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New York Daily News
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — The streak is over. Unexpectedly. Playing as if hungover from their double-OT thriller two nights earlier, the Knicks collapsed Tuesday night against the lowly Hornets, malfunctioning as an offense down the stretch of a 112-105 loss at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks (39-28) managed just eight points in the final eight minutes, sending a stunned Garden crowd to the exits in silence. The Hornets (21-46) had lost three straight and were missing their best player, the injured LaMelo Ball, but the Knicks went through the motions while blowing a 16-point halftime lead. It snapped New Y…