When the first test for Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks was over, the coach already was looking ahead, with practice 12 hours and about 1,000 miles away and lessons to be learned.
"Each situation you learn from," Thibodeau said after the Knicks' 121-107 loss to the Pacers in Indiana on Wednesday night. "So you either win or you learn."
What Thibodeau may have learned in that first game is that the Knicks may face a lot of lessons this season.
The Knicks led for much of the first half and took a 66-61 lead into the intermission. But in the second half, while Indiana continued to score in bunches, the Knicks' offense reverted to the mean, with the sharpshooting of the first half fading into the night.