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To the Knicks believers, am quoting someone's post at Knickerblogger.net site here :

Post #1 from Caleb :

Based on what we were saying yesterday, it seems about equally likely that the Knicks catch Boston, or catch Orlando. (3 GB Boston; 4 GB Orlando, but O-town playing worse and struggling with injuries). If Knicks have 10.8 percent chance for each, they have 20.5 percent chance for catching one of those teams.

The other huge game, obviously, is Milwaukee. If Knicks win that one, there's almost zero chance the Bucks can catch us. If Milwaukee wins, it'll be down to the wire, although the Knicks will have a game advantage and a slightly easier sked.

Of course, even if Knicks are mediocre and fall behind Bucks, Celtics AND Magic, they could make the playoffs as an 8-seed if Philly keeps slumping. We're tied with Philly now, and own the tiebreaker.

Post #2 from Grymm :

IF we get the 6th seed we'd most likely end up with Indiana– the Pacers are two games up on Boston with an extremely favorable home schedule.

Orlando just lost to Washington. Their best player has a back injury and could be a game-time decision every game moving forward. They're without their best offensive glue player for the remainder, and of course, that locker room may be in complete shambles (and that's a big deal in the NBA)…

They play 5 games against teams battling to get in the playoffs or get out of the 7th and 8th seed — four of them are on the road.

If they lost to Atlanta and the Knicks beat Washington, the Knicks will be 3 games back with the tie-breaker.

Orlando has to finish a game better than the Knicks, which really makes the Knicks two games back.

Orlando has two scheduled gimmies of their remaining 8 games — but they just lost a scheduled gimmie.

Can Orlando lose 5-6 of their remaining 8 games given their state? I think the odds are much greater than 5-10 percent of that happening. Going 3-5 wouldn't be all that bad considering where they are right now. Good teams go through 3-5 stretches all the time.

5 losses means the Knicks need to go 7-1. Sweep the homestand, and you've got a great chance of getting the 6th seed and facing the Pacers, a team the Knicks are better than ( at least have looked that way for 10 of the 11 competitive quarters they've played them)

That's the road this team will need to take to make an incredible run.

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One can therefore conclude that the Knicks has a big chance assuming that they don't regress from the way they've been playing defense which is said to be 3rd in the NBA (recent standings) and from the fact that Chandler is a good candidate for defensive player of the year awards. Heck, they could climb to #4 although its a bit of a long shot based on the fact that Boston is playing so well also lately irregardless of the fact that they're playing their starters heavy minutes (barring any major injuries). However, they sure could move as high as #6 if Orlando plays like crap the way Philly is and the fact that Dwight is out with a bad back ala Amare. Go Knicks!

Edited by Droidz1979
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