Back-to-back games against Bucks no Christmas gift for Knicks
NY Post
The NBA schedule certainly didn’t provide the Knicks a present for Christmas.
Their next two games during the festive period, on Saturday then again on Christmas, come against the Bucks, who sit second in the Eastern Conference and possess the third-best record in the league.
The Knicks already have lost to the Bucks twice this season in their two previous matchups, the second of which eliminated them from the In-Season Tournament.
The Knicks advancing to the In-Season Tournament quarterfinals resulted in them having to face the Bucks five times this year.
“Each time you play, you learn more,” head coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday. “They’re playing at a very high level. One of the most explosive offenses in the league. When you have a guy like Giannis [Antetokounmpo] and [Damian Lillard] and [Khris] Middleton and they’ve surrounded them with — you add [Brook] Lopez in and all the different weapons. [Cameron] Payne has done a really good job. Bobby Portis. They’re deep. Their numbers tell you how good they are.”
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