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Mike Breen recently voiced his frustration over the new media rights deal, which stipulates that national networks will exclusively broadcast the first round of the playoffs
An ESPN reporter identifies the superstar who could make or break the Knicks’ championship hopes this season.
Paul Pierce flags Jalen Brunson’s 6’2” height as a major hurdle for the Knicks’ championship aspirations.
The 2025-26 NBA season is officially over, and once again, the Oklahoma City Thunder sit at the very top of the power rankings, a spot they began the year in. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder will enter the playoffs as the defending champions with a very strong chance of going back-to-back, proving that their Game […] The post ClutchPoints’ 2025-26 NBA Power Rankings Week 25: Thunder reign supreme as regular season ends appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Just seven teams wound up in the luxury tax.
The regular season has come to an end, and the New York Knicks will prepare for a high-pressure, high-paced First Round battle with the Atlanta Hawks.
The NBA playoffs begin Saturday, April 18, and for the first time in more than two decades, the postseason will air without TNT. The NBA released the Game 1 schedule for the first round on Sunday, with eight matchups spread across two days and three broadcast partners. Under the league’s new 11-year, $76 billion media…
As the regular season concludes and the New York Knicks look ahead to their playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, superfan Ben Stiller has faith in his team. Days before the Knicks-Hawks series commences, Stiller agreed with Shaun Possible’s take, who believes New York will win the series in five games. While Stiller didn’t anything […] The post Knicks superfan Ben Stiller drops bold playoff prediction for Hawks series appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The New York Knicks have firmly secured the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, and they are preparing to fight for the championship. However, before the Knicks’ first playoff game, Knicks fans had taken a serious blow, one that did not concern the team at all.It is being said that this postseason, fans will […] The post Knicks Fans Get Bad News Before Playoffs Even Begin appeared first on Heavy Sports.
The New York Knicks are playoff-bound. They successfully secured the third seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2026 NBA Playoffs and will face the Atlanta Hawks in the first-round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs.. And while Atlanta shouldn’t pose a tremendous threat to New York, the Knicks will still need more offensively than what […] The post Why New York Knicks’ Jordan Clarkson is due for a big playoff series appeared first on ClutchPoints.
As part of the NBA’s media rights deal with ESPN, NBC, and Amazon, beginning this year, there will no longer be first-round playoff games televised on regional sports networks (RSNs) with local television announcers. All playoff games are now exclusive to the national TV partners. The decision has frustrated many NBA fans, including the voice…
After another grueling schedule, only a few teams remain to battle for the much-coveted Larry O’Brien Trophy. The 2026 NBA Playoffs are not lacking in compelling storylines and interesting matchups, and it would be a shame to miss any of them. The Oklahoma City Thunder will headline the postseason as they look to defend their […] The post Complete Game 1 schedules for first round of 2026 NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints.
With rest being the focus in their regular-season finale, the New York Knicks still gave Mikal Bridges a short appearance to keep his durability streak alive. The 29-year-old checked in for just 23 seconds in Sunday’s 110-96 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, extending his streak of consecutive games played to 638, the longest active run […] The post Watch Knicks’ Mikal Bridges make safest effort to preserve streak appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Mikal Bridges' historic durability gets called into question after the Knicks wing logs just 23 seconds against the Hornets.
The New York Knicks will face the red-hot Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, a matchup that should worry Mike Brown's team. The post Knicks Get Concerning Verdict Before Hawks Playoff Series appeared first on Heavy Sports.
Former NBA legend Charles Barkley has strongly pushed back against this approach of resting players during the final regular-season games.
Mike Breen is not a fan of one of the NBA’s subtle changes for this coming postseason. The veteran announcer was on the call for the New York Knicks’ final regular-season finale Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, N.Y. Breen, the primary play-by-play man of the Knicks’ MSG Network, spoke … The post Mike Breen slams NBA’s ‘poor decision’ for first round of playoffs appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Allan Houston warns the New York Knicks that focusing on the NBA Finals instead of taking it game by game could cause their downfall.
So, knowing a loss was likely without their main players, the Hawks made it clear they at the very least weren’t overly scared of the Knicks.
The Knicks got something of a surprise to find the Hawks had rested their starters on Sunday before the playoffs. The post Knicks’ 1st-Round Playoff Series Gets ‘Juice’ After Surprising Decision appeared first on Heavy Sports.
Knicks legend Allan Houston credits Karl-Anthony Towns' underrated passing ability for making the New York offense work so well.
This would all be a lot more interesting if the Hawks hadn’t rid themselves of Trae Young back at the trade deadline, of course, if they hadn’t exiled him to Washington, D.C., which has been pro basketball purgatory, seemingly, since Calvin Coolidge sat courtside.
The NBA acknowledged the Detroit Pistons' 60-win season.
The Charlotte Hornets may have just ushered in the league’s next great shooting era. Of course, they did it in pretty historic fashion. In a season finale packed with stakes against the New York Knicks, LaMelo Ball and Kon Knueppel didn’t just deliver. They hit a milestone. The duo became only the second pair of […] The post Hornets’ LaMelo Ball, Kon Knueppel pull off ultra-rare Splash Brothers feat appeared first on ClutchPoints.
