Within the large image of the standings and the playoff image and all that’s mathematical, the Knicks can definitely take up a loss Saturday evening.
Even when they fall to fourth within the East, it wouldn’t be a catastrophe as a result of they’d keep away from Boston within the second spherical.
However let’s be actual about the place the Knicks stand getting into the ultimate three weeks of the common season, with a recreation on deck in opposition to the bottom-dwelling Wizards:
They’re with out id, they’re with out confidence, they’re with out the flexibility to tout title rivalry they usually can not, below these circumstances, lose to the Wizards at house.
