The Knicks’ magic number to making the playoffs—not the play-in, the playoffs—went down to 2 as they beat the Clippers 106-100 in perhaps their biggest game of the season.
Their last matchup against the Clippers ended in a feel-good loss.
They had competed, but ultimately ran out of steam and lost 129-114 as Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett demonstrated that they might be real parts of a promising future, but the ultimate loss reaffirmed that may not be this season.
We now know that is not the case, and that they might have simply been missing a player—Derrick Rose.