Mike D'Antoni called the Knicks defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Snday night "a horror film". In their loss, the Knicks displayed all of their worst habits and gave substance to every quiet fear about the Carmelo Anthony-Amar'e Stoudemire offensive pairing.
Anthony came to New York with a reputation for dominating the ball. Stoudemire has received the same criticism in the past. Both have shown the ability to adapt, but they were at their self-indulgent worst Sunday.
"We revert back to 'just give me the ball, let me put my head down and go,' " D'Antoni said Monday. "Hopefully we can get that out of our games completely."
The Knicks are just 6-5 since Anthony arrived in New York. The Nuggets are 7-2 since trading Anthony.