Ron Baker, Knicks’ Third-String Point Guard, Provides Lift: It was with some degree of desperation that the Knicks turned to Ron Baker over the weekend when all looked bleak. Faced with double-digit deficits heading into the fourth quarters of games in Milwaukee and Indiana, Coach Jeff Hornacek plugged Baker, a third-string point guard, into the lineup and watched the Knicks suddenly come alive. Over a total of 24 minutes in those games, all in the fourth quarter, Baker had a point differential of plus-30 during his time on the court. -- The New York Times
Knicks realist Porzingis says there's so much room to grow: Kristaps Porzingis called it back then, when everybody else was drinking the Kool Aid: the Knicks were winning, but they weren’t doing it as a team.