Is the Knicks season starting to fade away?
Of course, no one came right out and suggested this after the Knicks dropped their third straight game Friday night. Yet, there was a definite acknowledgment from the coach and players in the wake of their 99-86 loss to the Dallas Maverick Friday night that they had to fix things and fix things quickly.
And so, with a Monday night game against the conference-leading Nets on the horizon, the Knicks' Saturday night game against the Detroit Pistons, the worst team in the conference, took on a magnified importance. This game against a very beatable opponent had to be seen as a must-win.