David Fizdale was already out of his suit and in a comfortable outfit of warmup gear shortly after the game ended, heading from the arena as quickly as possible to a much-needed vacation.
While he left the Knicks' mostly young players with a message to enjoy their time away after finally ending the long nightmare of a franchise-record 18-game losing streak, he wanted them working, too. But for himself, after living through it every day as the face of the team left to explain away every loss, he promised to keep track of the two players bound for All-Star Weekend in Charlotte.