Philadelphia at New York

"I don't see how you give up 123 points, 33 on the break and feel like you're satisfied," Brown said. "Maybe we're just not good enough. After 70 games, it's mind boggling." This was Larry Brown's comment after losing to the Boston Celtics by 25 in a rout at Madison Square Garden 123-98. He's right - they are not good enough and it is mind-boggling. The struggling Knicks who have lost 6 straight now play a Sixers team that hasn't fared well of late either losing their last 10/12. However, many of those games that were lost were without Iverson due to an injury and with his return to the lineup recently, they look to keep their small 1.5 game lead over the Bulls for the last playoff spot and fight off the surging Celtics in the process who are just 3 games behind. They are playing for that last playoff spot and the Knicks cannot play any kind of defense. New York is 5-22 ATS in their last 27 games as an underdog of 0.5-4.5, we will ride the Sixers here to do much of what the Celtics did last night. I agree with Coach Brown - the Knicks are awful.