The New York Knicks have arguable been the worst team in the NBA this season based on the expectations they had coming into the year and after losing yet another game at Madison Square Garden in disappointing fashion, the team will hit the road on Tuesday night for a matchup against the Cleveland Cavilers and the game will be at Quicken Loans Arena and on TV on the MSG Network at 7 PM and will be streaming from the NBA.com League Pass website.
The Knicks got blown out by the Boston Celtics at home by 40 on Sunday afternoon and has the team not won two in a row against the Brooklyn Nets and the Orlando Magic, chances are that Mike Woodson would have been fired. The Celtics were looked at as one of the worst teams in the league after making the Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade and now they are one of the division leaders heading through December and that has to be embarrassing for the Knicks. The team got 19 points and five rebounds from Carmelo Anthony, but Andrea Bargnani and Raymond Felton were terrible and they will now try and rebound against the 7-13 Cavaliers and they have not been without their problems as well, as Kyrie Irving has been in a slump and is having a tough go over the past two weeks and after playing the Cavs, the Knicks will get another chance at MSG and this time is will be against the Chicago Bulls sans Derrick Rose.
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The Knicks come into the game ranked 24th in scoring and that has been a big issue and they are also 29th in the league in rebounding and 23rd in assists and one reason for that has been the injury to Tyson Chandler and the team is hoping to have him back soon. The Knicks are ranked eighth in defense with under 100 points allowed per game, but that hasn't helped them much and now they have a tough schedule coming up and if they don't turn things around soon, the playoffs could be an issue. The Knicks won 50 games and their division last season and now the postseason isn't even guaranteed and their only saving grace is the fact that the east and their division has been so bad they can still play back into it.
The team has won two of three games, but the loss to the Celtics was terrible and after playing the Cavaliers the team has a back to back with the Chicago Bulls before hitting the road against the Celtics. The team has a chance to get some wins before playing against Oklahoma State on Christmas Day, as they play the Hawks, Wizards and Bucks, but the team has to start winning games for any chance at turning things around.
No one in the Atlantic division is over .500 and the team is just 3.5 games back of the Celtics and the Raptors are just behind and the Knicks are in last right now with the Nets and Sixers above them. The Cavaliers come into the game after an impressive win over the Clippers and they next will play against the Orlando Magic after that and they come into the game ranked 27th in points per game. The Knicks will have to watch out, as they rank in the top 10 in rebounding, but this is a game the Knicks need to win as they play the Bulls next at home at MSG in an ESPN televised game.