Last night, my beloved Knicks visited the Toronto Raptors for their season opener, and I am very happy to say that the Knicks are now currently tied for first place in not only the Atlantic Division, but in the entire Eastern Conference. Way to go, guys!
The 'Bockers achieved a 98-93 victory on strong performances from Wilson Chandler (22 points on 10 for 18 shooting) and A'mare Stoudemire (19 points, 10 rebounds, but also a LeBronesque 9 turnovers). Gallinari and Felton also looked solid, and Landry Fields justified his starting status by hitting three 3-pointers.
The most unfortunate part of the evening may have been rookie big man Timofey Mozgov's four fouls in seven minutes. Timofey, you need to stop that! I am no mathematician, but I'm pretty sure that is almost two fouls per minute! Too many! Luckily, Ronny Turiaf was able to come in and give the Knicks the inside defensive presence they needed, racking up four crucial blocks. Turiaf may just end up being the Knicks' sneakiest offseason acquisition.
Lastly of note is the regular season debut of Wilson Chandler with hair:
Very handsome! I don't know how it took me so long to figure this out, but Wilson Chandler is a lot cooler than I am. He has cooler hair, cooler tattoos, cooler weed possession arrests, and probably a cooler girlfriend (just kidding, this is a test to see if my girlfriend is actually reading). All I'm saying here is: Wilson, I think you're a really cool guy and I like the way you play basketball.
I heard Wilson Chandler's girlfriend has a cooler boyfriend than me.
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