I'm not a Knick fan, but... The Knicks were able to play the Celtics almost dead even with only one offensive weapon. Of course, the Celtics took the Knicks out of their preferred play in the last minute. The questions is, why didn't they do it earlier in the game and put it out of reach? And why did the Celtics miss so many makeable shots by Pierce and Allen before the last play by Garnett?
I think the talk about the "Celtics being tough in the clutch" is as far from the truth as one can imagine. They almost got beat by a team with two of its three most important players out of action.
D'Antoni did fine. Yeah, I know, Knicks and New York fans will criticize any coach who doesn't win. But really...
sagegrouse
'OTOH I really enjoyed the Caps comeback win against New York last night'