The Knicks played the first game of their seven-game road trip in the friendly confines of Barclays Center on Monday. It will only get harder going forward.
The next half-dozen games will take place outside of the Eastern time zone, starting with a trip to Memphis on Wednesday. What happens over the next 10 days will likely impact the trajectory of their season.
Right now, the Knicks are 20-24, four games in the loss column out of the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference and just four games in the loss column away from having the fifth-worst record in the entire NBA.