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Knicks Next Six Games Will Make Or Break Them

Last night’s win over the hapless Charlotte Bobcats helped the New York Knicks improve to 7-3 in their last ten games. Only San Antonio and Cleveland have better records than that over the past 10 games. We’re not lying. They now sit just one game out of the NBA playoffs, which is amazing considering how the team started the season. While there is still a looooooooooooong way to go, it just may be possible that this wretched bunch of players that will mostly be gone next year may make the playoffs. But the next six games are crucial to the rest of the season. Let’s take a look.

The Knicks head to Houston to take on a wounded but capable Rockets team, then to OKC to take on a dangerous and talented Thunder. They then get Philly on the road, the Raptors at home and then a home/home with the crappy Pistons, who are 0-10 in their last ten. The Knicks need to take 4 of these six, before getting 3 days off before taking on the Lakers at home. That matchup will be on ESPN on a Friday night, and could springboard the Knicks into the national NBA conversation. That is, if there is a national NBA conversation that talks about basketball and not violence. But it all starts during the next two weeks.