NY rookie forward/fan favorite Kristaps Porzingis, who was picked No. 4 in June’s draft (one spot after Okafor), played well in accumulating a game-high 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. With the addition of rookie Kristaps Porzingis, the Knicks have an 8-10 record at the moment which is good for third in the Atlantic Division.
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Noel led the way with 23 points and 14 boards in that 97-81 victory over the Knicks that marked the 76ers’ only win over the last six meetings.
The 76ers selected Okafor third, and Porzingis went next to NY.
When the Knicks play the Heat, Miami made a concerted effort to feed Dwyane Wade in the post, and there is no reason NY can’t do the same with its two smaller post players.
The 76ers were sent back to their losing ways.
“We just have to be better at what we do”, he said.
It was a very undramatic game as Philadelphia just settled for three-pointers early and often.
So much for the 76ers earning their first winning streak of the season.
With the release by TMZ of another video showing Okafor in a second fight early on Thanksgiving morning in Boston and also reports of earlier incidents in Philadelphia, the team decided it was time for more than a scolding. Okafor has apologized for his poor decision making and Brown said the 19-year-old will be accompanied by team security on public outings. But we’ll have to wait to see those on the same floor. Thus far, they’ve scored like the NBA’s fourth-best offense against defenses ranked in the NBA’s bottom half, posting 106 points per 100 plays, according Stats LLC. It was a wire-to-wire victory for the Knicks, as they never trailed in the game and 2-2 was the closest the 76ers would get to doing so.
Okafor is serving a team-issued, two-game suspension that also will keep him out of the game Saturday against the Denver Nuggets at the Wells Fargo Center.
One common denominator that has prevailed in three of the Knicks’ four losses over the course of their current losing streak has been a field goal percentage below 40%.
Jackson, the reclusive Knicks president who’s been silent since the start of preseason, surfaced on SiriusXM’s NBA Radio on Wednesday, offering his first assessment of the rookie.
With the exception of our hero Porzingis, perhaps no offseason acquisition has had the impact on NY the way that Arron Afflalo has.
This was the first of two straight games in which a Knicks player will face his brother.
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On Wednesday, the Knicks were looking for a No. 1 option with Carmelo Anthony (12 points, 5-for-16 shooting) battling an illness.
