After a (15-17) start to the season that has the New York Knicks sitting as a playoff team in the East, they will confront a tough second half schedule against multiple contenders after the All-Star break.
The Knicks’ playoff fortitude will immediately be tested after the All-Star break against teams like the Milwaukee Bucks (19-13), Brooklyn Nets (21-12), Philadelphia 76ers (21-11), and Miami Heat (15-17).
Check out a full breakdown of the schedule below:
March
@ Milwaukee: March 11 — 8 p.m (EST)
@ Oklahoma City; March 13 — 2 p.m.
@ Brooklyn: March 15 — 8 p.m.
@ Philadelphia: March 16 — 8 p.m.
vs. Orlando: March 18 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Philadelphia: March 21 — 8 p.m.
vs. Washington: March 23 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Washington: March 25 — 7:30 p.m.
@ Milwaukee: March 27 — 8 p.m
vs. Miami: March 29 — 7:30 p.m
@ Minnesota: March 31 — 8 p.m
April
vs. Dallas: April 2 — 7:30 p.m.
@ Detroit: April 3 — 8 p.m.
@ Brooklyn: April 5 — 7 p.m.
@ Boston: April 7 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Memphis: April 9 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Toronto: April 11 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. LA Lakers: April 12 — 7:30 p.m.
@ New Orleans: April 14 — 8 p.m.
@ Dallas: April 16 — 9:30 p.m.
vs. New Orleans: April 18 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Charlotte: April 20 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Atlanta: April 21 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Toronto: April 24 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Phoenix: April 26 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Chicago: April 28 — 7:30 p.m.
May
@ Houston: May 2 — 8 p.m.
@ Memphis: May 3 — 9 p.m.
@ Denver: May 5 — 9 p.m.
@ Phoenix: May 7 — 9 p.m.
@ LA Clippers: May 9 — 3:30 p.m.
@ LA Lakers: May 11 — 10:30 p.m.
vs. San Antonio: May 13 — 7:30 p.m.
vs. Charlotte: May 15 — TBD
vs. Boston: May 16 — TBD
Schedule highlights
If New York wants to make the playoffs they are clearly going to have to earn it. After the All-Star break the Knicks face one of the toughest schedules in the league. As a result, they will have 6 nationally televised games on ESPN, including the March 15. game against Brooklyn. They also face a tough six-game road trip from May 2-11 against multiple playoff bound teams like the Clippers, Lakers and Suns.
Unless another deal is made by the trade deadline to bring in some help on offense, fans might have to ride-or-die with this years defensively pesky Knicks squad led by Julius Randle.
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