After 54 games, we know who the New York Knicks (24-31) are. They can’t do two right things at the same time. Tonight’s game provided yet another verification of this truth. In the first half, they shot 24-for-49 from the field (49%) and 9-for-20 from deep (45%) for 60 points. That’s an excellent showing for our heroes! Too bad they forget how to play defense and surrendered a season-high 83 points in the first half to the Denver Nuggets (30-24).
It was that sort of night. And the awful evening was only compounded when RJ Barrett, still in the game after playing 50 minutes in L.