NEW YORK (NBA.com exclusive) — The biggest ovations at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night were for a team playing in another borough.
Yes, there were lots of empty seats at the Garden for the game between Indiana and New York, and the fans who were there cheered louder for the video updates of the Yankees’ exploits in Game 6 of the World Series than they did for the building’s basketball team.
The Garden figures to be abuzz Friday when LeBron James and the Cavaliers come to town, but on this night the Knicks were a big fat dud as they lost to the previously winless Pacers, 101-89, before an announced crowd of 19,273.
“We’ve got to win Friday,” said Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni, whose team dropped to 1-4. “That’s the only thing we can think about now. We’ve already screwed this up. We’ll be positive, try to get this thing straight and let’s get a win Friday.”
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