The writing was on the wall for weeks, but Thursday night it became official: The New York Knicks have been eliminated from playoff contention. Annoyingly, it was the Atlanta Hawks who put the final nail in the Knicks’ coffin, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 131-107.
And so that’s all, folks. New York has five games remaining, but they don’t mean diddly, outside of draft positioning, that is. The biggest game on the schedule now is probably Friday, April 8, against the Wizards. Washington sits just a half game behind the Knicks in the standings.