Sure, it would have been nice if the Knicks clinched their first postseason berth in seven years against the Lakers in Los Angeles, but in the end it’s probably okay that New York lost a nail-biter. SB Nation’s network went down late in the evening, so the P&T faithful couldn’t comment, and any human being with a job was deep in slumber by the time the final buzzer sounded in overtime.
The Knicks fought valiantly, as they have all season under Tom Thibodeau, behind monster efforts from probable Most Improved Player Julius Randle and stealth Sixth Man of the Year candidate Derrick Rose.