The Nets were tied in the fourth quarter until they forgot how to score. Or maybe the Knicks’ defense gave them amnesia. The Nets suffered a 105-93 loss Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 19,812 at the Garden, a game in which they clearly saw another late-game collapse coming and sadly welcomed it with open … Read more
We’ve been there, all of us. If you’ve logged any time in a gym, on a playground, there are days when you show up and you can’t make a thing. Wide open jumpers. Layups. Drives. Sometimes they go halfway down and spin out. Sometimes it’s uglier than that. That’s where Jalen Brunson was Saturday afternoon … Read more
Jalen Brunson had just nailed a deep 3-pointer with about three minutes left in the third quarter. Instead of his trademark celebration, he simply just threw his hands in the air in exasperation — a move that could’ve been directed at himself for an off-shooting game or his clear lack of frustration with the officiating. … Read more
Mikal Bridges’ stunning buzzer-beater from beyond half-court was the longest shot in the NBA all season, one that gave Brooklyn a 57-56 lead at the end of the first half over the rival Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The heave was officially measured at 62.02 feet. That topped the Pelicans’ Naji Marshall’s 61.75-footer against the … Read more
David Stern did not think betting banter between Mark Jackson and Charles Barkley as they were dueling each other up and down the court was a laughing matter. On his eponymous podcast, Jackson recalled a now-humorous story that happened in 1990, when he was on the Knicks and Barkley was on the 76ers. Mark Jackson … Read more
Commercial Content. 21+. Action Network is the official betting partner of the New York Post, which edits this content. Following a successful four-game road trip, the New York Knicks return home on Saturday afternoon to face the rival Brooklyn Nets. The Knicks won the first three games of their West Coast swing against Portland, Sacramento … Read more
This should be the easy part. After a successful 3-1 road trip against the Western Conference, the Knicks returned home Friday for a four-game stretch against all lottery-bound teams. Two of the contests are at MSG — against the Nets on Saturday, then the Pistons on Monday — before matchups in Toronto and San Antonio. … Read more
DENVER — As Seinfeld might say, it’s a celebration about nothing. Jalen Brunson’s hand-over-the-mouth gesture has become synonymous with the greatest Knicks point guard since Clyde Frazier, copied by others as the symbol of an opportune 3-point conversion and memed on social media. It’s also shrouded in mystery after Brunson declined last season to divulge … Read more
Rockets center Jock Landale was not happy about Dillon Brooks’ ejection on Thursday night. Brooks got the boot in the third quarter of Houston’s 127-117 win over the Bulls after getting into a scuffle with DeMar DeRozan after the Chicago star earned himself a flagrant foul for his hard foul on Jalen Green. “Dillon Brooks, … Read more
Good fortune tends to follow LeBron James. And luckily for Duquense, it extended to its NCAA Tournament opener. The Dukes of the Atlantic 10 Conference pulled off one of the notable Day 1 upsets from the tournament as the No. 11 seed defeated No. 6 BYU, 71-67. But before the game James, gave the Dukes … Read more
DENVER — Josh Hart may want to visit a confessional or reconcile with his higher power, because his prayers went unanswered. Asked before Thursday’s game how the Knicks could slow down Nikola Jokic, Hart, the affable forward, offered, “Pray.” Then Jokic dumped an easy triple-double on the Knicks, recording 30 points with 14 rebounds and … Read more
Patrick Beverley’s controversial list has quickly come under fire. The polarizing Bucks guard revealed his top-five “whitest black guys” in the NBA in the latest episode of his “Pat Bev Podcast” with co-host Adam Ferrone, and it has since drawn backlash. In order, Beverley listed Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen, Pacers center Myles Turner, 76ers center … Read more
MILWAUKEE — The reeling Nets put up a fight, but it still wasn’t enough. Damian Lillard had 30 points and 12 assists and made two late steals as the Milwaukee Bucks capitalized on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s return to beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-108 on Thursday night. Mikal Bridges scored 24 points, Nic Claxton had 22 and … Read more
DENVER — As online sports gambling explodes and is intertwined with leagues, Tim Donaghy, the disgraced NBA referee and an expert in the pitfalls of corruptibility, doesn’t believe a player or referee will follow in his footsteps. Instead, Donaghy sees the lower-level employees as the conduit of inside information to gamblers. “I think the players … Read more