The one professional basketball team in town that managed to reach the playoffs and contend for a championship was occupying the practice floor, forcing the Knicks to go outside on the grass to hold their media day Monday in Tarrytown.
The Liberty will face the Indianapolis Fever in a decisive Game 3 of the WNBA Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night at the Garden. Only a perpetual optimistic might suggest the 2015-16 Knicks have any chance of venturing as deep in the NBA playoffs as their female counterparts.
Anything above 35 wins seems a long shot after a 17-65 record last year and a number of underwhelming free-agent signings.