The Knicks take on the Los Angeles Clippers, who are a fascinating team. They’re obviously a good team, and they have two Hall of Famers in their starting rotation, but at the same time, it just seems like they have no real upside as a team, since Harden is ancient, and Kawhi is not a spring chicken, either, plus his knees are like putty (hence the Dylan lyric for the title).
And yet, they’re hanging in there with a lot of good teams, just barely losing to the Thunder in their last game. They’re well-coached (I’m no big Ty Lue fan, but he’s done a great job here), they give it their all, they’re a compelling team, even if I don’t see how they’re ever going to be better than the fourth best team in their conference.