Articles by LouV

In 1978 the NY Islanders were a very good team on the brink of being a Great team. Having done well in the playoffs the prior few seasons, the final thing the young Islander team […]

Mitchell Robinson did a JOB on Victor Wembanyama — making him a complete non-factor as the Knicks blew the San Antonio Spurs off the court from start to finish on a Wednesday night at Madison […]

The Knicks came on with a relentless defense in the 4th quarter to turn a 76-76 tie into a rout, easily beating the LA Clipper “super team” 111-97 on a Monday night at Madison Square […]

The Knicks seemed to be the better team. Despite Milwaukee having a giddy 20-39 shooting night from 3, out-doing the Knicks putrid 10-39 3-pt shooting by 10 (ten) 3 pointers — the NY Defense didn’t […]

The Knicks couldn’t hit a shot all night — 5 for 30 from 3 (16%) — yet their defense kept them in it to the final minute — it was a dogfight. But Immanuel Quickley […]

Isaiah Hartenstein came off the bench to play a big man game — ripping down rebounds, blocking shots, ripping the ball out of other players hands without fouling, scoring inside with a variety of acrobatic […]

You can’t tell how close a basketball game was by the final score. It can be a razor-tight game and the final score might say you lost by 9 points. Or it could be a […]

The Knicks evened their record at 1-1 by beating Atlanta in Atlanta — a mostly free-wheeling game where the Knicks led by single digits practically throughout, and then made less mistakes than Atlanta did in […]