Knicks' Crucial Loss and Eastern Conference Standings

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00:00Eastern Conference standings just a quick peek at them as we shared here's why the Knicks lost

00:05last night in the Motor City is so crucial one could it be a preview of the opening round of

00:11the playoffs with the Knicks having home for advantage against the Detroit Pistons the Knicks

00:16as an underdog last night in the Motor City despite having both Jalen Brunson and Carl

00:21Anthony Towns in the starting five not exactly the strongest look the Knicks a 6-11 team against

00:27the spread as an underdog this year Cleveland has clinched the number one spot Boston the number

00:32two seed by a good margin both the Knicks and the Pacers have clinched a top four seed but we still

00:39have to figure out who's going to be the three who is going to be the four with two games left in

00:44Indiana trailing New York by just a game the Bucs a big win last night hammering the Pelicans as expected

00:51by 25 easily covering as a 14 and a half point favorite two game advantage over Detroit that's

00:58a pretty comfortable cushion and the Pistons of course in the sixth spot they're in no danger of

01:03falling into the play in tournament those four teams the Magic the Hawks the Bulls and the Heat DRS

01:09are already in those play and tourney positions yes and also we should do like the western cut the

01:15west coast conference does and say you know what conference tournament time just put our best teams

01:19there by all the way through let these bum teams for all intents and purposes play each other let's

01:25just get to the Cavs and Celtics I don't know I was about you know I have a little like a beeper right

01:30here I was about to use at this point because I take a look at this and say it is a two-man race

01:34the western conference we could talk about that ad nauseum all day long because it is kind of

01:37interesting right through to the playing rounds but the east is so boring like if the Knicks had just

01:42won two games Ben against upper level competition you could sort of have the argument hey man the Knicks get hot

01:47they can do some damage but I look at like the Knicks Pacers Bucks Pistons Magic and Hawks let's just go

01:52top eight a complete waste of time to be in the NBA playoffs I just want the Cleveland Cavaliers and

01:57the Celtics to play hopefully they're healthy by the time they meet but like I say this with passion

02:02because I like the NBA playoffs it finally is a season that matters in a regular season that doesn't

02:06matter at all but when we talk about the east it is two really good teams and everybody else is

02:11mediocre at best at best Ben