The Billiken's Bluff

The Knicks looked absolutely horrific last night, and went down 2-0 to the Nets in their 1st round playoff series. They showed zero heart and no intensity, but that is all about to change. Just ask Tim Thomas, who was injured in Game 1 when Jason Collins flagrantly fouled him on a dunk attempt.



Thomas, the one with the C-notes sticking out of his cap, said,"My goal is just to get back out there on the court before this series is over so I can go hit somebody. That's it. That's all I'm looking forward to," Thomas said Wednesday. "What's been done to me is going to be done to them. It's very simple."

Thomas saved his most caustic comments for Kenyon Martin, repeatedly calling him "fugazy" -- a slang term for fake used in the mafia movie "Donnie Brasco."



"Just knowing his character, he's a fugazy guy. I read a comment that Jason Richardson said nobody wants to mess with a pit bull, but I've never seen a pit bull who picks and chooses who he wants to bite," Thomas said.

"He's fugazy as far as the whole tough guy role. You get techs and you get fines and that makes you tough? Because your game is wild and crazy, that makes you tough? When a scuffle breaks out, you have 13 guys that can protect you. When it's you and someone else, what happens then?

Thomas added, "Somebody call Don King and hook it up for us.''

I'll admit I was losing hope for the Knicks. I wasn't even going to watch the final two games of the series, but Thomas just turned this into some must see TV. He wants to get back on the court by game 4 to beat some Nets up. Looks like the Knicks have found the intensity that they were lacking. I always respect a Donnie Brasco reference. And if somehow Don King got involved in a Martin/Thomas boxing match , it would be a truly splendiferous and monumental event, fugehdaboutit.