The New York Knicks, who opened their season with a blowout loss in Boston, entered Saturday viewing their rematch with the defending-champion Celtics as a pre-All-Star-break measuring stick, but they were routed again, this time by the score of 131-104.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver told Dan Patrick on Wednesday that he likes the idea of shortening games to 40 minutes by going from 12-minute quarters to 10.
This version of Mikal Bridges looks nothing like the one Brooklyn traded away, but his revamped role could be the key to New York ascending in the East.
Trae Young relished his role as the villain at Madison Square Garden again, celebrating the Hawks' NBA Cup quarterfinal victory over the Knicks by pretending to roll dice at center court.