Bryant and Lakers bury Knicks as Brown ejected
AFP, February, 2006
NEW YORK (AFP) — Kobe Bryant scored 40 points as the Los Angeles Lakers pounded the New York Knicks 130-97, but at least New York coach Larry Brown didn't have to see the end.
Brown was ejected midway through the third quarter as the Knicks showed little fight in their ninth loss in 10 games.
The fans filled Madison Square Garden to see Bryant, still basking in the afterglow of his 81-point explosion nine days earlier.
But the most obvious thing on view was another lackluster effort from the Knicks.
The Knicks were even worse than they were in Monday's 120-101 loss in Atlanta, after which Brown - when asked if his team had quit - said: "It sure looked that way to me."
It looked that way again on Tuesday. The Knicks surrendered another 60-point first half and were never in it in the second half. ...