As soon as it was announced that LeBron James and Anthony Davis were sitting out the Lakers’ Monday night game in Brooklyn (the severely short-handed Lakers lost, of course) just so both could play at MSG, every long-time Knicks fan knew where Tuesday night’s game was headed. Sure enough, LeBron dropped a 28-point triple-double and Davis added 27 points of his own in a Lakers victory.
But with the Knicks, it’s always about the journey — the painful, maddening journey. Even when we know a loss is coming, there’s still some surprising bullshit in store. A good example would be this Dennis Schroder buzzer-beater to end the first half.