Ugly 109-102 Overtime Loss to the Lebronless Cavaliers

This was suppose to be what was no longer happening.  The Knicks were no longer going to look meek when staring in the eyes of sub .500 opponents.  All media outlets had made a point to ensure that everyone knew the previous win streak was against such lowly competition, and that all excitement should be kept to a minimum.  It seems as though they were right, except maybe we were even giving the Knicks too much credit as it was.  They showed this as they wallowed in the face of adversity and found a way to give the game back to the Cavaliers at the end of regulation.  Outscoring the Cavaliers 27-21 in the first quarter, everything appeared to be going as planned.  The Knicks would push the ball, make some three's and cruise on to victory (with Cleveland making a slight run), this was the script.  However, no one told Cleveland they had to follow the script. Cleveland went on to outscore the Knicks 28-25 in the second quarter, and 25-22 in the third quarter.  The Knicks tried to hold on in the fourth, but ended up parallel with the Knicks and Cleveland each scoring 19 in the fourth, and thus ending up in the same place they started.  Stoudemire had a chance ti win it in regulation, but missed a fairly routine 12 footer and the crowd took a sigh of relief.  Headed to overtime, you wanted to believe that the Knicks would pull it out.  But from the tip, you somehow knew this was not going to go in favor, and it didn't. 
The Knicks have now not only only lost 3 straight, but have also seen their 8 game road winning streak come to an end.  Gallinari's performance was nothing short of horrible, he shot 3-14 from the field, including 1-9 from three point range.  This is the kind of performance that will lead to Knick losses against sub .500 teams.  Even though the team has improved, all players need to be clicking for this team to win.  D'Antoni said it best, "I thought we were depleted of energy most of the night. They ground it out and we didn't. ... It was a test of character, and we failed the test today."
Things are going to need to change between now and Wednesday, if the Knicks are going to give the Thunder a real game.