Knicks get back on track

The Knicks, as can be expected, have been wildly inconsistent — two six-losing streaks and a long winning streak. But they are better by far than in recent years, even starting to show a willingness on occasion to play some “D”.

Will they win a title this year? Obviously not. Will they get past the first round of the playoffs? Maybe — if they get the Bulls, they have a legitimate chance.

Watching tonight’s game leaves me questioning whether the Heat are going to go much farther. As the game crew kept reminding us — and the Heat kept showing us — this is a team that too often fails to play team ball. It does you no good in the long run if your two best players (two of the best five in the game) cannot mesh late in games. There was no offensive flow and too much one on one going on late (primarily from LeBron James, but also Dwayne Wade), which left the other four Heat players standing around.

In the playoffs against a seasoned and savvy Celtics team, that will be deadly.

Boston remains the beast of the East and the Lakers are still the team to beat for the title.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet