NEW YORK _ As the Knicks quickly fell behind by double digits Friday night there was little worth watching for the fans who still made their pilgrimage to Madison Square Garden and even less reason for fans to switch their television sets from the multiple channels of NCAA Tournament games to watch the Knicks lose again.
The score was a predictably one-sided, a 111-93 defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, the third straight loss for the Knicks (14-59) and 11th in the last 12 games. But for one person the game meant everything.
Frank Ntilikina finally got back on the floor after missing 24 games and nearly two months of action with a strained groin and began what amounts to a 10-game opportunity to show that he still has some value to the franchise.
