A Lot To Learn From Frustrating Night

CELTICS 115, KNICKS 87 Boston entered the game as an angry team and the Knicks left the game angry. There were six technical fouls, two ejections and a lot of frustration — both inward and toward the officiating — in the visitors locker room at TD Garden. “They came out hungrier than us,” Joakim Noah […]

What Lies Beneath Lee’s ‘Glue-Like’ Work Ethic

According to the Basketball English to English Dictionary, a ‘Glue Guy,’ is defined as: “A valuable player whose main contribution isn’t using up lots of possessions.’’ There is no picture of New York Knicks guard Courtney Lee next to that definition, but there should be. Heck, his nickname should be Elmer’s. Take Lee’s contribution Wednesday […]

European Unit Leads Charge

KNICKS 110, NETS 96 Did Jeff Hornacek find something in that fourth quarter lineup that featured four European players and one (Brandon Jennings) who played a season in Europe? There seemed to be instant chemistry in that group which featured Jennings, Sasha Vujacic, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Kristaps Porzingis and Willy Hernangomez. They moved the ball well and cut […]