NEW YORK CITY -- The Portland Trail Blazers started a two-game series in New York City with a 128-98 loss to the Knicks in front of a crowd of 18,213 Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
“It was tough the entire time,” said Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. “I felt like, similar to the first time we played them, their physicality, it had an impact on us earlier in the game, took us out or some of our play calls.”
The Trail Blazers are now 26-42 overall, good for 11th in the Western Conference with 14 games to play in the regular season, and 9-24 on the road this season.