NEW YORK -- If you know your New York Knicks history, the sight of Latrell Sprewell sitting in a baseline seat next to owner James Dolan on Sunday was surreal. But if you've studied the Knicks this season, what unfolded on the court at Madison Square Garden over the next two-and-a-half hours was even more stunning.
The Knicks, losers of 20 of their past 27 games, owners of one of the league's worst defenses, main characters in one of the worst off-court drama in professional sports right now, somehow managed to beat the NBA's model franchise on Sunday.