Knicks continue to play tough, and Tom Thibodeau likes it

The Knicks took the floor Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden for the first time since Feb. 27, back home against the Portland Trail Blazers. They are still trying to finish out the season as Tom Thibodeau preaches — playing hard to the finish line.

The reality showed the Knicks entering the night 5 1/2 games out of the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference with 14 games to play, but Thibodeau liked what he has seen from his team.

"Well, I think we've played really good basketball since the All-Star break," Thibodeau said. "And so we're playing a lot of young guys that are getting valuable experience. And when you look at all these games, we won the three in a row, we lost the…