"Mike D'Antoni saved his big lineup change for last night's home opener promoting Danilo Gallinari and demoting Al Harrington.
Even when things work with the Knicks, it ultimately fails. They both responded with monster nights, each setting their career highs.
Harrington struck for 42 points and left to a standing ovation after fouling out early in overtime. Gallinari erupted for his first 30-point night, making 8 of 16 3-pointers -- one shy of the franchise record.
And all that fireworks wrought was a second straight wild comeback, from 23 points down, that ended in another overtime loss. Once Harrington fouled out after his 3-point play gave the Knicks a three point lead, the offense went stone-cold as the Sixers scored 17 straight points to beat the winless Knicks 141-127 in a Garden shootout. The Knicks fell to 0-3 worst start since 2005-06 season when Larry Brown was the coach.
While D'Antoni's offense finally exploded, the only defense the Knicks showed at the Garden was by the arena's security staff when it removed Stephon Marbury from a front-row courtside seat as he filmed the action with a video-recorder. "