{"id":708683,"date":"2026-04-12T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T04:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T04:36:20","slug":"knicks-to-bench-all-starters-vs-hornets-except-one-for-special-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/708683\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks to bench all starters vs. Hornets except one for special reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Knicks will rest most of their starters in their regular-season finale vs. the Hornets on Sunday, with only Mikal Bridges expected to play limited minutes to maintain his game streak.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/410-new-york-knicks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a> will rest all of their starters, along with Mitchell Robinson, in Sunday&#8217;s game against the Charlotte Hornets, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JLEdwardsIII\/status\/2043072609621860690\" rel=\"nofollow\">James L. Edwards III of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNew York Knicks \/ Schedule<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby, and Karl-Anthony Towns are all expected to sit out.<\/p>\n<p>Mikal Bridges will be the only usual starter in the lineup, as he looks to extend his consecutive games played streak to 633. However, he is not expected to see significant minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks secured the third seed with their win on Friday in their 81st game of the season, making Sunday&#8217;s regular-season finale largely inconsequential.<\/p>\n<p>With the No. 3 seed locked in, New York will face the sixth seed in the playoffs, though their opponent has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks currently hold a 53-28 record.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_4\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Like what we are doing? Support us by becoming BN+ member.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                If you like our content, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=basketnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and add us as your preferred source. It helps us a lot, and we are committed to delivering you the very latest basketball news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks will rest most of their starters in their regular-season finale vs. the Hornets on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,685,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-708683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlotte-hornets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-charlotte","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-charlottehornets","12":"tag-hornets","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116389884519322374","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}