The Knicks didn’t solve a thing on the Carmelo Anthony Crisis front Wednesday night.
Anthony got his shots, but no one knows whether he’ll ever really embrace this offense. The Knicks took another loss. Jeremy Lin continued his meteoric tumble back to Earth.
Lin called it “tough times” after the Knicks took a 118-105 pasting from one of the best teams in the NBA. The Spurs are no dummies. They saw Tyson Chandler was sitting out and went down the lane as if they were seeing a plush red carpet.
But nobody should be surprised that the Knicks allowed 60 points in the paint. Chandler means as much to the Knicks as he did to the Mavs last season.
The bigger issue continues to be how Carmelo Anthony is used at the offensive end, if he...
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