Article: Knicks look back on a lost cause

Knicks look back on a lost cause

Failure to advance to NBA Finals is a huge letdown

By DAMON HACK

Newsday

Sunday, June 4, 2000

New York -- The only thing the Knicks know for sure is that they don't have a game today. The future is uncertain, the recent past painful to discuss.

For now, they must deal with coming so close to a second straight trip to the NBA Finals. Plus, the unhappy task of cleaning out their lockers at Purchase College.

"It hurts when you go home and sit around and think about it because you don't have anything else to do," Charlie Ward said after the Knicks' 93-80 loss to the Pacers on Friday night that eliminated them from the Eastern Conference finals, four games to two.

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