The Knicks will have to play a meaningless game against a depleted opponent on Sunday before the most important matchup to date takes place Tuesday inside Madison Square Garden.
Will New York play down to their opponent’s talent on Sunday, though? Will the Manhattanites put on another miserable effort instead of thumping the Pelicans to get into the Cup Game against Orlando fresh? Questions, questions...
Here’s what Coach Thibs and others have said between the win at Charlotte and tonight’s matchup.
Tom Thibodeau
On the perceived concerns about teams applying switching defenses on New York:
“The thing is—I’m more concerned about [our] defense.