The end of the Knicks' record home losing streak was big enough news to make the Oscars

Even in victory, the New York Knicks are a source of comedy. Be it from their own players or from Samuel L. Jackson on the biggest stage in show business.

The Eastern Conference’s last place team snapped a franchise-record 18-game home losing streak on Sunday with a 130-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden. The well-timed win allowed the Knicks to avoid even more historical ignominy this season, stopping their home losing streak one game short of tying the 1993-94 Dallas Mavericks’ NBA record of 19. Even more history would have been possible from there:

With their first win at Madison Square Garden since Dec. 1, the Knicks are now 11-49, a half-game ahead of the Phoenix Suns for the worst record in the NBA. Previously mired in an 18-game overall losing streak and a 2-31 stretch going back to the beginning of December, the Knicks have been positively scorching with two wins in their last three games.

Of course, they were still the Knicks even in victory.

Even in victory, they’re still the Knicks

If you hoped the Knicks were snapping their home losing streak entering the game Sunday, one moment probably led to despair. That would be when Kevin Knox and Dennis Smith Jr., the two young players ostensibly most important to the Knicks’ master plan, worked together to score a basket.

One problem: it was their own basket:

Smith stayed in the conversation with a sort of moment that the basketball world became very familiar with during the 2019 NBA Slam Dunk contest: a ferocious, and missed, dunk.

And yet, despite those hiccups, the Knicks prevailed. Damyean Dotson posted 27 points, while Smith and Knox registered double-doubles. Rookie second-rounder Mitchell Robinson was also dominant in the paint with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting, 14 rebounds and five blocks. It was the kind of win with performances from young players that any rebuilding team would love to see.

Samuel L. Jackson provides Knicks update at Oscars

One fan who probably would have loved to see the win is noted Knicks superfan Spike Lee, but he was unfortunately busy attending a little party in Los Angeles called the Academy Awards.

Lee’s good friend Samuel L. Jackson was kind enough to tell Lee the outcome while on stage presenting the Oscars for best original and adapted screenplay.

“First of all, Spike, so glad you’re sitting down,” Jackson said. After 18 consecutive home losses, the Knicks won tonight. I repeat, the Knicks won tonight, defeating San Antonio 130-118.”

To that, Lee had one response:

Lee got even more good news a few minutes later when he won the first Oscar of his career for his BlacKKKlansman screenplay.

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