The New York Knicks are among the best teams in the Eastern Conference, but they have struggled against elite competition throughout the season. After recent lo

The Celtics now own a four-game lead over the Knicks and the head-to-head tiebreaker for the two-seed in the East (Boston still trails Cleveland by six games for the top seed). The two teams will square off one final time in the regular season when they meet at Madison Square Garden on April 8.

The Celtics can comfortably put Holiday on Towns, allowing Porziņģis to guard whichever non-shooter the Knicks have on the floor, because he’s strong and an incredible post defender for his size. This makes New York’s top-notch offense stagnant. Only so many teams have guards/wings able to disrupt Towns (Oklahoma City is one of them).

There’s no other way to put it. The New York Knicks are overmatched against the best teams in the league. This is a particularly concerning statement since they are a third seed themselves, armed with two All-Star starters.

Al Trautwig spent more than 30 years as the voice of the pre- and postgame coverage for the New York Yankees, New York Knicks and New York Rangers.

Al Trautwig, one of the most recognizable sports broadcasters in New York and a fixture at numerous international events, including 16 Olympics, has died at 68.

Al Trautwig, a longtime voice of New York Knicks and New York Rangers coverage on MSG, has died at 68, the network says.