Knicks Fall to Orlando

If you wanted to understand why the Knicks moved heaven and earth to get themselves Tyson Chandler before the season, hopefully you weren't blocked from watching Monday afternoon's game against the Magic. Chandler, with plenty of help from his friends, shut down Dwight Howard at the Garden and rendered him mostly irrelevant to the outcome of the game. After watching Shawne Williams, Jerome James and other overmatched Knicks try to defend Howard in recent years, the difference was remarkable. Howard scored just eight points, turned the ball over six times and fouled out thanks to Chandler making his life a living hell. Unfortunately, the Knicks still found a way to lose 102-93 in the annual Martin Luther King Day matinee. It isn't hard to pinpoint the reason why the Knicks lost the game. The Magic made 17 three-pointers on the day as their offense adapted to Howard's invisibility by moving the ball crisply around the perimeter and taking advantage of the Knicks' c...