LONDON _ It was a foreign land for the Knicks, but all of the familiar markings were in place. The language was basically the same, if the accent and phrasing was slightly different. And a big lead built by the excitable young players only to have it disappear made it feel very much like home.
Controlling the game for much of the night and seemingly surviving a late collapse, the Knicks held a one-point lead as the clock was ticking down to the final second. Thomas Bryant rolled to the rim after he took a pass from Bradley Beal and tossed up a shot near the rim that was swatted by Allonzo Trier. But the officials quickly ruled it goaltending with four-tenths of a second left, giving the Wizards a 101-100 win over the Knicks.
The Knicks had a final shot as Kevin Knox inbounded to Emmanuel Mudiay, who had to flip up a turnaround shot at the left elbow that never reached the rim. The loss was the Knicks' fifth straight and 13th in the last 14 games, dropping their record to 10-34.
