First Cup: Monday

Harvey Araton of The New York Times: Happy New Year, Knicks fans, even if it still is 2011. Your team’s resolution to be resourceful, tough and smart when it matters most was unwrapped in the final minutes of what felt like Game 5 against the Celtics on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. For starters, the Knicks pulled out a 106-104 victory, the kind that eluded them in Boston early in their playoff series last spring. So began the 66-game grind of a shortened N.

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