Apparently the Knicks plan which games they're gonna win and lose beforehand. Wouldn't you love to have that list?
Seriously, I've always suspected that things like this go on in the NBA because there just too many games where a whole team doesn't show up. I get the feeling it has to be planned sometimes.
Jarrett Jack added 15 points for the Trail Blazers, who gained some extra incentive from a story that counted this game as a victory for the Knicks in their quest for a playoff berth.
"I don't know who it was, but we saw somebody, they had the rest of their games, and it had a check mark for a win, and an X next to the team for a loss," Jack said. "And it had a check mark by our name. Somebody showed me this morning. I don't know if that was some added motivation, but we all saw it. Sometimes reporters get the other team in trouble."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270322018