A Friday noon game in Charlotte the day after Thanksgiving always felt like one the Knicks could lose. Especially as the shorthanded Hornets, missing three starters, led for so much of the contest. Especially after Josh Green ended the first half thusly.
For most of this one, the Knicks looked like they’d taken tryptophan gummies before tip-off. By halftime they were shooting poorly and had as many assists as turnovers — odd for a Knick team leading or nearly leading the league in that differential; odder still that they should struggle against a hollowed-out Hornets side whose only definable trait is sucking.