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Knicks can’t complete comeback from 27-point deficit in loss to Pistons: This could have been a statement game for the Knicks, a chance to show something to the team they are chasing for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Instead, the only statement the Knicks made Thursday night in a 111-105 loss to Detroit at the Palace of Auburn Hills is that they are a frustratingly inconsistent team that doesn’t have what it takes to win on a regular basis. -- Newsday Charles Barkley: Knicks are point guard away from playoff material: Three months after guaranteeing that the Knicks will make the playoffs, Charles Barkley still thinks they can — provided they add a point guard. “The Knicks are going to be there,” the TNT analyst said Thursday on a conference call with reporters. -- Newsday It sure sounds like Stan Van Gundy’s ripping Derek Fisher: Pistons coach and GM Stan Van Gundy scoffed at the notion the Knicks are a young, “developing” team not ready to make the playoffs during a trademark pregame rant that seemed aimed at recent remarks by Knicks coach Derek Fisher. -- New York Post Knicks go from disgrace to inspired to squashed in wild thriller: It was a disgrace of a first half — 24 minutes of a team looking like it already had quit on the season. Kristaps Porzingis called it “getting kicked in the face.” -- New York Post Cleanthony Early rejoins Knicks team in need of spark: In need of a morale boost, the fading Knicks brought their fallen comrade Cleanthony Early onto their road trip vs. the Pistons. Early, suffering from a gunshot wound in his right knee, had limited participation in the morning shootaround at the Palace of Auburn Hills, lifting shots. -- New York Post Knicks’ comeback falls short in 111-105 loss to Pistons : The distaste dripped out of the mouths of the Knicks one by one following a game Carmelo Anthony dubbed literally — and literarily, perhaps — “a tale of two halves.” Derek Fisher’s careening team admittedly put forth a complete no-show effort at both ends in the first half on Thursday night, prompting players to use words like “embarrassing” and “inexplicable” to describe it. -- New York Daily News Knicks Erase 27-Point Deficit Before Rally Falters: Robin Lopez was less than an hour removed from the Knicks’ most deflating loss of the season, and he took the long view. The Knicks had toyed with the basketball gods by filling the first half with putrid basketball, and they ultimately got what they deserved when the Detroit Pistons escaped Thursday night with a 111-105 victory. -- The New York Times
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