New York Knicks Face The Music Against Golden State

In a year filled with obstacles and searching for solutions, the New York Knicks’ latest idea was literally lacking music to anyone’s ears.

A Sunday nationally televised matchup with the mighty Golden State Warriors is challenging enough for a New York Knicks squad struggling to stay alive in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Any distractions would not be welcomed, especially if it comes from the organization itself in a special promotion silencing the arena’s in game music for the first half of play.

The odd scene in Madison Square Garden was meant to bring back the old glory days of appreciating basketball in it’s natural form without the usual bells and whistles.

The lack of now-common sounds left many players, fans and commentators confused as to why the Knicks would engage such an idea at this time. Knicks second-year star forward Kristaps Porzingis was not a fan of the change as he expressed briefly with reporters after the game.

"“I didn’t like it, It was weird for me. But I guess that’s how it was back in the day.”"

Porzingis had a very effective game, scoring 24 points while grabbing 15 rebounds in a losing effort against the NBA-best Warriors, 112-105.

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Courtney Lee echoed the same feelings as Porzingis to reporters regarding the lack of arena music in the first half, regardless of the fact that New York led at halftime by a point.

"“It was kind of weird because that’s home-court advantage — having the crowd involved, having the music going and having that energy behind you, Imagine if we had that energy? You’d rather have that. It gets the fans into the game, it keeps them in tune with what’s going on as opposed to it being quiet.”"

The criticism didn’t end with the Knicks players it was also felt by the victorious Warriors team most notably All-Star forward Draymond Green. Green spoke without much filter to the media after the game and expressed his thoughts on the arena entertainment experience at MSG.

"“It was ridiculous, It changed the flow of the game. It changed everything. You get so used to playing the game a certain way. To completely change that, to me I think it was disrespectful to everyone from Michael Levine to Rick Welts and all these people who’ve done these things to change the game from an entertainment perspective and give the game a great vibe.“That’s complete disrespect because you advance things in the world to make it better; you don’t go back to what was bad. And so it’s like computers can do anything for us — it’s like going back to paper. Why would you do that?”"

This isn’t the first time Green had been critical of the Knicks organization as just last month he made controversial “slave” comments about owner James Dolan after the Charles Oakley altercation.

There has been no official comment from the Knicks brass as to why this took place, but everyone will be certainly waiting for it which seems to always be the case this season.

The Knicks have dropped two in a row and are fading very fast from the playoff picture. It’s gotten to the point in New York that a high lottery pick is a better option and taking chances for next season.

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The loyal fan base that crowds into “The World’s Most Famous Arena” can’t bear to face the embarrassing music anyone this season.