MILWAUKEE — The Knicks went from bad to disgusting Monday at Fiserv Forum.
The Bucks are the NBA’s hottest team and favorite to reach the NBA Finals. The Knicks were without two stalwart defensive-minded starters in Frank Ntilikina and Marcus Morris, and were playing the second night of a back-to-back, but were still humiliated 132-88.
Still, that doesn’t excuse the Knicks for showing up in Milwaukee with an utter lack of pride and suffering a 44-point defeat — which won’t look good on embattled coach David Fizdale’s ledger.
The talent disparity was severe, and the Bucks were able to do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted against a club that looked like it didn’t want to be here.