Throw away those 3-1 preseason record, epic come-from-behind win, and that blissful last five quarters of New York Knicks basketball.
The real games are about to begin.
And we’re about to find out whether the preseason hype is real or not for this new-look Knicks under a perennial playoff coach in Tom Thibodeau.
“My coach at Dayton used to put it in terms that preseason games are rubber bullets. And when you get to the real games that count, those are real bullets. We’re jumping on the fire,” said Knicks lottery pick Obi Toppin on a zoom call on the eve of his official NBA debut.