Knicks vs. Lakers, Another great NBA rivalry goes down tonight, folks, when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
The only difference this time around is that Los Angeles is the underdog, with the Lakers struggling at 9-13 compared to the 16-5 Knicks.
These two teams last faced each other on February 10, when New York City was caught up in Linsanity.
In nothing short of a miraculous performance, since the Knicks were without both Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony and New York won 92-85 thanks to 38 points from upstart point guard Jeremy Lin.
This time, Lin is no longer a Knick, and Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun game has been replaced with Mike Woodson's slow-paced, defensive isolation game.
But D'Antoni's game will still be present, as he now coaches the Lakers.All past games aside, be it the Linsanity game or Kobe Bryant scoring 61 points against the Knicks in 2009, this game is going to have a lot of fireworks.
These history between these two teams goes back nearly 60 years, and they've faced each other in the NBA Finals five times (Lakers lead that contest 3-2).
Throw in that this is D'Antoni's first return to Madison Square Garden since resigning as Knicks coach last season, and the intensity just continues to bubble over.
The only difference this time around is that Los Angeles is the underdog, with the Lakers struggling at 9-13 compared to the 16-5 Knicks.
These two teams last faced each other on February 10, when New York City was caught up in Linsanity.
In nothing short of a miraculous performance, since the Knicks were without both Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony and New York won 92-85 thanks to 38 points from upstart point guard Jeremy Lin.
This time, Lin is no longer a Knick, and Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun game has been replaced with Mike Woodson's slow-paced, defensive isolation game.
But D'Antoni's game will still be present, as he now coaches the Lakers.All past games aside, be it the Linsanity game or Kobe Bryant scoring 61 points against the Knicks in 2009, this game is going to have a lot of fireworks.
These history between these two teams goes back nearly 60 years, and they've faced each other in the NBA Finals five times (Lakers lead that contest 3-2).
Throw in that this is D'Antoni's first return to Madison Square Garden since resigning as Knicks coach last season, and the intensity just continues to bubble over.
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