Knicks Advance in In-Season Tournament
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 28: Brandon Miller #24 of the Charlotte Hornets passes the ball as Julius Randle #30 and Mitchell Robinson #23 of the New York Knicks defend during the second half of an NBA In-Season Tournament game at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 2023 in New York City. The New York Knicks defeated the Charlotte Hornets 115-91.NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
The New York Knicks have advanced in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament after a 115-91 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at the Garden.
What does this mean?
It means the Knicks will face the Milwaukee Bucks on December 5, a game that was not on the initial schedule when it was released back in July. Should the Knicks beat the Bucks, they will face the winner of the Pacers-Celtics match-up.
The In-season tournament championship is set for December 9. Ironically, the championship games does NOT count toward the regular season.
Wait? Isn’t the season already 82 games?
To clear up the ambiguity that the NBA created when it released this tournament, all 30 NBA teams were given a shorter 80-game regular season slate.
All the game that have been played in the tournament up to this point have already counted toward the regular season total.
The first two rounds of the tournament: the quarterfinals and the semifinals will count as games 81 and 82. The championship game, an 83rd game, will not count in the standings.
For teams like the Brooklyn Nets, who didn’t advance in the tournament, they will have games 81 and 82 re-scheduled against a team or teams that was also eliminated from the tournament.
HOW THE KNICKS WON?
A heavy dose of Julius Randle who scored 25 points and added 20 boards. Immanuel Quickly added 23 points, while Josh Hart (17), R.J. Barrett (16), and Jalen Brunson (12) round out the top scorers for the Knicks.
New York grabbed a 13-point lead in the first quarter, and really never looked back.
New York’s upcoming match-up with the Milwaukee Bucks in the semi-finals will be the fifth match-up against the Bucks this season. The two teams will play a back-to-back against one another on December 23 and 25. The Knicks already lost once to the Bucks, 110-105 back on November 3.
6 Holiday Inflatables For Your Front Lawn
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This list of Holiday Inflatables For Your Front Lawn is a bit of a wish list. Growing up, my family celebrated Christmas in a non-secular way. We had all the standard fair. Ceiling height tree with an angel topper, stockings hand knit by my Grandmother, fake candles in the windows, and garland. The one thing we never had and could never have is inflatables. And guess what the one thing I always wanted was? Inflatables.
Why couldn’t you have inflatables, Kelley, you ask. Because we had no front lawn! My dad and his brother Jamie, carpenter and electrician respectively, and some of their pals built our house from the ground up and I often wondered if it was planned that way, much like the shape of the windows that (intentionally!) wouldn’t allow for air conditioners. In fairness, there was really nowhere else to build the driveaway but I’m still not convinced that it wasn’t on purpose.
When our house was built the entrance was put on the 2nd floor so you took 1 flight of stairs to a landing. Not a big landing, maybe 10 by 4 at the most. Fast forward to my early 20s. When my dad, who has a tremendous sense of humor, decides not only can we now have inflatable Christmas decorations, but they should be large enough to take up the entire landing. I know for sure he didn’t plan this because he would’ve taken any opportunity to embarrass me and a gigantic snow globe with a snowman and swirling wind definitely would’ve done that.
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Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.
