Maybe the Knicks just couldn’t hear opportunity knocking over all that noise at Madison Square Garden.
A raucous crowd chanting for “De-fense!” couldn’t push the hot-starting Knicks over the finish line Sunday in a 108-101 loss to the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals — the kind of game that could be looked back upon a week from now as a huge missed opportunity.
Here are the four things to know about Game 1:
1. Did the Knicks notice Jimmy Butler was hurt? Because they didn’t play like it.
