Collin Loring

6 days ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

It’s 9:17 p.m., the day after the New York Knicks’ season ended at the hands of Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers, 125-108, and I’m exhausted. I wanted to take time and let this Game 6 loss marinate. It’s not every day – nay, every year – your favorite basketball team falls short in its first conference finals appearance in 25 years. Life had other plans. My buddy called and asked if I’d help him do a tile job. I don’t know shit about tile.

1 week ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

Estimated reading time: 5 minutesFresh off their best collective effort this series—a Game 5 win over the Indiana Pacers—Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks face elimination yet again. This time, however, they’re forced to play for their lives in the Midwest. ECF Game 6: Matchup Credit to head coach Tom Thibodeau, heavily criticized for years now as the NBA’s oldest dog who would never learn another new trick.

1 week ago | knicksxfactor.com | Collin Loring

What do we say to the god of elimination, New York Knicks family? Not today. Seriously, though: Has there ever been a more dangerous team in NBA history when the world has already counted them out? After falling flat on their faces in Game 4, Thursday night was a totally different story at Madison Square Garden. Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns led the way in a 111-94 Game 5 win over the Indiana Pacers, and this series is headed back to Indy.

1 week ago | thestrick.land | Collin Loring

There’s a scene in Talladega Nights: the Tales of Ricky Bobby where Will Ferrell threatens to stab himself in the leg to prove he’s paraplegic. Of course, he isn’t, so chaos ensues, Ferrell kicking and screaming while simultaneously reveling in the fact that he can, in fact, walk. Michael Clarke Duncan’s character attempts to pry out the first knife with a second knife, while Ferrell wonders whether or not they should just leave it.

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Collin Loring

The gap between being down 3-0 versus 2-1 is wider than the 711 miles that separates these two teams’ home arenas. More interestingly, a Knicks team that can win without Brunson is the toughest kind seen in New York in over 25 years. Game 4 will take place on May 27, with tip-off scheduled for 8:00 pm ET. Quoth the great Lenny Kravitz, or Sylvester Stallone playing Rocky Balboa, it doesn’t matter which; all that matters is “it ain’t over ’til it’s over.”