Coming off a losing start (1-2) to their title-winning season through the first week of play, the Knicks flipped the script and the record during the second week of play, going 2-1 with victories over Miami and Detroit and a single defeat to Houston on the road before Election Day last Monday.
Because New York faced three teams covering the full competing spectrum this past week, it’s reasonable to find out that the winning record hasn’t moved the needle so much in the eyes of analysts’ power-ranking squads after Week 2.
Here’s a roundup of all Power Rankings posted through Monday’s matchups to get the temperature of how the Knicks are perceived among the honchos of the basketball nation.