A few points about Knicks schedule 2023-24:
Hard start
this Knicks It will be tested early this season. They are at home against a Boston Celtics The team that went to the finals of the Eastern Conference last season. The Celtics made a trade Marcus Smart To Kristaps Porzingis In the offseason, so they will look different, but they will certainly challenge New York on opening night.
A week later, the Knicks faced off Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers on a back-to-back home road. In all, 12 of the Knicks’ first 16 games are against teams that made the play-in last season. 11 of those games are against 2023 playoff teams.
Christmas Day Ceremonies
It will be the Knicks Play on Christmas Day For NBA over 56the seventh They will host this season Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bucks at noon on December 25. They will also play on New Year’s Day (against Minnesota and Carl Anthony Towns), Martin Luther King Day (vs. Orlando) and Easter Sunday (vs. Oklahoma City). The Knicks will also have 20 games on national television (ESPN, ABC, TNT).
Familiar faces return to town
Knicks with laces in Brooklyn on Dec. 20 and Jan. 23 and then twice in the final three weeks of the season (March 23 and April 12, second-to-last games of the season). East River Rivalry has another element. season as former Villanova and current Knicks teammates, Jalen Branson, Josh Hart And Donte di Vincenzo Facing Brooklyn Mikal bridges.
The Nets would welcome a return Kevin Durant With the suns On January 31 and Kyrie Irving And Mouse On February 6
There will be a familiar face at MSG in early February. Obi Tapin And Indiana Pacers Play at the Garden on February 1st and 10th. New York traded Taupin, a 2020 NBA lottery pick, to Indiana for two second-round picks this coming offseason.
Hard tests
New York has 12 back-to-back road games this season. The league average for back-to-back games with travel this year is 9. Distance to travel is important when comparing head-to-head, and the Knicks have two examples that wouldn’t hurt.
They have back-to-backs against the aforementioned Cavs. They also have a Sixers-Wizards road back-to-back. But Washington will play the second game in a row when it hosts the Knicks. The Wizards will fly from Cleveland.
New York has two five-game, eight-day road trips over five weeks. The second leg ends with a game in Brooklyn on December 20. The length of the season is hard for Tom ThibodeauGym
In-season competitions
Only 80 games are listed in the table. Two games are set as TBD for dates and opponents, slated for the playoff round of the NBA in-season tournament. Group play is from November 3 to 23. Two TBD games will be played the week of Dec. 4, which kicks off the playoffs.
Eight teams advance to the knockout round, which includes single-elimination matches in the quarterfinals (Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5), semifinals (Thursday, December 7) and the championship (Saturday, December 9). .