Eleven Thoughts After that Knicks Game

The New York Knicks took a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals last night by completing the greatest comeback in playoff history. Just an incredible game, and so much fun to watch a game in real-time that you know you will be talking about in 20 years. Eleven slightly-related thoughts: As discussed previously, there's nothing quite like a Knicks playoff run to light NYC on fire. The corollary to that is there's nothing quite like a Knicks playoff run to remind you how lame DC is as a sports town, both generally and during playoff runs.1 Just too many people who like out-of-town teams, and way too many people who don't like sports at all. Even when the Nats and Caps have won titles, it hasn't come close to feeling all-consuming the way it does in other cities.2 I know a lot of people born-and-raised here who love sports just as much as people from NY or Chicago or Boston, and I legitimately feel bad for them that this is the atmosphere they are stuck with. I couldn't stop thinking about my Dad…