The New York Knicks are terrible and it's hard to say anything better than that and the team now hosts the Chicago Bulls at home in a game at Madison Square Garden on ESPN and they have been playing horrible at home and now they need to make sure they get a win, as the Bulls are coming off of a back to back and the game will start up at 8:00 pm and will be streaming from the WatchESPN website.
The Knicks have been getting some solid play from Carmelo Anthony, but the team has not been able to gel and they are coming off of another disappointing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers and they have up almost 110 points and really needs to get back on track. The Knicks play the Celtics pm Friday night on the road after this game at the TD Garden at 7:30 pm and that comes after the Knicks lost to the Celtics in terrible fashion at home on Sunday by 40 and they will need to rebound. The Cavaliers game saw Carmelo Anthony score 29 points and eight rebounds in the game and they come into the matchup 5-15 on the season and they are ranked 15th in the league in scoring with 99 points and they are allowing over 100 points per game on defense.
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The Knicks are ranked 24th in the league in rebounding and 18th in assists this season and the team comes in with just five wins and the Bulls have been hanging tight with eight wins and 11 losses in the central division behind the league leaders in the Indiana Pacers. The Knicks have tons to get together and they play against the Celtics next and need a solid performance to get back on track and the game will be nationally televised on ESPN.
The Bulls have been playing fantastic defense this season without Derrick Rose and the team is ranked third in the league in defensive scoring with just 93 points per game and the team is ranked fourth in rebounding. The Bulls are scoring 93 points per game and are averaging nearly 50 rebounds per game behind Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer and the team is ranked 13th in assists per game as well even without Rose. The Knicks really need this win and the Bulls are banged up playing the second game of a back to back and the team needs to start playing better at Madison Square Garden and it must start now.