"When the chant of "De-fense, De-fense" fell on deaf ears, the Garden crowd began calling for rookie Iman Shumpert, who has instantly become a fan favorite.

And if you listened closely enough there was a brief "Phil Jackson" chant before the mass exodus began. So for Mike D'Antoni perhaps the only positive thing to come out of Wednesday's embarrassing 118-110 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats is that no one was for calling for his head. But if the Knicks continue to perform this poorly at home, that derisive chant is coming soon. And it will be loud.

"That hurt," Carmelo Anthony said. "I mean, it hurts to lose games like that.""