The New York Knicks lost three games in last year's playoffs. They've dropped all three this season after a 111-102 lose-from-ahead defeat to Orlando. New York led the first 40 minutes, fell behind midway through the fourth and never recovered. The result was the same as it's been all year. The performances behind that result varied.
Let's see how each Knick graded out.
Karl-Anthony Towns: B+
Three games, three double-doubles -- par for the course for KAT. But he did a few things tonight he hadn't shown yet this season.
It's a day ending in Y, so Towns was in early foul trouble. But after picking up his second at the start of the second quarter, he didn't commit another all night. That kept him in the game, which looked like the difference when the Knicks were leading and Towns kept driving past his man over and over again.
After just four assists total his first two games, there was more Point KAT than we've seen since the Finals, dishing four against the Magic.…