DENVER — Nuggets coach Mike Malone has the distinction of being a Knicks coach-killer the last few years.
Twice in the past four years, Malone’s Nuggets have beaten the Knicks at the Garden and the franchise fired its coach right after.
Denver’s 37-point walloping of the Knicks 10 days ago spelled the end for David Fizdale. In 2016, the Nuggets took out Phil Jackson’s Knicks and Derek Fisher got bounced.
“Are you insinuating that it’s my fault?’’ Malone cracked before the Knicks’ 111-105 loss to the Nuggets. “That’s just unlucky timing.”
A Westchester product, Malone is an ex-Knicks assistant and wondered aloud if Fizdale was “a fall guy’’ for a larger issue.