The Knicks are making an early statement in the NBA’s Eastern Conference

The idea that the NBA’s injury-altered Eastern Conference would likely be a race between two teams was flawed from the start.

Even before the Knicks It took the first game of the Mike Brown era Wednesday night over the Cavaliers, the two teams are tied as top contenders in the East due to depleted rosters elsewhere across the conference.

But the Knicks are also dealing with multiple absences from their rotation due to injuries to Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson in training camp. And that was before All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby appeared on the official injury report, although both… Fits and plays well In a 119-111 win on opening night at MSG.

It should be noted that the Cavaliers were without injured starters Darius Garland, Max Strus and DeAndre Hunter.