The New York Knicks have had a mixed start to the season, sitting at 9-7 and the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. The team has had some impressive wins, b

The Knicks have multiple guys who can create their own shots. They have just as many who can score while not initiating offense. When the ball is moving with the decisiveness that it has been in recent games, there isn’t much a team can do to slow the Knicks’ offense.

We don’t really point fingers, but we have to cover for each other.” The task gets tougher Monday night as the Knicks (9-7) take on the Denver Nuggets (9-6), who boast the eighth-ranked offense in the NBA.

A quarter into the new season, the Knicks are ranked 23rd in defensive efficiency (115.8), allowing opponents to drain 14.5 threes per game. The latter stat is so bad that only three sub-.500 teams are worse.