Wizards 110, Knicks 98
New York, N.Y, — The Knicks preseason game of the 2018-19 season outscored Wizards 110, Knicks 98.
The Knicks had won their first three games. Tonight, they lost by 12, but it felt like a lot more. NY Knicks lost to the Wizards tonight, 110-98.
The Wizards started off fairly hot, jumping out to an eight-point advantage less than four minutes in. The Knicks clawed back and got within four with some solid shooting by Frank Ntilikina and Tim Hardaway Jr. paired with some timely steals, but the ’Bockers went down by 11 at the end of the first.
Things didn’t get too much better from there. I did make a positive note in the second quarter — that the Knicks have seemed able to keep games at least within striking distance this whole preseason by playing good enough defense when the offense isn’t clicking. And, predictably, I jinxed it, as they came out of halftime and laid the aforementioned 36-25 egg in the third quarter.
But then came Trier, our hero! The unlikely duo of Trier and Isaiah Hicks helped get the Knicks back in the game in the fourth, at one point narrowing the deficit to nine points. But it was also abundantly clear that, late in the fourth quarter of a game where most of the important players had been pulled on both sides, the Knicks cared a little more than the Wizards. It’s nice that this team seems to almost always be trying their hardest.
Anywho, if this were a real game and John Wall and Bradley Beal were in the game for a normal minute load, it’s possible the Knicks would’ve lost by 30. Just this guy’s humble opinion.
But does that really matter? I don’t think so. It’s still just preseason. And as commenter derek harper’s [doctored] comment said, “Trier is our new [and improved] Beasley.” We have some young talent on this team! That’s truly what matters.
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