The Knicks knew that the start of the second half of the season was going to be a test. And just how they judge what they saw might decide the direction of the franchise moving forward.
The Knicks have lost three out of four games since returning from the All-Star break. As it might have been predicted, they lost in road meetings with the three front-runners in the Eastern Conference playoff race, a blowout at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks and a pair of narrow misses against the Nets and Philadelphia with a win in Oklahoma City.