That was Knicks’ All-Star Julius Randle’ s answer when asked why his team has struggled to dominate the glass against a Miami Heat team that ranked toward the bottom of the NBA in the category during the regular season. In Games 1 and 2 against the Heat, the Knicks won the rebound margin, 98-73, and headed to Miami with the series tied at one game apiece.
Before the Knicks tackled their 3-1 deficit and a must-win Game 5, Markieff Morris, an NBA veteran and a recent Heat player, predicted their quick downfall because the matchup was unfavorable. And they’ re doing this without Tyler Herro. “I got Heat, 4-1. I think they close it out in five,” said Morris, who played for the Nets last season before getting traded with Kyrie...
Immanuel Quickley was out again. New York’ s sixth man missed Wednesday’ s game because of his sprained ankle, leaving Tom Thibodeau with a shorthanded bench to tackle an elimination Game 5.. Quickley suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of Saturday’ s loss in Miami, where Bam Adebayo dove for a loose ball and undercut the legs of the Knicks guard.
Jalen Brunson strapped on the cape. Backed by strong efforts from his sidekicks RJ Barrett and Julius Randle, Brunson played all 48 minutes— a rarity in today’ s NBA, even under the must-win circumstances like Wednesday— and carried the Knicks through a rollercoaster of a 112-103 victory. His gutsy performance cut New York’ s series deficit to 3-2, with Friday’ s Game...
Mitchell Robinson trotted to the bench with a grin so wide, you could see it from the other side of the bridge. Only Latrell Sprewell got louder applause than the Knicks’ starting center Wednesday night. Trailing eight with under 5:30 left in the fourth quarter of the Heat’ s futile attempt to close-out their second-round playoff series against the Knicks at...
Most Americans are familiar with how Major League Baseball was integrated, the 76th anniversary of which was recently observed. Who was the first African American in the NBA, and when did he join? It’ s an important story and a good film, recognizing former New York Knick Nat“ Sweetwater” Clifton as the trailblazer he was for African American players in the NBA.
Jimmy Butler seems confident the Heat will eliminate the Knicks on Friday— especially if he never leaves the court. For the first time in these playoffs, he was decidedly outplayed by an opponent, Jalen Brunson, who actually played all 48 minutes in Wednesday’ s Game 5 and kept New York’ s heart beating for at least a couple more days. They became the first Knicks duo to...
NBA superstar Ja Morant was suspended by the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday after he flashed a gun on social media again. That suspension included a public reconciliation process, in which Morant spent two days in a counseling program in Florida and then sat down for an apology interview with ESPN’ s Jalen Rose. On March 1, the Washington Post reported that Morant had...
WASHINGTON— The dust has settled from Saturday’ s rain-delay debacle and the Mets have made the necessary roster moves for the continuation game against the Washington Nationals. The Mets were not ready to announce their 27th man before the day’ s action began, but it’ s likely going to be left-hander Zach Muckenhirn, who is with the Mets in Washington and has a...
Teacher Appreciation Week preceding Mother’ s Day afforded Orioles manager Brandon Hyde the opportunity to double-dip. When Hyde was in middle school in California, he occasionally had his mom as a substitute or student teacher. Center fielder Cedric Mullins on his mom, Sheila:.
Chicago Cubs right-hander Hayden Wesneski dropped his head and stared at the dirt mound. The Minnesota Twins had just clubbed their fourth home run of the game off Wesneski— the last Jorge Polanco’ s 409- foot, two-run homer in the fifth— to build a seven-run lead. “Trying to make pitches and sometimes whether that’ s mechanical or concentration, what are those...
With a YES Network camera and reporters’ phones pointed at him, Clarke Schmidt patiently waited for more questions following his last outing on May 9. “He just steals my heart,” Renee told the Daily News. Renee will watch the game from home in Atlanta with her mother, Janet, husband, Dwight, and older son, Clate, a cancer survivor who pitched at Clemson and in the minors.
The owner who found the vehicle at a Good Guys Car Show and paid $20,000 for it cites the reasons why.
In a busy Ravens offseason that included Lamar Jackson’ s trade request and eventual contract extension, the addition of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and the declining of linebacker Patrick Queen’ s fifth-year option, among other news, Wednesday marked the first time the team opened practiced to the media. Rookie minicamp ended over the weekend, so no...
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A reader sent me today’s deal from a team-of-four match. It furnished support for my opinion (which I cherish against almost universal opposition) that the modern, dominant “game-forcing two-over-one” bidding style has its shortcomings. At one table, North-South stopped safely at four spades. North’s bid of two diamonds suggested to South that the hands fit […]
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Dylan Cease managed to stop the bleeding Saturday, throwing six shutout innings in a 3-1 win over the Astros before a bobblehead-day crowd of 23,341. Luis Robert homered and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth with a bloop single, and the Sox overcame some poor clutch hitting early to come out on top. Renowned Astros- hater Joe Kelly pitched 1⅓ scoreless...
Filling in for skipper Brandon Hyde, who was at his daughter’ s college graduation Saturday, González’ s wish was that Tyler Wells would throw a complete game, and the bench coach would hand the team back over to Hyde with a fresh bullpen. The Orioles have the second-best record in the major leagues at 26-13, behind only American League East foe Tampa Bay.
WASHINGTON— The decision to play Saturday’ s 4:05 p.m. contest between the Mets and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park ultimately proved to be the wrong one. Fans who had tickets for the first game will only be able to use them for the continuation of the contest. Max Scherzer will pitch the second game but the Mets have not yet named a starter for the first...
Stanford-bound Palo Alto star repeats as state champion in 50, 100 freestyle events. Saratoga's Kelsey Zhang wins 100 butterfly. Northgate boys break a relay record.
Following the vehicle crash, the 65-year-old woman reportedly from her injuries while being transported to the hospital.
Teacher's union representatives said significant progress is being made toward a deal to restart classes -- could it happen Monday?
“No, I didn’ t believe it,” Rizzo told the Daily News of the timeless expression at the start of his career,“ because I was realistic about where we were as a team.”. Yankees closer Clay Holmes echoed similar sentiments when discussing the bulk of his stay in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won 69 games in 2019, 19 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and 61 in 2021, which is...
