Did you actually envision cheers? Did you actually convince yourself a pregame remembrance video would be played for the man of the honor? Did you actually believe it might not get as ugly as conventional wisdom would have you believe?
If so, shame on you. This is the Big Apple. These are the New York Knicks. This is Madison Square Garden, and these diehards have very little to hold on to these days, so Kristaps Porzingis’s return represents a monster night.
With the Dallas Mavericks in town, the former first-round stud made his long-awaited return to the Mecca.