Posting and Toasting · Oct 24, 2019
Spurs 120, Knicks 111: Scenes from a plucky clunker
Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports If I had to guess, I’d say I’ve heard Mike Breen say “Knicks down ten” more than “bang.” That’s just a guess, though. New York tipped off the season and they look like a much more cogent team but they still have their fair share of fatal flaws. It’s becoming clearer that coaching may be chief among them. David Fizdale loves to set up huge obstacles so that he can say the right thing about it in the presser.
The Knicks got down early with some terribly disjointed basketball. It felt like old times. But they fought back before it was too late. Coming down the stretch New York was in the thick of it, and then they allowed an 18-0 run. That was that.
