They Knicks would love to nail down the fourth seed and at the very least stay away from seventh and the play-in tournament in their long-awaited return to postseason play. They helped their cause against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday at Staples Center.
After winning the first two games on the trip, they had dropped two straight, against Denver and Phoenix. But they beat the Clippers, another Western power, 106-100.
So the Knicks will finish up against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night before returning home to play their final three games of the regular season against San Antonio, Charlotte and Boston.