Game Notes: Sixers at Knicks

by Zach Smart I’d like to preface this post by saying that strange things happen on All Hallow’s eve. A guy who looked like he couldn’t shoot a lick and was mired in a preseason slump (Danilo Gallinari) starts scorching the nets. Ghastly goblins and ghouls terrorize a team (the 76ers), injecting them with a dizzying, intoxicating potion, causing them to fritter away a 23-point lead to a team that played lackluster, porous D (Knicks). Gravediggers Al Harrington, Gallo, and Chris Duhon brought a bundle of dead bodies back to life, resurrecting a Knicks fan base that was unleashing a chorus of boos in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters. Knicks fans, sensing the come from behind W — after an embarrassing first half in which they surrendered 40 first-quarter points — hadn’t been this loud since 2001. But Chris Duhon exploded to the cup, tying the score at 122 as the Knicks worked overtime for the second consecutive night. Once again, the floundering franchise that was once New Yor...