The first test is the most difficult competition in the conference.
The Knicks, fresh from their first conference final in a quarter of a century, will open at home against the Cavaliers next season, the NBA announced on Tuesday.
The competition is October 22 at 7 p.m. and was announced as part of the NBA opening week on ESPN.
It will also represent Mike Brown’s first meaningful game in New York.
The Knicks are also confronted with the Cavaliers on Christmas at MSG-EN The only East teams playing on the holidays-with the competition that clearly identifies them as the cream of a different weak and injuries conference.
Last season, the CAVS won 64 matches-included all four heads with the Knicks and returns his star core of Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley and Darius Garland.
The Knicks captured 51 games, but went a play -off round further than Cleveland, eventually in six games for the Pacers in the final of the conference.
Both the Pacers and Celtics would have contenders, but their star players – respectively Tyrese Haliburton and Jayson Tatum – will miss most of the following season, if not everything, after collapsing for Achilles -Tears.
The other top teams in the east are the magic, pistons and dollars, although Milwaukee’s success will certainly depend on Giannis Antetokounmpos to stay or demand a trade.
The Knicks, who canned their successful coach Tom Thibodeau after last season, open their preseason earlier than the rest of the NBA because they travel to Abu Dhabi for exhibitions against the Sixers (2 and 4 October).
They end the preseason at home against the Timberwolves (October 9) and wizards (October 13).
It will be part of the first training camp for Brown, the experienced head coach who was hired last month and has pushed the desire to play a faster, more inclusive attack.
For its annual MLK Day game – which takes place on January 19 next year – the Knicks De Mavericks are organizing the network at 5 p.m. at 5 p.m.
Based on his health that day, Cooper Flagg, the Ballyhooed Mavs -smokie, will make his garden debut as a professional.
The full NBA schedule will be announced on Thursday.
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