by Daniel Bell June 10, 2026
NEW YORK —There was a moment in the third quarter when Madison Square Garden stopped sounding like Madison Square Garden. For most of Wednesday night, Madison Square Garden felt like a city watching its lights go out.
The noise that had carried the Knicks through two months of playoff basketball slowly faded with every San Antonio jumper. Twenty thousand people sat searching for answers that never seemed to come. The arena that had spent weeks roaring with hope fell into a nervous hush.
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