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The Knicks will play their next five games at home, but all will be against formidable Western Conference opponents beginning with Saturday\u2019s matchup against the surging Kings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sacramento has won 10 of 12 under Doug Christie after Mike Brown was axed in late December with a 13-18 mark. <\/p>\n
The Knicks\u2019 subsequent four games will be against top six teams currently in the West: the Grizzlies, Nuggets, Lakers and Rockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, they had a little bit of a slow start, but they\u2019ve been playing well,\u201d newly dubbed All-Star starter Jalen Brunson said of the Kings. \u201cMost importantly, we need to keep our consistency. Our mental approach has to be the same every single game. We have to be ready to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a dogfight when we get out there, no matter who we\u2019re playing against. Any given night something could happen, so we have to be ready to go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Knicks enter Saturday\u2019s game at MSG with a slightly better record on the road (15-8) than they\u2019ve managed on their home court.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Josh Hart is listed as questionable for the Knicks with right knee soreness. De\u2019Aaron Fox (sprained right thumb) is questionable for the Kings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin joined New York AG Letitia James and Connecticut AG William Tong and other government officials in \u201cimploring Altice USA and MSG Networks to reach a deal\u201d to resolve its dispute that has taken the networks\u2019 programming off Optimum\u2019s lineup since Jan. 1, according to a statement Friday released by MSG.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMSG Networks agrees with the Attorneys General,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWe don\u2019t want Optimum subscribers to miss another Knicks, Rangers, Islanders or Devils game. That\u2019s why we offered to submit the matter to binding arbitration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Altice USA agrees, MSG Networks can immediately bring back the games Optimum subscribers are desperately missing while MSG Networks remains off the air.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Knicks ranked third in the NBA in team merchandise sold in the first half of the season through the league website \u2014 behind the Celtics and the Lakers. Brunson is fourth in individual jersey sales, behind Steph Curry, LeBron James and Jayson Tatum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brunson also was named the league-wide recipient of the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist award for December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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