Thanks to NBA &amp; Ratner, Knicks can lose and still win
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MINNEAPOLIS - Thanks to Bruce Ratner, Robert Johnson and David Stern, who never met an expansion dollar he didn&#39;t look to pocket, the Knicks can actually maintain their losing ways and still win the Atlantic Division.
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The Knicks, who led by 30 at one point in the fourth quarter, backed the ownerâs vote of confidence for Coach Isiah Thomas with a thumping of the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
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The N.B.A. will not suspend Coach Isiah Thomas after he was ejected Wednesday night but the way things are going for the Knicks, a suspension would have almost seemed kind.
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It was shaping up to be another mundane evening in the back-to-back life of an NBA team. The Knicks, pushed to the limit by the lowly Hawks in Atlanta on Tuesday, clearly were going through the motions early on against Memphis last night at the Garden.
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NEW YORK Â· Lenny Wilkens can breathe easier. His job, at least for now, is safe. The coach with more wins and losses than anyone in NBA history gained some job security Tuesday night despite coaching without
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A crisis of confidence was averted last night as the suddenly determined Knicks went to work on the Philadelphia 76ers and posted a relatively easy 96-88 victory at Madison Square Garden.
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Carmelo Anthony helped the Denver Nuggets keep up their strong play at home. Another lopsided loss at Sacramento ended the Utah Jazz's longest winning streak in nearly nine years.
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The number 23 has become a benchmark for the Knicks. Last season, the number represented futility as they only won 23 games. This season, it inspires hope.
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The Knicks are right on pace to finish the first 20 games with a .500 record after last night&#39;s 96-88 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, which is right where team president Isiah Thomas predicted they would be.
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The Knicks have discovered how to be competitive. They just have not figured out how to make the plays that matter most.
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Sometimes it&#39;s better to be lucky than good, which is what you could say about the three-pointer Jamal Crawford banked in from 26 feet as the buzzer sounded to give the Knicks a stunning
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After a grim loss Friday, Coach Isiah Thomas suggested Eddy Curry would have to earn his playing time. Curry did more than play a lot â he hit enough layups to boost the Knicks to victory over the Nets on Saturday.
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There is no simple way to replace one of the most accurate outside shooters in the game, but starting next week, barring a miraculous turn in Allan Houston&#39;s health, the Knicks will try.
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The Knicks lost last night to the Nets&#39; A Team, the one with Jason Kidd in the lineup for 21 minutes, 40-32. They beat the B Team, the one without Kidd, for 27 minutes, 55-39.
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Prior to being routed by the short-handed Sacramento Kings Wednesday night, Coach Isiah Thomas said that he believed his Knicks team would one day win a championship.
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Maybe this was the Knicks&#39; way of pleading to Allan Houston to come back to work. Immediately. Lenny Wilkens&#39; team doesn&#39;t play enough defense to survive a sub-par offensive game, particularly from their vaunted backcourt.
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It was the kind of defense these Knicks are not known for. The kind they often pay lip service to. The kind that leads to ugly basketball, long stretches without points and NBA victories.