Before we fall into the trad rhythm of another season, let’s let our fan freak flags fly

Once upon a time, “nobody beats the Wiz” was heard all over NYC. Today, everybody does. Last night was the Knicks’ turn.

What goes up — the Knicks — keeps on popping. What goes down — the Wizards — keeps on dropping.

One of the East’s top-3 teams showed up & showed out in Philadelphia last night. The other team was the 76ers.

A humdrum win over a low-down lot points to the Knicks having leveled up

The shorthanded Knicks > the shorthandeder Wizards

The Knicks erased a 19-point deficit behind an absolute dynamo performance by Julius Randle. This team isn’t like the Knicks you’ve known.

In this springtime of the Knicks’ voodoo, a rare stinker care of Washington

Faced with a should-win, the Knicks did.

Jalen Brunson and Mitchell Robinson stole the show as the New York Knicks closed out their four-game preseason slate with a win over the Washington Wizards, 105-89.

The Knicks won a game that they probably should have lost, but it was hard to be mad at the result with RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and Obi Toppin putting on a show in the penultimate game of the season.

The Knicks scraped out a win against the Wizards at home, but unfortunately succumbed to many of the same pitfalls that they have throughout the season in the process.

There were no Festivus miracles in the Knicks’ 124-117 loss to the Bradley Beal-less Wizards.

The Knicks played their second straight game against the Wizards and looked dead in the water after three putrid quarters. But then the whole team lit up at once, and a ferocious 17-point comeback led by RJ Barrett and Alec Burks sent the Knicks back to a game over .500.

The Knicks had one of their worst first halves of the whole season, but rallied in the second half behind suffocating defense and timely shot-making to overcome a 17-point deficit and take down the Wizards.

The Knicks face the Wizards at home for the second time in two days. But will the team look the same as they did on Tuesday, with today being the trade deadline? Guess we’ll see!

The Knicks needed a win, preferably one that didn’t require a 48-minute slog. The Wizards turned out to be the perfect opponent, as the Knicks cruised to an easy victory at home behind Julius Randle’s 37-point night.

The Knicks bounced back to .500 again behind a 37-point effort from Julius Randle, RJ Barrett’s best passing game of the season, a return to form for Mitch, and more.

Fresh off yet another stinging loss to the Sixers, the Knicks face an inferior opponent at home: the Wizards. Will this game end in a win like their last bounce-back game after a Sixers loss?

Mitch broke his hand after a fantastic first half and the Knicks looked listless at times, but ultimately came away with a victory against the Bradley Beal-less Wizards behind the play of Julius Randle, Derrick Rose, and more.