From Marc Berman:
This was the first time all pandemic season the Knicks played in front of a real, live, half-packed, hostile crowd.
They didn’t handle it well. They blew a seven-point lead late in the third quarter. Taj Gibson and Julius Randle later lost their composure. And the powerhouse Suns routed the Knicks, 128-105, before a boisterous crowd of 8,063 — the NBA season’s largest — at Talking Stick Arena on Friday night.
Despite the loss, the Knicks (37-30) are still half-game ahead of the Hawks in the battle for the No.