Bulls 111, Knicks 80: "Had no clue the game ended till the thread closed."

While watching the Knicks-Bulls game tonight, I spent some time thinking about what my recap would be like, which probably doesn't surprise you. At one point, I decided the first paragraph or two should be used to write a recap of the Kentucky-Notre Dame game instead, for funsies. But I pretty quickly decided not to do that, because neither Kentucky nor Notre Dame deserves the ignominy of being mentioned in a Knicks recap. So, instead, here's a straight recap of a game so terrible that multiple people commented in the postgame thread saying they hadn't even realized it ended. (HighFlyers28 was first, so his is the quote I chose.)

The Knicks actually started this game in a bit of a groove offensively, and by "a bit of a groove" I mean they hit 4 of their first 5 shots. Of course, the Bulls started 8/10, so it didn't help much. After that, New York went completely cold, pretty much for the rest of the damn game. They shot 4/19 in the first quarter after that 4/5 start, and finished the game shooting 38% from the field. To be honest, I'm not sure the Bulls played too great of a game. The Knicks are just really, really bad.

At the end of the first quarter, the Knicks trailed by 11 points. Had I been using The Official Posting and Toasting ScoreBlocker^TM, I would have guessed they were down by twice that much. At the end of the first half, the Knicks trailed by 20 points. Had I been using The Official Posting and Toasting ScoreBlocker^TM, I would have guessed they were down by three times that much. At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks trailed by 31 points. Had I been using The Official Posting and Toasting ScoreBlocker^TM, I would have guessed they were down by four times that much. Point is, I really shouldn't have forgotten to use The Official Posting and Toasting ScoreBlocker^TM tonight.

In the end, the Knicks lost by a score of 111-80, so at least the deficit didn't get any worse. They're now 14-60, and have officially clinched the worst record, number of losses-wise, in team history. Congrats, Knicks! You couldn't have given Clyde a worse present for his 70^th birthday!

I only have a few other notes because 1) this game sucked; and 2) there are two minutes left in the UK-ND game as I type this and I really want to see the end of that game. Here they are:

- If there was anything positive at all to take from this game, it was the play of  Karl-Anthony Towns Langston Galloway. He scored only 12 points and shot only 5/14 from the field, but I thought he had a pretty good night, considering the circumstances. He was under control on offense, and didn't turn the ball over at all. 5 rebounds as well, which is basically what I've come to expect from him in that category.

- Kenny Albert mentioned early on that Langston had been picking Clyde's brain lately and asked Clyde what advice he'd given the young guard. Clyde: "I told him the main thing is confidence. Believe in yourself and work diligently." No offense, Clyde, but I really hope for Langston's sake you told him something a bit more useful. The guy could get that exact same advice from a fortune cookie.

- I'm sure Ricky Ledo's a nice guy, but he kinda sucks at basketball. Relatively, I mean. He's certainly much better than I am; I suck at basketball for real. It's funny, because I'm 6'4", so people look at me and go "Hey, you're about half a foot taller than the average adult male! I bet you're great at basketball!" Well, stranger, I hate to break it to you, but I'm awful. I can shoot okay, but I can't dribble more than like 2 or 3 times without bouncing the ball off my foot. Then again, Ricky Ledo did the same thing in the 2^nd quarter tonight, so maybe I'm not so bad. See, it came full circle. I bet you thought I went on a random tangent. Anyway, he's not a good NBA player. Ah well, that's what 10-day contracts are for.

- Andrea Bargnani led the team in both points and rebounds, with 14 and 7. Only 8 games left, friends!

- Jason Smith got T'd up in the fourth quarter for stepping to Nikola Mirotic. That Jason Smith is a bold guy. I would never in a million years get in Mirotic's face. He's terrifying. I think it's the beard that scares me.

- Tony Snell has an 8-year-old brother named Darrell who met Clyde prior to the game. Clyde said he jokingly asked Darrell if he plays for the Bulls, and Darrell told him that he was a point guard. That's one witty 8 year-old. Also, his name is pronounced Darrell, so his full name rhymes. Awesome. Great job, Mama Snell.

That's all I've got. The Knicks are home for the Nets on Wednesday. Like I said above, just 8 games left. We're almost there!