Knicks

The Celtics take on the Lakers at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in another nationally-televised game.

But the Celtics weren’t able to beat the Knicks in overtime as they lost their third straight game. Malcolm Brogdon and Grant Williams had tough shooting games, but Brogdon had big 3 down the stretch as he closed out the game for the Celtics. The Celtics also had multiple chances to push it to a two-possession game late in overtime, but they left the door for the Knicks. While the Celtics were a lot healthier Thursday, Joe Mazzulla still dipped into his bench for some production. Both Randle and Brunson are vying for the All-Star game as reserves, and each player can put Thursday’s game on their resume. But that’s when they finished the quarter on a 16-4 run to force overtime. But the Celtics weren’t able to finish off the victory, falling 120-117 to the Knicks on Thursday at TD Garden. The Knicks heated up themselves and forced a game from there, erasing their deficit in the second quarter. Julius Randle had 37 points and nine rebounds while Jalen Brunson added 29 points and seven assists for the Knicks. The newly-minted All-Star starter started 5-for-5 from the floor for 12 points before sitting for his usual break midway through the first quarter. New York turned it up in the third quarter, where it outscored Boston 33-25. But the Knicks weren’t going away easily, putting up what was their own 13-point lead in the fourth quarter.

The Knicks have ruled out Evan Fournier, DaQuan Jeffries, Trevor Keels and Mitchell Robinson. Meanwhile, the Celtics will be without JD Davison, Danilo ...

As for the Celtics, they are the best team in the NBA, with a 35-14 record in 49 games. The Knicks come into the night with a 26-23 record in 49 games, which has them as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. [Boston Celtics](https://www.si.com/nba/team/boston-celtics) are hosting the [New York Knicks](https://www.si.com/nba/team/new-york-knicks) in Massachusetts.

Knicks star Julius Randle erupted for a game-high 37 points while Jalen Brunson notched 29. RJ Barrett had 19 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 28 ...

They'll look to join Tatum -- and likely Brown -- at the All-Star Game next month in Salt Lake City. That label belonged to the Knicks tandem of Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson, who tallied 37 and 29 points respectively. That still wasn't enough to hide what was one of the worst offensive performances in recent memory for the C's. Tatum dropped 11 in the quarter to help force overtime, though he failed to come through with the buzzer-beater at the end of the regulation. The Celtics will look to snap out of their slump when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. They had their chances to close out the win, but late-game miscues including a pair of missed free throws from

The Knicks started the night scoring with a Randle three-pointer just two days after the southpaw converted on eight three-point jumpers in Tuesday's win over Cleveland. The Celtics' duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown proved to be a challenge early ...

BOSTON — At the line, with the game on the line, Julius Randle came through and Jaylen Brown choked. Randle, who was mocked before the game by TNT analyst ...

Randle was the spark and boosted his All-Star candidacy for when the reserves are picked by the coaches. “I think for all players, I think the more times you go through it the better you get at everything. Barkley was confused that the Knicks were involved in rivalry week on the network. Jalen Brunson added 29 points in 40 minutes and the final block on Malcolm Brogdon’s potential tying 3-point attempt at the final buzzer. Tatum also had a chance to seal the victory in regulation but missed an open jumper before the buzzer to set up overtime. Brown, a certain All-Star this season for the Celtics, then missed both his attempts with 7.6 seconds remaining.

Julius Randle had 37 points and nine rebounds, and hit the free throws that gave the New York Knicks the lead for good in a 120-117 overtime victory over ...

… Boston hit 7 of their first 9 attempts from the field and led by as many as 15 points in the first quarter. The lead grew to 102-89 on a pair of free throws by Miles McBride with just over seven minutes to play. They finished the period by hitting 5 of their final 18 shots and held a 60-58 halftime lead. Tatum hit his first five shots of the night. New York responded by scoring the next six, taking a 116-115 lead on Barrett’s 3-pointer from the wing. Randle’s two free throws then put New York back in front for good at 118-117. “I feel like we’re getting more comfortable in those situations.” Jayson Tatum, who was voted an All-Star game starter for the third consecutive season prior to tip-off, finished with 35 points and 14 rebounds. So I feel like we’re getting more and more comfortable in those situations.” “Tonight was just a rough game and I’m a better basketball player than I played today. Jalen Brunson added 29 points, seven assists and a game-ending blocked shot for the Knicks, who have won two straight. We got the good result.”

Julius Randle scored 37 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 120-117 overtime victory over the NBA-leading Boston Celtics on Thursday as the Dallas ...

The Celtics made a valiant effort late to force overtime against the Knicks, but in the end it wasn't enough to avoid a third straight defeat for Joe ...

Julius Randle hit the free throws that gave the New York Knicks the lead for good in an overtime victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.

Jaylen Brown missed a pair of free throws that doomed the Celtics down the stretch. Celtics Knicks New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson drives toward the basket ...

Williams was on the floor in the first quarter when the Celtics took a 15-point lead, and he was on the floor while the Celtics clawed back from a 12-point deficit. The Celtics and Knicks? “Obviously it’s an honor to represent your organization, your family, and the people who have supported you through the highs and the lows like moments like these. And so we just have to do that all the time.” Thursday’s loss marked the second time this season that the Celtics lost three games in a row. In between their strong start and finish, the Celtics’ bench in particular struggled mightily. The Celtics slowed down every Knicks possession and forced them into high-pressure shots late in the shot clock. Tatum finished with 35 points and led the offensive charge down the stretch as the Celtics roared back from a 12-point deficit with 4:48 remaining. “We’ve got the utmost confidence in him,” Jayson Tatum said. “I didn’t get it going, didn’t give my teammates enough energy to get the win, and that’s what happens when you don’t come out and give your best. He’s shooting a career high in free-throw percentage and attempts, but he still isn’t the steadiest free-throw shooter on the team. It was also Brown who defended Knicks guard Jalen Brunson so well late in regulation as the Celtics rallied back from a double-digit deficit in the final minutes to force overtime.

For all the consternation and discourse this season, the Knicks are right on track with their more optimistic pre-season projections.

So, while New York is still a ways away from truly contending for a championship, they are headed in the right direction and aren’t an easy out by any means. Considering the teams that are ahead of them in the Eastern Conference they are exactly where they’re supposed to be and could easily leapfrog or fall behind the three or four teams they are in fighting with for positioning. The East is extremely difficult this year – for context, the Knicks are currently the seventh seed; if they were playing in the Western Conference they’d be tied for the fourth seed. There is always much discourse about the New York Knicks and the never-ending debates about how the team should be run or what direction they should take when it comes to the draft and free agents and trades, but at the end of the day, that’s all speculation and hypotheticals. The Knicks have had some heartbreaking losses and some exhilarating victories. The Knicks have played an even 50 games thus far and are 27-23.

With Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson, RJ Barrett and Tom Thibodeau, this group has the starting point of a winning roster. Of course, the Knicks have to make ...

It may surprise Knicks fans, but their team has been pretty good in the closest of clutch games, and they did it Thursday beating the Celtics in OT.

This will be the first start for Williamson (if he’s healthy enough to play) and Mitchell. [Kyrie Irving](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29682/kyrie-irving) [Donovan Mitchell](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/30439/donovan-mitchell) [Kevin Durant](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29277/kevin-durant) In a new twist, James and Antetokounmpo will choose their teams right on the court before the game — true playground style. Team Giannis, they received the most fan votes in their conferences and will be the captains for the Feb. [Zion Williamson](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/50955/zion-williamson) [but did what Knicks fans expected](https://twitter.com/SBondyNYDN/status/1618798731926863872) — when they blew a 13-point lead by scoring just four points over the final 5:20 of the fourth quarter. [Stephen Curry](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29477/stephen-curry) He averages 33.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.6 assists a game. New York will need more wins like this because they will be battling the Heat, and maybe the Pacers, for that No. [LeBron James](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/28859/lebron-james) had [Giannis Antetokounmpo](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/basketball/nba/player/29932/giannis-antetokounmpo) on his team. He is It will be Team LeBron vs.

The New York Knicks rank seventh in the NBA in offensive rating and 14th in defensive rating (all numbers c/o Basketball-Reference unless otherwise indicated).

They get to the line a ton, they’re a top rebounding team on both sides of the glass and they simply don’t turn the ball over. When you have a team that’s balanced on both ends – the ‘89 Knicks were sixth in offensive rating and 10th in defensive rating – you want to maintain being excellent at the things you do best. They’re not a great 3-point shooting team, but they’re 10th in attempts from deep; if you’re gonna play the lottery, best to buy a lotta tickets. In 1989, that meant playing at a top-five pace, making the most 3-pointers in the league while giving up the fifth-fewest and forcing the second-most turnovers. A year later, the Knicks got off to a 35-17 start. The last time the Knicks finished with a top-10 rating on both ends was 1988-89, when Rick Pitino’s Bomb Squad won 52 games and came within a Michael Jordan of the conference finals.

Immanuel Quickley and Jalen Brunson are making their mark as New York rides the lead-swing wave.

“(It’s) just not being afraid of contact,” Brunson said. Remove him from the roster and the Knicks would be dead last in charges drawn. Of course, there’s a good reason he’s not flying in the air trying to combat drivers like a miniature [Toronto Raptors](https://theathletic.com/nba/team/raptors/). For as much as drawing charges oozes with Thibsiness, no one else on the Knicks does this. The clock runs out without any chance at a basket. He added another lefty power dunk to his highlight reel, too, this one over all-world wing [Jayson Tatum](https://theathletic.com/nba/player/jayson-tatum-3O7MInr4zV5KKhZ5/). It’s an NBA ritual for players to release 75-footers just barely after the buzzer sounds. Quickley goes for the element of surprise. It’s the first time this season the Knicks have come back from a 15-point deficit to win. This is the other side of the NBA’s lead-swing tomfoolery. The Knicks were down 15 early but roared back in the second quarter.

Boston.com's Tom Westerholm called out Reggie Miller's strange remark about the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks being the NBA's greatest rivalry.

In addition, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks have been battling Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in the postseason over the past several years. 2008 saw the pendulum swing back to the Cs during the first season of the ‘Big 3,’ but Kobe Bryant won his final title against Boston in 2010. The greatest rivalry in NBA history?

The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. But that could've changed if they just listened to their head coach.

He asked for a 10-year, $50 million contract, 20% ownership of the team, a limo service to and from games, $300 per diem, and for Arison to buy his homes near Los Angeles and New York. The Knicks offered him a five-year, $15-million extension, which would’ve made him the highest-paid coach in the NBA. Before Riley took over, the Knicks were a sub-.500 team and were swept by the Chicago Bulls in the first round. Once Riley realized the Knicks were never going to budge, he began to explore his options discreetly. 16, 1995, Heat owner Micky Arison had a meeting with Riley the morning before the game. They went 51-31 and were a win away from knocking out the Bulls in the semifinals his first year, made the conference finals in Year 2, and in Year 3, the Knicks were a win away from winning the NBA championship.

Despite how it feels to Knicks fans, their team has actually been good in the closest of clutch games.

Shooting the fifth-worst percentage from the foul line in January, the Knicks were able to hit clutch foul shots in a big win over their rival Boston ...

[Knicks](https://www.postingandtoasting.com/) were 19-23 from the foul line in Thursday night's win over the [Boston Celtics](https://www.celticsblog.com/). A great foul-shooting performance against Boston is what needs to become the norm rather than an outlier. These were games the Knicks were able to win despite the poor foul shooting. Hopefully beating Boston can give these Knicks confidence from the line. In January, they shot 74.9% as a team, the [fifth-worst](https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/traditional?Month=4&dir=D&sort=FT_PCT) in the NBA. One game they will be kicking themselves about this month is the 123-121 overtime loss in MSG to the Toronto Raptors.

As Leon Rose nears the three-year anniversary of being hired as the Knicks' president, he still has James Dolan's approval.

I believe that Leon Rose is still the best out there.” I picked Leon because I believe after you look at the NBA and the game that we play, that the team with the best talent wins. [Dolan said on WFAN’s “Carton and Roberts”](https://www.audacy.com/stations/wfan) when asked if Rose was doing a good job.

Knicks owner James Dolan reveals that he refused to meddle with his front office's push for a Donovan Mitchell trade.

While some Knicks fans might believe that Dolan played a key role in the failed deal, the fact of the matter is that this just isn’t true — at least according to James Dolan. While some fans might think that the billionaire heavily involves himself in the day-to-day operations of his team, Dolan says that he actually didn’t use his position to try and force the Mitchell deal to push through. [came extremely close](https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-leon-rose-claps-back-at-new-york-critics-after-failed-donovan-mitchell-chase) to becoming a member of the New York Knicks this past summer.

Appearing on Friday afternoon on WFAN Sports Radio in New York, Knicks owner James Dolan said he doesn't intend to surrender control of the franchise ...

There has also been a segment of the Knicks fanbase hoping for years that Dolan would take that route — it sounds like they shouldn’t get their hopes up. [via](https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1619068850800300033) [Retweet](http://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopsrumors.com%2F2023%2F01%2Fknicks-dolan-says-he-has-no-plans-to-sell-retire.html&text=Knicks%E2%80%99+Dolan+Says+He+Has+No+Plans+To+Sell%2C...)2 [Share](#)0 [Send via email](#)0 [Twitter link](https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1619066965158465549) via Katz). “I’m not retiring anytime soon. It’s a family-controlled asset, so someone in the family will eventually own it.” [tweets](https://twitter.com/FredKatz/status/1619064361183547412).

James Dolan didn't sell the New York Knicks when the team was mired in a sexual harassment lawsuit. He didn't sell the Knicks when they missed the playoffs ...

Until the team enjoys significant and sustainable success, fans are going to ask Dolan to sell the team. At 27-23, they are currently in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, and Dolan said during the interview that expects the team to make the playoffs. The Knicks have exceeded expectations on the court this season. The team was originally purchased by Cablevision in 1994, which was run by his father, Charles Dolan. [WFAN](https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/knicks/james-dolan-absolutely-no-plans-to-sell-knicks-or-rangers) Friday if he planned to sell the team, he gave the same answer he's been giving for years: no. [New York Knicks](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/NY/new-york-knicks/) when the team was mired in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Each week during the 2022-23 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league's biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the ...

In a recent interview, Knicks governor spoke about expectations for his team this season and whether he believes president Leon Rose is doing a good job.

Knicks owner James Dolan backed team president Leon Rose and said he's staying out of the way of the decision-making process.

But the ones who get right up in your face and get confrontational, and that unfortunately has happened." When asked if the more "meddlesome" version of Dolan would have forced Rose to make a trade for Mitchell, Dolan responded, "I didn't." "Only the ones who have come down and gotten right into your face. "No," he said. this is a long answer," Dolan said, when asked if fans should have a concern about being banned from games. You really have to be confrontational -- not just say, 'I don't like you.' Generally, it involves some form of profanity." Not to disparage my fellow owners, but there are franchises out there with owners over the last few years you can look at new owners who have come in and thrown a lot of money, etc, and are not doing as well as they thought. It's a family-controlled asset, so someone in the family will own it." ... My deal with Leon and with [Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau], et cetera, is that I get to speak. I picked Leon because I believe after you look at the NBA and the game that we play, that the team with the best talent wins. "Eventually, there's a timetable," Dolan said. Instead, he said the goal moving forward was to show progress.