No doubt about it! Melo & rest of the Knicks are the kings of New York.

The Nets and Knicks played for the third time this season tonight (first game at MSG) and the Knicks prevailed with a fourteen point victory as they step up the defensive intensity in the second half. Entering the season many people in and outside of New York City picked the Nets as New York's best team. Instead the Knicks have flipped the script and like the Clippers in LA it seems impossible to find people in their respective cities picking the other team as the cities best. Question came about who is the best player, coach, center, bench, etc. As of right now the answers are Melo, Woodson, Chandler, toss up, and as for best team KNICKS!



The Nets had high hopes entering the season, but they have lost eight out of their last ten games. Williams and Johnson are not the league's best backcourt, they are Brooklyn's backcourt, but not even close to being the league's best. Avery Johnson was picked by many to be coach of the year, but now it looks like he will be lucky to make it to the end of the season as Nets' coach.

Amar'e Stoudemire is set to return soon, and his impact on the Knicks will be huge. Outside of Tyson Chandler the Knicks lack healthy bigs. Rasheed Wallace has been in and out of the lineup, and Camby has no effect on the team this season. Amar'e can provide points in the paint, and much needed rebounding. Melo has been playing like a MVP, and Amar'e could be the league's best bench player to go along with possible coach of the year Mike Woodson.

The Knicks play the Lakers on Christmas Day on ABC. I am looking foward to see how the Knicks play on the road, and if the Knicks can keep this pace up for the rest of the season they will be a legit contender in the East. Tonight's game showed us the Knicks are the best team in New York. Now are they the best team in the Eastern Conference?

Undefeated at MSG!

The Knicks finished off the Cavs tonight, and are now 10-0 at home this season. Kyrie Irving put on a show against the Knicks at MSG as he caught fire in the 4th quarter. Irving finshed the game with and the Knicks next two games will be against noteable point guards Jeremy Lin and Deron Williams. The Knicks lost the the Rockets earlier on in the season, and the Knicks have split their first two matchups at the Barclays Center against the Nets. Most will say that they will lose one of these games, and maybe they will. If Melo plays that Knicks could win both, but if he doesn't play in either they could lose both.

Leave your thoughts on when the Knicks will suffer their first home lost.

Melo, Knicks defeat Nets at the Barclay's Center in dramatic fashion.

Wow! What a game between the Knicks and Nets. Carmelo Anthony put on a show along side JR Smith and Jason Kidd. As for the Nets Blatche and Williams led the way in a game that came down to the wire. The Knicks got of to a slow start as they fell behind by 17 points. The Knicks couldn't have gotten off to a slower start, but their great 3 point shooting not only kept them in the game it gave the the dramatic come from behind win.

Jason Kidd did not play against the Nets the first time these two teams played, and tonight he proved why he is one of the more important players on the Knicks team. Kidd made 6 three pointers including the game winner with 23 seconds to go in the game. Another key for the Knicks comeback was their defensive rotations tightened up, and force the Nets to take difficult shots.

Next time these two teams play it will be on December 19th on ESPN. If the first two games show us anything is that these games are much watch games, and can we please get these teams to play against each other in the playoffs!

Knicks Weekly Recap: Knicks bunce back after to falling to the Nets.

The New York Knicks came up short in an overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, but they finished up the rest of the week with wins over the Bucks and Wizards. On Sunday they beat the Suns at MSG to add on to their undefeated start at home. The Knicks are currently in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 12-4 record. Pablo Prigioni has looked very good in the absence of Jason Kidd, who should hopefully be back next week, and it is good to see Steve Novak making his three pointers. Carmelo Anthony has been great, and outside of the Nets game Raymond Felton has been very good this week. JR Smith struggled through out the week besides the Wizards game.It was also fun to watch Rasheed Wallace get ejected in the Suns game which lead to Chris Copeland making an impact during the game.

(Tyson Chandler vs. Nets)

Player of the Week....Tyson Chandler. Melo could be "Player of the Week" every single week, but I am going to go with Tyson Chandler this week. Tyson has been great with his rebounding and defense as always, but Tyson has also been able to help the Knicks on the offensive end with his scoring. Tyson scored a career high twenty-eight points. To go along with his twenty-eight points, Tyson scored 17 points against the Bucks. Tyson finished the week scoring in double figures in every game, and had three double-doubles.

Up Next:  @ Bobcats on Wednesday, @ Heat on Thursday, @ Bulls on Saturday, and home vs. Nuggets on Sunday.

Comment below on who should be the Knick of the week, and what do you expect from the Knicks this upcoming week.

Knicks Recap: Nets draw first blood against the Knicks.

No Amar'e. No Shumpert. No Kidd. Missed free throws by Melo. 3-19 shooting performance from Raymond Felton, and the Knicks still had a three point lead over the Nets with a 1:40 left in the 4th quarter. Tyson Chandler was a beast against the Nets, and after his put back dunk to give the Knicks a three point lead it looked like it was going to be a Knicks win. Instead Williams, and Lopez pulled through late forcing the game into OT. In overtime the Nets were too much for the Knicks as they got the win 96-89.

(Best team in New York?)

The Good: Tyson Chandler 28 points, 10 rebounds. Tyson was great, and he was by far the Knicks best player in the game outside of Carmelo Anthony.

Melo was good for 46 minutes, we will talk about the bad coming up.

Defense for Mike Woodson's team returned tonight as they limit the Nets to only 84 points in regulation.

The Bad: Raymond Felton, 3-19 shooting, was off tonight and it hurt the Knicks big time. Luckily for him he will have a chance to redeem quickly as the Knicks play the Bucks on Wednesday.

3 point shooting, the Knicks have been great behind the arc but against the Nets they couldn't find their touch.

Carmelo Anthony missed key free throws through out the game, and was unable to finish it.

Up Next: The Knicks play the Bucks on Wednesday and then they play the 0-12 Wizards on Friday. As far as the next time the Knicks and Nets play it will be on Tuesday December 11th at the Barclays once again.

Leave some comments on your thoughts on the game, and does this game prove that the Nets are the team to be in NYC.

Intro



After reading many others talk about the Knicks meltdown against the Houston Rockets I have decided to create a blog in which I talk about my views of the New York Knicks. I have seen this team succeed and fail over the years. The 12-13' edition is off to a great start since they do not have All-Star PF Amar'e Stoudemire, and one of the best young SGs Iman Shumpert. Both are out with injury and once they return we should get to see the best the Knicks have to offer.

(Iman Shumpert)

On Monday I will recap the first ever New York Knicks vs. Brooklyn Nets game as well as preview the rest of the Knicks' week. Every Sunday I will break the the games that took place during the previous days. Each week we will have a "Knick of the Week" and discuss the upcoming week. Thanks for reading, and I am looking foward to see what is to come. #knickstape