Knicks bringing MSG to life again

All you had to do was look around Madison Square Garden and it was obvious your ears were lying to you, had to be. On a good night, in normal times, they can squeeze 19,812 inside here, and when you give them a good reason, they can turn your eardrums to dust.

Around 17,812 of those seats were unoccupied as the final seconds bled off the clock Tuesday night. We are still a couple of full-court heaves away from complete normalcy around here, after all, even if there is the promise of reinforcements, meaning nearer to 5,000 capacity for the postseason. Still, as Derrick Rose dribbled out the clock …