At noon today, the New York Knicks (10-8) played a matinee game against the Charlotte Hornets (6-12) in the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. This was the fifth game of a road-trip for New York and for most of the afternoon, they played like a homesick team.
A second straight 15-point first quarter? Yep, and it gets worst: Charlotte played without three starters and five rotation players overall. In the first half, the misfiring Knicks committed a baker’s dozen of turnovers and trailed 49-46 at intermission. New York showed signs of life in the Q3, but despite the cheering of NY transplants, it wasn’t until deep in the fourth quarter that winning possible.