Everything was in place last night for Isiah Thomas to get a listen to the loudest blast of “Fire Isiah” chants he’s heard all season. Those ‘knowledgeable’ basketball fans Isiah loved so much when he came in the door are determined to throw him out on his ass. One of the local newspapers had freshly made “Fire Isiah!” cutouts for people to take to the game. They came with a simple request: wave em’ in the air like madmen at the first sniff of a blowout.

With Lebron James coming to the Garden, it wasn’t a question of if, more like what minute of the first quarter would the booing commence?

Lucky for the Knicks and Isiah, the Cavaliers arrived in New York a day early for the game; plenty of time to get lost in the city’s nightlife. Tuesday night, Lebron James and a few his teammates found their way to a little party put together for the King’s 23rd birthday.

There is nothing more to say about the Cavaliers loss or Lebron James than what he said himself after the game. “I have a lot of things to work on during the summer.” That’s more than obvious when King James can’t hit jumpshots from 10 feet out. Jumpshots and free throws are the only things he needs to do this summer. No playing with the kids, no commercials, no sweating with the US Basketball team - shoot jumpshots.

It’s always amazing to me when an NBA player can’t hit a wide open jumper, and the Cavaliers are full of people in that category. Don’t get me wrong, haven’t switched allegiances, but the lack of shooters is the thing that lost the series for them. Lebron was sometimes triple-teamed, which didn’t make things easy for his flush and dunk game, so he passes and other than Sasha and Drew Gooden the offense was spotty at best.