The Pacers - who play the Knicks on Friday - have ruled out Pascal Siakam, Quenton Jackson, Aaron Nesmith, Obi Toppin and T.J. McConnell for tonight's game vs. the Suns.

The Knicks are listing both Karl-Anthony Towns (bilateral knee soreness) and Josh hart (left knee soreness) as questionable for Friday’s game vs. Indiana

If the Celtics lose to OKC (team with the best record in the NBA) tonight and The Knicks beat the Pacers (team with the worst record in the NBA) at home on Friday, then NY will be 1 game back of Boston for the 2-seed (tied in the win column)

The Kurt Thomas Game was really cool/special/memorable...

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Offensive rebounds per-36 minutes this season: Cleveland Cavs: 8.9 San Antonio Spurs: 8.3 Orlando Magic: 8.2 MITCHELL ROBINSON: 8.0 Atlanta Hawks: 7.9 Denver Nuggets: 7.2 LA Lakers: 7.2 LA Clippers: 7.1 OKC Thunder: 6.9 Milwaukee Bucks: 6.6

remember all that consternation/distress about KAT's awful percentages earlier this season... Here are the NBA leaders in TS% since the All-Star Break: 1. Karl-Anthony Towns: 71.0% 2. Desmond Bane: 70.7% 3. Kon Knueppel: 68.1% 4. Kawhi Leonard: 67.6% 5. Kevin Durant: 66.9%

In the 13 games the Knicks have played over the last month, Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 21.1 points, 11.6 boards and 3.2 assists, while shooting over: 61% from the floor, 49% from downtown and 87% from the FT line

In the same building that witnessed the “Kurt Thomas Game” - we get the “Jordan Clarkson Game”

168 children and 14 teachers were killed by one of those "little trips." 168 children and 14 teachers are dead. And people are cheering and clapping about the number of human lives ended at a big, happy pep rally The "Pro Life" party.

These ignoramuses have spent the last ten years undermining expertise ...They have put all their economic eggs in the basket of AI—a technology seemingly designed to make us stupider. What happens when a society seeks to eradicate the study of the humanities? That society loses its humanity.

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Last season, Mikal Bridges became the first player in NBA history to log more than 3,000 minutes and attempt fewer than 125 free throws. This season, Bridges is on pace to finish with fewer than 100 FT attempts.

Over the Knicks' last six games, Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging: 21.2 points and 14.0 rebounds (league-leading), while shooting: 62.5% from the floor.

The combined record of the Knicks' next seven opponents is 139-453.

This is the last time the Knicks will play after 9:00 pm EST until the NBA Finals

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The Knicks, who have been the NBA's best defensive team over the past two months, are now up to 5th in Defensive Efficiency this season. They rank third in OffRtg. New York is on pace to finish a season with both a top-5 Offense AND a top-5 Defense for the first time ever.

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Wow. Pistons lose to the Nets. Detroit’s lead in the East down to 3.5 games over Boston. Knicks within 5 games of top seed.

The Lakers are listing LeBron James (elbow, foot) as questionable for Sunday’s game vs. the Knicks. Deandre Ayton (knee) has been removed from the injury report and will return to action.

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Over their last 21 games, NY leads the NBA in DefRtg by a wide margin, allowing just 103.1 points per 100 possessions. (The Spurs, who rank 2nd, are at 106.9) This is no longer a small sample size that can be easily dismissed. The data covers more than a quarter of the season

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The Knicks have won a league-leading four games by more than 35 points this season. The Thunder, Celtics and Pistons are tied for second with three such games apiece.

Brunson is averaging 13.3 assists vs. just 1.7 turnovers over NY's past three games. He is the only player in the NBA this season to tally 50+ points, 30+ assists and 5 or fewer turnovers over a three-game span.

Jalen Brunson has dished out 15 assists in each of his past two games. He is the first Knick with 15+ dimes in consecutive contests since Mark Jackson in February of 1989

Knicks record in the six years SINCE Leon Rose was hired: 266-197 Knicks record in the six years BEFORE Leon Rose was hired: 163-329

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Mo Diawara's per-36 minutes averages over New York’s past 15 games: 16.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 made three-pointers, While shooting: 50.7% from the floor 44.4% from 3PT range 100% from the FT line

The Knicks outscored the Thunder by 12 points in the 31 minutes Landry Shamet was on the court last night. The fact that Shamet can post a team-high plus/minus on a night he didn’t make a single three-pointer (0-for-3) speaks volumes about his overall, two-way impact.

KAT didn’t attempt a single 3PT last night. He’s attempted one or fewer in four of New York’s last five games. He has a total of just seven 3PTA over that stretch.

Free throw attempts this season: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 476 in 1,732 minutes Jalen Brunson: 334 in 2,011 minutes

Lots of talk about tanking, but there are plenty of other issues in the NBA. For instance, last night's game at MSG should have been an ideal showcase contest for the league. And the players did thier part. Two great teams played their asses off in a great game with a playoff atmosphere...

This game has been fun… let’s play 7 more of these in June

#SmallSampleSizeAlert In the 46 minutes they've played together across seven games, the Knicks 3-man lineup of Karl-Anthony Towns, Mo Diawara and Jose Alvarado has posted a: Offensive Rating: 132.6 Defensive Rating: 77.3 Net Rating: +55.3 seems pretty good.

The Knicks have ruled out Mitchell Robinson (injury management) for tonight’s game vs. OKC

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In case you were wondering, Jordan Clarkson posted a plus/minus of -77 in the Knicks' last 15 games before the trade deadline.

Really nice compliment to Brunson and gives the Knicks some real speed and pace when Brunson sits or even to take pressure off half-court when they play brief stints together. Thought he looked really good vs. Raptors.

The two-man lineup of Jose and KAT (El Gato and Grand Theft Alvarado) has been phenomenal. In the 113 minutes the two have played together (not a minuscule sample size), the Knicks have posted a: Defensive Rating: 92.6 Offensive Rating: 129.1 Net Rating: +36.5 (!!!)

Tuesday’s win was the 10th game Jose Alvarado has played in a Knicks uniform. He is a +93 over those ten contests. Only three players in franchise history have posted a higher +/- over their first ten games with the Knicks: Patrick Ewing, OG Anunoby and Josh Hart.

actually, I forgot to check... do the Knicks' most recent handful of victories still count?? I know there was talk of canceling the rest of the Knicks season after they lost to DET... not sure if that was finalized

Thus far this season, the Knicks have played a total of 25 games against the top-six teams in each conference. New York is: 16-9 in those 25 contests. Last season, the Knicks were ten games below. 500 in the regular season against the top-six teams in each conference: 10-20

Starting tonight in Toronto, the Knicks play five games in seven days. Four of them are on the road (at TOR, at DEN, at LAL, at LAC). The one home game is vs. OKC on the back-end of a road/home back-to-back Welcome to Hell Week

Highest Net Rating among all qualified rookies in 2026: 1. Mo Diawara: +15.9 2. Hugo González: +15.3 3. Kon Knueppel: +10.3 Diawara is also one of only four rookies with a +/- above +75 since the start of 2026 (the other three are Knueppel, Gonzalez and Dyland Harper).

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Admittedly, individual Defensive Rating is a flawed metric. However, it is definitely worth noting that KAT has the second-best DefRtg (best among all centers) in the NBA over all qualified players’ last 15 games:

In Sunday's victory over the Spurs, Mikal Bridges became just the fourth player in Knicks franchise history to tally 25+ points, 5+ boards, 5+ steals and 5+ made 3PTs in the same game, joining Brunson, Sprewell and Starbury. Bridges is the first to do so in less than 35 mins.

On the season, the Knicks are now up to 8th in Defensive Efficiency. New York is one of only two teams in the NBA to rank inside the top-5 in OffEff and inside the top-10 in DefEff this season.