The Knicks’ 113-106 loss in Cleveland tonight featured all three faces of tanking. Tanking = crazy. Tanking = classic. Tanking = life.
Kevin Knox started for the first time since mid-November at small forward, which was interesting ‘cuz:
When Knox plays the 4, the Knicks net rating is bad (-7.9), but when he plays the 3, it is downright awful (-32.5), and that is the product of replacing a clumsy big next to him with a willing defender like Dotson next to him https://t.co/mB9wyAaztz
— Knicks Film School (@KnickFilmSchool) December 12, 2018
Cleveland would score a scorching 39 in the first frame.