This playoff hopes for the New York Knicks were contingent on a victory in Saturday’s game against the Detroit Pistons. With only 17 games to go and New York has no room for error.
The Knicks came into Detroit 5.5 GB from the pointless eight seed in the Eastern Conference. During an informal practice on Thursday, they proved it’s still the same Knicks. Slow starts and no defense are starting to become the memo for this team.
Detroit ran New York out of the gym in the first quarter, and the score was 23–35 at the end of the quarter.