 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mokupera kwemwaka, Knicks yakashandira Stu Jackson somurairidzi wavo mutsva mukuru. Chikwata ichi chakatanga zvakanaka, chichikunda mitambo makumi maviri neshanu kubva pamitambo makumi maviri nenomwe yekutanga, uku chichikunda mitambo mipfumbamwe mumutsetse. Pakati pemwaka, maKnicks akachinjanisa wechipiri-gore muchengeti Rod Strickland kuSan Antonio Spurs yeMaurice Cheeks. Zvisinei, sezvo vakamira pakurekodha 3922, vakatambura ndokurasikirwa nemitambo yavo 15 yekupedzisira ye21. The Knicks vakanga 4537 nhoroondo uye vakapedza wechitatu Atlantic Division. Kuguma kwechitanhatu kweKnicks muEastern Conference kwakavawanira nzvimbo muNBA Playoffs kwegore rechitatu rakatevedzana. Patrick Ewing akasarudzwa nokuda kwe1990 NBA All-Star Game. 