
Inside Knicks’ major defensive shift that saved their season from spiraling
NY Post
The dramatic defensive turnaround by the Knicks has been more than just effort — a schematic change has helped fuel it.
The results are glaring.
“I think,” Mikal Bridges said after the win over the Lakers on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, “it’s just a little bit more comfortable doing it this way.”
Under coach Mike Brown, defensive coordinator Brendan O’Connor and this new staff, the Knicks began the season with a system that emphasized forcing the ball into the middle — into the length they have in Karl-Anthony Towns, Mitchell Robinson and OG Anunoby.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











