Yes, the Knicks are on the second night of a back-to-back, and they played a lot of minutes against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but I don’t think that is any excuse for them. They need to stomp a mediocre Chicago team tonight. They are in a whole other tier than the Bulls (probably two tiers above them), and they can’t allow themselves to lose this one just because they played last night, even if their starters are going to be pretty tired.
They need this win, and I think there is no reason to doubt that they won’t get it.