Melo and Rose both said if you think about why games like this didn't happen more you'd drive yourself crazy.
— Steve Popper (@StevePopper) March 28, 2017"Droll thing life is — that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself — that comes too late — a crop of unextinguishable regrets."
— Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
It is far too late in the season for the 2016-17 Knicks to learn lessons about themselves, to truly explain the sudden appearance of true team basketball that led to the very thorough destruction of the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.