This morning, the New York Knicks sit at a literal (secondary definition!) crossroads: a game over .500, just a half-game behind 8th-seeded Miami, just 1.5 games behind 4th-seeded Detroit, just 2 games above the 10th-seed. If the season ended today, the Knicks would miss the playoffs and have the worst lottery odds of all the non-playoff squadrons. ¡Qué Knicks!
Obviously the standings still have a lot of time to evolve. Cleveland sits third, but is favored to leapfrog Toronto and maybe Boston, too. The Pistons are one spot ahead of the Wizards, yet I’d take whatever odds that Washington passes them by the All-Star break.