The last home game was a perfect microcosm for where these Knicks are now after 81 games. 

There was a reason to eat, drink and be merry when the clinching of the No. 3 seed in the East became official, via the news from Orlando that the Magic had beaten up the Pacers. Good times at the Garden! 

And there was also reason to starve, get drunk and be miserable when the Cavaliers erased every inch of a 23-point deficit and stormed past the Knicks, 108-102. That made it an even 0-8 against the Cavs and the Celtics, the two best teams in the East, and 0-10 of you toss in the Thunder, the best team out West. Grisly times at the Garden. 

“You’ve got to play for 48 minutes in this league,” a visibly frustrated Tom Thibodeau said. “No lead is safe.”