the Knicks 9-game win streak didn't involve beating too many actual good teams, so he thought they would've been motivated to win tonight.
Honestly, until they restructure their offense around KAT as
the guy from jump, im talkin inside out basektball, they're gonna be unreliable vs the really good teams. The whole PnR, spreadout, and allow Brunson to dribble dribble iso is cool... it got them far last year... but the really good teams with big defensive guards are fine playing that straight up. Everyone else just stands and watches.
Whereas with KAT in the post or in motion around there, teams have to react to that. NYK didn't do that in the first half and got dogwalked. They did it in the 3rd quarter and only got outscored by 1 point with all starters in.