There were old heroes scattered throughout the building, Latrell Sprewell and Larry Johnson and Bernard King, all of them most familiar with what this building can sound like at this time of the year when things are going well. John Starks was there, too, not far from where he slammed down the most famous dunk in franchise history one similar-sounding night almost 30 years ago.
And when Brunson, terrific after a slow start spotted Starks after a basket and slapped five with him … well, goodness, the crowd saw that, too. And the crowd went positively berserk. It was that kind of feel-good night, start to finish, right to the final two minutes when crowd favorite Derrick Rose got two minutes of late run and, much to the fans’ delight, got his money’s worth, firing off four shots.
“Everybody knows their role,” said Toppin, who had eight points and was part of a Knicks’ bench corps that outscored Cleveland’s 39-13. “We came in and did everything we had to do.” For Tom Thibodeau, the night was like a Gershwin tune, his players providing the music — “Good intensity, good energy, everyone was connected” — and the fans the lyrics.
It’ll be hard to believe the joint can get any louder than it got Friday night. But it’ll be fun to find out.
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