Collin Loring

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Knicks 108, Celtics 105 (OT): DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN! — The Strickland: A New York Knicks Site Guaranteed To Make 'Em Jump

1 week ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

They say you don’t know the good old days until they’re gone. As a New York Knicks fan who just watched them pull off a come-from-behind overtime road win against the Boston Celtics in Game 1, I call bullshit. These are the best days. A back-and-forth feeler of a first quarter gave us hope. Boston’s counterpunch (and knockout blow, at first glance) of a second quarter washed it all away. At halftime the scoreboard read 61-45, bad guys, and I toyed with turning off my television.
Game 4: Knicks 94, Pistons 93 — When it matters most — The Strickland: A New York Knicks Site Guaranteed To Make 'Em Jump

2 weeks ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

It’s been almost 17 years since the Detroit Pistons won a playoff game on their home floor. On Sunday Jalen Brunson decided it’s best they keep on waiting. Because that’s what superstars can do. At any given moment, in any given game, guys like Brunson can turn everyone else on their heads and force them to watch what happens next, like that meme-made guy from Netflix’s Bird Box.
Pistons' physicality prevails over Jalen Brunson, Knicks in Game 2

3 weeks ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

As is so often the case in the NBA postseason, physicality prevailed in the Detroit Pistons’ series-tying, 100-94, Game 2 victory at Madison Square Garden. A second-straight comeback wasn’t in the cards for the New York Knicks, who outscored the opposition 27 to 25 in the fourth quarter. The offense ran stale after Josh Hart tied the game at 94 all with 75 seconds remaining.
Game 1: Knicks 123, Pistons 112 — Blackjack — The Strickland: A New York Knicks Site Guaranteed To Make 'Em Jump

3 weeks ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

Three more to go in the series, fifteen to go on the season It was only eight days ago when the New York Knicks fell to a shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers team, the last game that could have meant anything in a season that’s carried the weight of seemingly everything behind it. And with it, tides of anguish swept over the fanbase. Saturday night saw them swept away.
Landry Shamet needs to be a mainstay for the New York Knicks

3 weeks ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

Much has been made of Tom Thibodeau‘s rigid rotations and minutes management as New York Knicks head coach. But it’s never felt as pressing as it does in year five, with a litmus test, first-round series against the Detroit Pistons fast approaching. Because for just the second time in his coaching tenure, Thibodeau and the Knicks enter the playoffs with a fully healthy rotation. Yet no decision might prove more polarizing than his allocation of minutes for sharpshooter Landry Shamet.
Josh Hart, Tom Thibodeau plead urgency after Knicks collapse vs. Cavs

1 month ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

Everyone knows that nobody wins the blame game. But much like Friday night’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks couldn’t seem to care less. As if an encore to the pair of losses that preceded it, New York broke new ground in the space of disappointing losses, this time blowing a 23-point lead to a Cleveland team without NBA All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell.
Pistons 115, Knicks 106: Maybe the Knicks meant to lose — The Strickland: A New York Knicks Site Guaranteed To Make 'Em Jump

1 month ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

It only took three games, but since Brunson’s return Bridges is once again a discombobulated overthinker who’s crawled back into his shell. On a night he shot 70% from the floor, I caught myself yelling at him to take more shots. Bridges shot 38% from three in Brunson’s absence on over four attempts per game but last night was passing up open looks, as if he had the time to explore the 14,000,605 possible outcomes of each, like Doctor Strange in Infinity War.
Jalen Brunson is all the way back: 3 takeaways from Knicks-Celtics

1 month ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring |Connor Long

Fourth verse, same as the first: Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics completed a regular-season sweep of the New York Knicks—thanks to Tuesday night’s 119-117 overtime victory. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each notched double-doubles, and OG Anunoby did as good a job as anyone defending Tatum. It wasn’t enough. It hasn’t been enough. And it more than likely won’t be enough if these teams meet in the postseason.
Jalen Brunson's return date is set for the New York Knicks

1 month ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

When the going gets tough, the injured get healthy—or something like that. The NBA playoffs are just weeks away, and the New York Knicks cannot wait to welcome back their best player to the hardwood. Fortunately, that wait is seemingly over. According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson will suit up for Sunday’s game against the Phoenix Suns on April 6.
Former Knick Quentin Grimes strongly endorses Tom Thibodeau

1 month ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring |Connor Long

Revenge is best served cold. But for Quentin Grimes, any temperature would have sufficed in his first game at Madison Square Garden since being traded away in 2024. The former New York Knicks first-round pick looked anxious early, wanting to perform well against his former team on Tuesday night. Spoiler alert: he didn’t. Grimes’ 26 points came on poor efficiency and were juiced by a 10-point fourth quarter in a game the Knicks had long stopped caring about.