The Knicks are finding their home crowd to be less friendly than the ones they face on the road and it has affected them mentally.

"It does affect us," Isiah Thomas said last night before the Knicks beat the Nuggets, 109-107. "But we have to be strong enough to concentrate and get through that and one day we will have a home-court advantage."

"To say that (the crowd's surliness) doesn't affect any of our guys at home, that would not be true," Thomas added.

"Certain guys, who are arguably top-10 talents in this league are shaken right now and it's just going to take a little bit of time for them to get that confidence back," said Malik Rose.