Here’s what the Knicks want, greater than anything proper now. They should chisel their magic quantity to clinch the three seed within the Jap Convention to zero as shortly as attainable. Coming into Wednesday night time’s recreation in Cleveland it was three.
It stays three. The Knicks (no shock) had been unable to take care of an early 15-point lead over the Cavaliers, falling 124-105. The Pacers (no shock) throttled the woeful Hornets in Indianapolis 119-105. Each groups have six video games left. The Knicks have sufficient remaining towards dangerous groups and the Pacers sufficient towards good groups that the maths ought to work out tremendous.
It might simply be useful for the Knicks if it occurred sooner fairly than later.
There are various causes the Knicks needs to be grateful that they’re far, distant from the Western Convention, however proper now essentially the most significant one is that this: Within the West, the three, 4 and 5 groups are separated by solely two video games. The 6 and seven are only one recreation farther again. There’s nonetheless a lot jockeying for place available out West. Each recreation nonetheless ferociously issues. A kind of groups goes to search out itself in a play-in. The others certainly have non-public preferences whom they’d prefer to keep away from within the first spherical because of matchups.
