The Knicks’ home is becoming The World’s Most Infamous Arena.
Madison Square Garden, the most prestigious venue in the NBA, has transformed into the Knicks’ house of horrors. Their latest home defeat,Of the 20 teams in position entering Tuesday for the NBA play-in tournament or postseason, the Knicks were the lone club that was below .500 at home.
Such has been the usual explanation: Opposing teams don’t need a second cup of coffee to get up for games in the Garden. Stars don’t want to sit when New York is watching. The same rationale was expressed last season, when the Knicks went 17-24 at the Garden and missed the postseason.Jason Szenes for the New York Post, where they are 14-8, and they can fight for home-court advantage in the first round.
He’s right. The Knicks have outscored their opponents at home by an average margin of 115.5-112.5. The rims have been friendlier at the Garden, where they’re shooting 40.3 percent versus 39.4 percent on the road, but the extra bucket or two has not been the difference in enough games. Included are crushing losses to the Bucks, Bulls, Hawks and Trail Blazers in games in which the Knicks held huge or late leads. Entering Tuesday, the Knicks were the third-worst team in the NBA in the second halves of home games, having been outscored by 72 points. Only the pitiful Rockets and Spurs, with a combined 23 wins, were worse on their own home courts in the third and fourth quarters.
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