BOSTON — If Phil Jackson's "basketball gods'' were getting "heartburn'' Sunday during the blowout loss to the Cavaliers, then the hoop gods were vomiting all over Causeway Street Wednesday night when the Knicks quit playing late in the third quarter en route to a 115-94 Boston Massacre at TD Bank Garden.
With the Knicks leading 72-71 with 2:43 left in the third, the Celtics went on a 20-0 rampage and embarrassed their longtime rivals, giving Team Tri-tanic its eighth straight loss.
According to a league source, Jackson's mysterious tweets weren't mysterious at all. They were simply a shot at the Knicks for not competing hard enough against the Cavaliers, who could be on the way to the NBA Finals.
The Celtics, in contention for the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, buried eight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to build a 24-point lead in the blink of an eye. Even by the Knicks' low-end standards of defending the 3-point line, this was lousy.
The Knicks allowed Evan Turner to go for a triple-double with 10 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds. The other Celtics to accomplish that against the Knicks were Larry Bird (three times) and Rajon Rondo (three times). The Celtics finished shooting 50.6 percent.
The Knicks were getting nice floor balance and led for nearly three quarters. But Andrea Bargnani went stone cold, 2-of-10 at one point early in the fourth — and the Knicks stopped defending. Bargnani made some late shots in garbage time to finish with 17 points.
Starters Lou Amundson, Jason Smith and Langston Galloway each scored 14 points for the Knicks, who are a league-worst 10-46.
The rebuilding Celtics are stinging from the season-ending injury to their center Jared Sullinger, and the Knicks fell to 0-16 without Carmelo Anthony, who is on crutches and out for the season after surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in his left knee.
The Knicks led most of the game, but the Celtics rallied late in the third quarter, with new addition Jonans Jerebko nailing a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Celtics up 80-72. Boston scored 35 points in the final frame — 67 in the second half.
Before the game, an ever-optimistic coach Derek Fisher said, "Even in our struggles, we're planting seeds that will pay dividends down the line.''
Seeds of doubt perhaps.
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