Articles by Lou V

A tough game for the Knicks — the second game in 2 days; both 1 pm starts — on Saturday and Sunday at a COVID-empty MSG — and Miami in, who had just blown out […]

DEFENSE. If you’re checking the boxscores and are surprised that you keep seeing the Knicks winning games — remember Coach Tom Thibodeau coaches the Knicks now. And coaching is 65% of the NBA. And so […]

Is there such a thing as a disappointing win? A win is a win. Unless somebody got injured and nobody got injured in this game. And yet — this 107-103 victory over Chicago seemed like […]

In a tight game that went back and forth and down to the wire, the Knicks didn’t make the plays down the stretch; Chicago did — resulting in this Disappointing with a Capital D loss, […]

A loss is a loss. But the Knicks lost to the 15-5 Clippers, hanging in throughout and were only down 2 points with 7 minutes left in the game, until LA pulled away. Afterwards, everybody […]

And just like that, the Knicks had lost 3 in a row on the West Coast, the last loss being to Utah, a game where NY squandered a double-digit lead while Utah took over in […]

The Utah Jazz are good. The Knicks played good ball in this game for the first half, and led by 13 at the half. But then Utah took over in the second half to win […]

Portland got off to a big 20-point lead in the first half, but the Knicks didn’t quit and made this one razor close in the final minute — not a bad loss, but a loss. […]

In the second game of a back-to-back on the West Coast, the Knicks couldn’t get it done against the 5-10 Sacramento Kings on a Coronavirus Friday night in Sacramento. The Knicks had just beaten Golden […]

This was a good win, start to finish, at Golden State, a day after the Knicks had beaten Sacramento on the West Coast. How they did it: 1. Payton’s Good Defense ‘Holding’ Curry Down Elfrid […]