The New York Knicks demonstrated dominance in their recent games against Philadelphia, Memphis, and Miami, achieving a remarkable 3-0 streak. However, their victory run ended with a loss to the Warriors. Notably, various power rankings largely disregarded this defeat, with ESPN being the only outlet to reflect it in their assessment. Despite poor offensive stats post-All-Star break, the Knicks excelled in close games, boasting a solid record, particularly in clutch scenarios, indicating a resilient competitive spirit among the team.
The Knicks rank 24th offensively (108.5 points scored per 100 possessions) since the All-Star break, having seen pretty big drops in free throw rate and offensive rebounding percentage. The offense has been a little better (113.0 scored per 100) over this three-game winning streak, but it might be a good thing that all three wins were somewhat ugly and that they had to get serious defensively, especially in the second half in Miami on Sunday.
John Schuhmann of NBA.com dropped the Knicks one spot last week, but he made up for that mistake by moving them up to where they were two weeks ago and where they belong.
Despite the lack of clutch games, the Knicks are now 16-7 (second best) in games that were within five points in the last five minutes. That includes a 5-0 mark in overtime after some more Jalen Brunson heroics in Miami.
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