Articles by Lou V

It was ‘a good loss’. No loss is ever a good loss, some argue. But if there is such a thing, this was it. In Philly, against a strong Philly team that is expected to […]

It was a wire-to-wire blowout. By the Knicks! Over Cleveland — a team that had blown the Knicks out a week ago on this same Madison Square Garden court. The Knicks played a tight defense […]

The Knicks lost this game not only for themselves, but for traditional NBA basketball. As Gregg Popovich said last year, the NBA has become boring; it used to be you’d check the boxscore after the […]

Marcus Morris hit a big 3 with 13 seconds left for the game winner and the Knicks held on for a titillating, exhilarating win at a bursting-at-the-seams-playoff-atmosphere-loud Madison Square Garden, while fans at home and […]

The Knicks train pulled into Chicago and was at the station through 3 quarters — NY led 89-87 with 11 minutes left in the game. And then Coby White got HOT and blew the Knicks […]

The train came off the tracks. And smashed into a brick building. And its cars fell on their side, releasing a chemical spill. And everyone started pointing fingers of blame — at the conductor, the […]

This was Frank Ntilikina‘s game — on offense and defense. As good as he was the last game on both sides of the court, he was even better here. Aggressive, orchestrating offense — penetrations, layups, […]

1-7. Directionless. Befuddled. The Knicks didn’t come close to winning this game, even against a Detroit team considered to be weakened with their two best players — Blake Griffin and Reggie Jackson — out injured. […]