For much of Saturday night, that huge, dark cloud hovering over Madison Square Garden felt much more visible. The New York Knicks were getting their doors blown off by the San Antonio Spurs at home and the New York Rangers were down 4-0 to the Montreal Canadiens north of the border.
The two Manhattan locals had reached a new low.
Amazingly, one of those teams executed a miraculous comeback. It was New York’s hockey squad.
Down 4-0 early in the second and 5-3 in the third period, three-straight goals lifted David Quinn’s club to a stunning 6-5 victory over the Habs.