The Knicks debuted their 12th different starter of the season tonight. Their opponent, the Western Conference-leading Portland Trail Blazers, have had but one starting five. It was chaos versus order at Madison Square Garden. In a no less WTF juxtaposition, before the game Enes Kanter spoke to the crowd to encourage them to think of others and practice selflessness. Yes, that Enes Kanter. He spent the first quarter giving Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum open looks off every single pick they ran at him.
The teams went back and forth all night. Tim Hardaway Jr. followed up the first consecutive 30-point games of his career with yet another.