MIAMI — The Knicks were feeling good about themselves, celebrating a one-sided win at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday before working through two days of practice and a morning shootaround.
As the shootaround at AmericanAirlines Arena was coming to an end, players laughed and tried trick shots before speaking about the team coming together.
They pointed to the coaching change that triggered a 3-3 record in their first six games under interim coach Mike Miller after a 4-18 start under David Fizdale, and to the morning players-only meeting on the same day Fizdale was let loose. And they might have been convinced that things were changing for the long-struggling franchise.