NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The trajectory of the New York Knicks was dramatically altered on Feb. 6, 2018. Kyle O’Quinn found Kristaps Porzingis cutting backdoor and the Latvian soared for a dunk. But when he landed he immediately clutched his knee. The news of a torn ACL dashed any second-half hopes for the Knicks.
The Knicks couldn’t rebound from KP’s injury and the Bucks took down the Knicks 103-89. The Knicks believed they were a playoff contender with Porzingis. When he went down the team was 23-32 and five games out of the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.