The upcoming New York Knicks schedule is looking very unfriendly. It’ll be quite the extended test. Via New York Newsday:
If you’re looking for a bright spot as you stare at the Knicks upcoming schedule, consider this: They have played their worst games against the worst of the opponents. Oddly, they play up and down to the level of the competition.
The Knicks will need something to create some optimism because their play on the court has not done that. The team struggled against two of the league’s worst teams in recent days, losing to Orlando and needing a fourth-quarter flurry to overcome the Houston Rockets. On Sunday night they competed against the surging Chicago Bulls, the start of a brutal gauntlet through an assortment of last year’s playoff teams and this year’s surprising front-runners…
Starting with the loss in Chicago, the Knicks host Los Angeles and the red-hot Phoenix Suns before flying to Atlanta for the second half of a back-to-back set. On to Brooklyn to face Nets and then hosting Chicago and Denver before three games in four nights on the road. They then return home for Milwaukee and Golden State.
The Knicks are 9-8 so far this season, which through Sunday’s games puts them in a five-way tie for the sixth best record in the Eastern conference.
Their leading scorers so far in 2021-22 are Julius Randle at 20.4 points per game, RJ Barrett at 14.9 ppg, Evan Fournier at 12.1 ppg, Derrick Rose at 12.0 ppg, and Kemba Walker at 11.7 ppg.
