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The New York Rangers, after scraping and clawing through inconsistent hockey during the months of March and April, are in the NHL playoffs.  They would do themselves a favor, however, by not getting the 8-seed and avoid the Penguins in the first round.  Here are five reasons why the Rangers will be dangerous in the playoffs no matter what:

If you scoffed at the Celtics struggles in the 2nd half of game 1, well game 2 will give you plenty more material to critique them on. The Celts scored only 25 points in the 2nd half of game 1, lost a half time lead, and the game. Tuesday night at noisy madison Square Garden the Celts outdid themselves, setting a new franchise record for least points in a half, this time only 23 in the last 24 min

The Knicks took game one 85-78.  But what did we already learn about this series?  That every player, not just Carmelo Anthony, is going to have to earn their points at both ends of the floor.  The playoffs are different.  Good defenses are aplenty.  It is like facing big time starting pitching in baseball's October.

When was the last time the New York Knicks won an NBA championship?  1973.  Winning = respect.  Ask the Yankees and Giants (sort of) in the same city.

Things are very good in Knick-ville these days. Even without Kenyon Martin and others the Knicks won in Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon 125-120 and have now won 12 straight, 6 sht of the franchise record. Again Carmelo Anthony and J.R...

History tells you that defense wins championships. This is true in most sports most of the time. Nothing is absolute of course but this blue print is usually on the mark. However you do have to score to win and for the New York rangers, a team with Stanley Cup hopes scoring has been a major problem this year...

A juicy rumor has emerged involving the Siena Saints and one of the most powerful groups in college basketball. According to NBC Sports Talk host John Feinstein, the possibility of the Siena Saints jumping from the MAAC Conference to the new Catholic Seven Conference has been discussed...

I love dogs. Man's best friend for sure. As a famous politician once said of Washington politics "if you want a friend get a dog." Truer words were never spoken. The Westminster dog show wraps up and again a breed of dog that no one owns wins the top prize...

The debate rages on. My radio show-Game On with Bruce Jacobs- Heard in the Capital Region Monday Through Friday 3-7pm, the show has taken much time to debate the fate of the Knicks. Should Carmelo be dealt. Is Amare another bad signing. Should Mike D'Antoni have been fired...

The Rangers may not win this rugged series against the Ottawa Senators but it won't have the same blueprint as many Ranger teams of the past. It won't be because they are soft! The Rangers battled the Sens hammer and nail Monday in Ottawa and pulled out the season saving victory 3-2 and they did it the Ranger way- Hit, skate, score, hit some more, and get some Sparkling saves From Henrik Lundqvist

For a month and a half, Time Warner Cable customers have been without MSG and MSG+.  Monday, executives from both companies confirmed to 1045theteam.com that there were no negotiations scheduled.  And I've just about had it.

Two weeks after signs of hope had finally surfaced in the now bitter battle between these media conglomerates, both sides have backed away from the table.