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The Knicks looked lethargic for 47 minutes Wednesday night at the Garden, ready to concede what would be a one-sided 127-106 loss to the red-hot Grizzlies. Then Memphis forward Jae Crowder pulled a bush-league move and the Knicks finally showed the kind of fight that would have been nice to see earlier.
Let’s be clear. The Knicks should pay any fine and offer reimbursement for any loss of income that guard Elfrid Payton might receive for shoving Crowder in the final seconds of Wednesday night’s game. He deserved the retaliation. It was the equivalent of trying to steal second with an eight-run lead in the ninth.