The five wins in six games to kick off the regular season are already a long way off in New York. Beaten at home Saturday afternoon by Denver (99-113), the Knicks have for the first time this season a negative record (11 wins – 12 losses, 11th in the East). On the bench, Tom Thibodeau continues to look for solutions and the sidelining of Kemba Walker did not cause an electric shock.
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Julius Randle has further blackened the statistics sheet (24 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists) but the Nuggets have limited other New York offensive threats like Evan Fournier (15 points, 6 of 14 shooting). Revenge after conceding a surprise defeat to Orlando (103-108), Nikola Jokic’s teammates (32 points, 11 rebounds) took off as soon as they returned from the locker room.
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With 30 points ahead at the start of the last quarter, the game was already folded and the Knicks reduced the gap at the very end of the game. Denver returns to balance (11 wins – 11 losses) and returns to the top 8, in seventh place in the Western Conference.
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