CHICAGO - Jan. 1 started for the Knicks with one of their players recovering from a bullet wound, their coach being called a "snitch" who should've "taken his ass-whooping like man" and, not long after their first game of 2016 tipped off, a 16-point deficit within seven minutes.
Happy New Year. The Knicks better hope this is a lowpoint.
There were moments in that dreadful first quarter Friday when the Knicks turned the ball over because they couldn't decide who was throwing the inbounds pass, when Chicago's mascot Benny the Bull unloaded two cans of silly string on the head of a Knicks fan, and when New York missed its first 10 shots.