MIAMI — The return to Miami for David Fizdale brought warm feelings and old friends. The stars were there for him — Chris Bosh was in the crowd and Dwyane Wade was on the floor — and the players he had helped develop came by to shake hands and pay respects.
But the stories told before the game about working in a dingy office with rats running across his feet sounded a lot more like the night he was subjected to as he brought the Knicks to American Airlines Arena.
The Knicks days of overachieving with effort in three straight tough losses were gone.