NEW YORK — For the first time since June 10, the Knicks fans occupying Madison Square Garden fell completely and utterly silent.
OG Anunoby’s missed three in the final seconds of New York’s 106–100 opening night loss to the 76ers on Tuesday sent a hush flowing over the crowd, suffocating the joy that had lingered in the arena since Game 4 of the NBA Finals (perhaps the greatest Knicks win of all time). Beneath the silence lay an undercurrent of shock. This was not how things were supposed to go on ring night. This was not how things had gone for the Knicks over 10 weeks of the 2026 postseason that culminated in a championship.
