The Knicks wobbled out of the gate against the Pistons on Sunday like a foal thrust into the Kentucky Derby, and although they steadied themselves in the third quarter, New York couldn’t overcome a night of wild inconsistency and woeful shooting.
The high of that first victory over Detroit quickly faded as the Knicks opened Sunday night’s rematch against the Pistons with far less polish than they had displayed in the preseason opener on Friday. Harbingers of doom were there from the very beginning, as soon before tip-off it became clear that the evening’s festivities would be called by Kenny Albert and Wally Szczerbiak instead of Mike Breen and Walt Clyde Frazier.