Isiah Thomas viewed last night`s nationally televised matchup vs. the vaunted Celtics as a chance to put the Knicks on the map.
Instead, with a motivational lift from Quentin Richardson, the Celtics blew the Knicks out of the new Boston Garden, blew them off the NBA map, blew them off the world map, blew them all the way to Mars by the time this disgusting 104-59 carnage was over.
The Knicks` two-game winning streak ended in humiliating fashion, as they fell behind by 52 points in the fourth quarter. They only avoided setting their franchise low for points because Nate Robinson sank a 38-foot, buzzer-beating 3-pointer. The franchise low is 58 points in 2000.
The players were devastated and talked about being embarrassed. Thomas ripped the team for playing selfish. (...)
