NEW YORK — The best feature about the end of Daylight Savings Time is it gave me an extra hour to overreact to the first few days of the season.

Nothing says "didn't come to play" quite like the Knicks being down 19 at the quarter to a Bobcats team recoiling from a franchise-low 59-point scoring binge against the victorious (by 33) Celtics.

Not since Magic Johnson was orchestrating the eviction of a couple Lakers head coaches and conspiring behind the back of a best friend, has there been an NBA player capable of scrupulously dominating a game while taking but two shots . . . until Rajon Rondo.