Biggest Takeaways from the Knicks’ Overachieving 2023 Season
Column - May 21, 2024
“The New York Knicks injury woes finally caught up with them and put a cap on their season with a loss in Game 7 vs Indiana., but there is still much to take away from the incredible year.”
The basketball world loves to say that the two words “Game 7” are the most compelling duo in sports, but for the New York Knicks it has once again left a negative connotation in the dark canals of their storied history.
Exactly 24 years after one of their most glorious playoff runs of the late 90’s ended in a similar fashion, the Knicks found themselves repeating history in a Game 7 dance with the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden. Two decades later, banged up and burnt out amid injuries, the spotlight was not on their side and the result was a 130-109 routing to send Indiana to the Eastern Conference Finals and New York packing for the offseason.