All Good Things...

The Knicks lost a game.

Good morning.

That was rough.

Spurs 115, Knicks 111

In retrospect, expecting the Knicks to win 15 straight games to end the season was always a bit silly.

Then again, over the last month and a half, New York has given us reason to believe many things that would have seemed silly not too long ago.

By overcoming so many odds, they put themselves in a position no one could have possibly imagined: up 2-0 in the NBA Finals with consecutive home games on the docket.

Now, one of those home games has been decided, and for the first time in 46 days, it was not in their favor.

It doesn’t mean they lost the series. It doesn’t even mean they lost home court advantage. Five months ago, five weeks ago, heck, even five days ago, most of us would have signed on the dotted line to be up 2-1 in the NBA Finals. That’s exactly where they’re at, and there’s no reason to believe they’ll approach tomorrow with anything other than the requisite urgency it deserves. For as much as it feels like they lost command of the series last night, they can snatch it back just as quickly.

And yet…

Game 3 stung.