I’ve watched the Knicks lose about 1200 games in my lifetime. Last night’s 117-87 entropy at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers was near the bottom of those 1200 as far as drama, entertainment or consequence. New York entered the game a 13.5 point underdog, lost by more than double that and managed to avoid being competitive or compelling throughout. But what is one loss singled out amongst the dross of another doomed campaign? As it turns out, this loss did matter, for one reason.
Marcus Morris missed the game with a sore neck. Morris is the Knicks’ best player this year, which is like someone shrooming feeling flattered for being entrusted with driving everyone home after the concert because the rest of the crew dropped liquid LSD into their eyeballs.