As we know, the NBA found itself faced with a real headache to complete the regular season schedule after the end of the first “In-Season Tournament”. Difficult to add matches in the middle of a calendar that is already 90% fixed, and some teams will even face each other five times…
Proof that it was not simple, and that it can even still evolve, the league has just reversed the location of a meeting between the Pistons and the Knicks. Scheduled for February 26 at the Little Ceasars Arena, the match will finally take place at Madison Square Garden. The schedule also changes since the opposition will start at 7:30 p.m., and no longer 7:00 p.m.
The Knicks can thank the NBA…
The reason for this change? Facilitate the schedule for the Knicks who must play the next day against the Pelicans at home. Julius Randle's teammates will still be “back-to-back”, but it will be at home, and it is necessarily less trying.
Moreover, the NBA is giving the Knicks a great gift since they will now play four times in a row at home between February 24 and 29, with the receptions of the Celtics, the Pistons, the Pelicans and finally the Warriors.
