What the Knicks’ struggles against top teams mean for the pre-playoff phobias

Source: New York Post

Is this a concerning trend that could be indicative of a larger issue? Or should we not put much stock into it? The Knicks, after winning seven games in a row against NBA bottom-feeders, have now lost two in a row as soon as their opponents increased in quality. And it wasn’t as if the Knicks were overly dominant when they played the tankers — they were made to sweat and escaped a few of those games with narrow wins. It’s been more than three weeks since the Knicks beat a team over .