As he tried to explain what he had just seen Wednesday night, Tom Thibodeau’s face was hidden behind a black mask, but it did little to hide his emotions. Frustration, anger, disappointment, all clear, and with good reason. And Thibodeau wasn’t alone.
The Knicks had blown a 28-point lead to a severely-shorthanded Nets squad at Madison Square Garden, capping an 11-day span in which they’d blown leads of at least 20 points three times and sending the team into the All-Star break with eight days to consider what has gone wrong this season and just how drastic the problem is and the changes need to be.