There are some games on an NBA schedule that teams can circle as “wins” or “losses.” The Utah Jazz fit the latter for the New York Knicks, after a holiday annihilation in late December that gave head coach David Fizdale’s squad one of its worst of the season.
So why would anything change in Wednesday night’s rematch?
The Knicks were doomed from the start. No Allonzo Trier, Dennis Smith Jr., Kadeem Allen, Allonzo Trier or Frank Ntilikina. Basically, the Knicks were without a backcourt, aside from Damyean Dotson and Emmanuel Mudiay.