No big deal, just a 41-point home loss to the Celtics

The Knicks lost by 41 at home to the 9-12 Celtics. At least all the Knicks understand how awful that is:

Shumpert says a couple of shots the team normally hits didn't fall, and that game would've been a lot different. Really?

— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) December 8, 2013

"I wouldn't say we had a bad effort," Felton said. "I mean, those guys hit shots."

— Scott Cacciola (@ScottCacciola) December 8, 2013

Leave it Artest to have some levity. He walks in shirtless & said: "Your writing is good, but my abs are better." #NYK

— Tony Williams (@TBone8) December 8, 2013

Artest then starts flexing in locker room amongst reporters & says, "Ya'll trying to get a body like this." #NYK

— Tony Williams (@TBone8) December 8, 2013

Felton, on whether loss negates the small 2-gm win streak: "Why would it?" Says he wouldn't call it a step back.

— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) December 8, 2013

Honestly, "we were all out until the wee hours last night and you know how a noon tip can sneak up on you" would have been less irritating than all that. This is the kind of stuff you say when you lay an egg in the middle of a winning season, not when you completely revert after finally enjoying some success for the first time in weeks. Here's Carmelo Anthony:

Carmelo: "What Boston came in here and did was an embarrassment. To lose like that on our home court, I think everyone should be pissed off"

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) December 8, 2013

Yeah, that's more like it. At least everyone can agree on one thing:

FWIW, all the #Knicks who spoke after the game said the loss was their fault & not Woodson's. Amare: "It's not on him, it's on the players."

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) December 8, 2013

Hey, it doesn't have to be the players OR the coach. A lot of column A, a lot of column B...