TORONTO — Jeff Hornacek appeared to be lowering expectations before Friday night’s game against the Raptors. It may have been the coach’s best move of the night.
Yes, the Knicks have gotten the Garden pumping, Kristaps Porzingis has turned into a mega-star and the team is above .500.
But Hornacek threw some cold water on Knicks fans’ day-dreaming when he was asked about the team’s fast start.
“You go into every season at the beginning with high hopes,” he said. “[Playoffs] wasn’t what we were focusing on. We were focusing on trying to lay a foundation, lay a base that we can grow over the next two, three years to get to be a good team.