A league-wide joke? That`s what TNT commentator Reggie Miller considered the Knicks earlier this week. After last night`s 104-59 spanking by the Celtics at TD Banknorth Garden - and not to mention, on national television - they were no doubt an even easier punch line.
Charles Barkley, who worked in the TNT studio for last night`s broadcast, put up a graphic of his Knicks Fav Five, which consisted of Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Bill Bradley and, Barkley added, "No One Today."
No one last night, for sure.
The hope for the Knicks was that they had turned the corner after Monday`s win over Utah; that their troubles from that miserable week out west and all the controversy that came with it were behind them. That they could prove on a national stage that they should be taken seriously.
Quentin Richardson even tossed a log on the fire when he said the Knicks didn`t have any fear of the Celtics` "Big Three" of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. "We`re not in awe of them," Richardson said. "They ain`t won no championships." (...)
