“Experience has taught me a lot. This is just as important as Game 82. And we just didn’t come out with a win and that’s what’s so disappointing to me.”
It’s still exceedingly early in the campaign, but Sunday’s 132-121 loss to the Pacers was the first time coach Tom Thibodeau and Towns didn’t mostly brush it aside as part of a learning curve. For the third time in their past four games, the Knicks (4-5) were pummeled in the fourth quarter. They gave up way too many 3-pointers, allowing the Pacers to knock down 21 from deep while the Knicks hit just seven.