You would like to think, if you are a Knicks fan, that there might be an option to laugh to keep from crying. Seriously: Was there one Knicks fan around 8:40 Wednesday night who wasn’t involved in a text thread in which someone surmised, “This is going to be a dispiriting loss”?
That was around the time the Knicks’ lead over the Nets had swelled to 28 points. That is supposed to elicit laughter. But Knicks fans know better than to exhale. So what followed was every bit as inevitable as it was unsurprising. The disgrace attached to the final 2 ½ quarters of this 111-106 Knicks loss was rancid, and it cannot be minimized.
For the third time in 11 days, the Knicks grew a lead of 20 or more points.
For the third time in 11 days, the Knicks blew a a lead of 20 or more points.
And this one had a little extra sting to it, for kicks and giggles: After letting the Nets creep back in the game with a mailed-in start to the third…