Knicks enter playoff date with upstart Pistons with everything to lose — and they can’t forget it

The past location crippled was a cleanable microcosm for wherever these Knicks are now aft 81 games. 

There was a logic to eat, portion and beryllium merry erstwhile nan clinching of nan No. 3 seed successful nan East became official, via nan news from Orlando that nan Magic had beaten up nan Pacers. Good times astatine nan Garden! 

And location was besides logic to starve, get drunk and beryllium miserable erstwhile nan Cavaliers erased each inch of a 23-point shortage and stormed past nan Knicks, 108-102. That made it an moreover 0-8 against nan Cavs and nan Celtics, nan 2 champion teams successful nan East, and 0-10 of you flip successful nan Thunder, nan champion squad retired West. Grisly times astatine nan Garden. 

“You’ve sewage to play for 48 minutes successful this league,” a visibly disappointment Tom Thibodeau said. “No lead is safe.”