Victor Oladipo ascended the ramp from the bus to the floor of Madison Square Garden dressed in a Black Panther costume Wednesday night, recreating the look he broke out for NBA All-Star Weekend last season.
For much of the night, costume or not, the power belonged to Tim Hardaway Jr. With his upper lip still split from the elbow he took two nights earlier and glue holding it together, if Hardaway Jr. resembled a movie character it might have been something from the Rocky series. It was a better look than the group of fans dressed as Knicks reserve Ron Baker.