Good morning, New York/New Jersey-area sports fans. Let's take our first look at today's regional sports scene.
↵NBA: The New York Knicks are going where no Knicks team has gone since 2004 -- the NBA playoffs. The Knicks sealed the deal Sunday with a 123-107 victory over the pesky Cleveland Cavaliers. What the Knicks will do once they get to the playoffs (not much) is a subject for another day. Today, though, you can celebrate Knicks' fans. Your team has finally brought playoff basketball back to Madison Square Garden.
↵The New Jersey Nets are playing out the string on another playoff-less season, and right now are not doing it very well. The Nets lost their sixth straight game Sunday evening, falling to the Miami, 108-94. New Jersey (23-53) needs one more victory to double their win total from a season ago. With six games left, and playing the way they are, you have to wonder if they will get it.
↵MLB: Sunday was a great day for the New York Mets as they routed the Florida Marlins, 9-2, behind a great pitching performance by R.A. Dickey. Things did not go as well for the New York Yankees, who lost to the Detroit Tigers, 10-7, as Phil Hughes got roughed up.
↵NCAA BASKETBALL: UConn and Butler meet tonight for the men's national championship. Texas A&M and Notre Dame, shockingly, will meet for the women's title on Tuesday.
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