NBA Sunday: Knicks embarrassed at the Garden

The best part of Bryant’s night happened before the game, when the 35-year-old was introduced to “The Imperial March”:

The Thunder blitzed the Pacers from the start, running out to a 10-point lead after the first quarter and never looking back. Oklahoma City shot 61 percent for the game, a remarkable number considering the quality of Indiana’s stingy defense.

After the game, Bryant admitted things felt a bit off in his first game action since tearing an Achilles tendon in April:

Considering his age and the type of injury he suffered, feeling “weird” is something that should have been expected. It will take some time to get back in the groove of things, and Bryant went on to say he never really felt like himself all night and can’t wait to work on improving things for the next game:

Gay has now been traded twice in the last two seasons, and he has been the subject of much scorn for his inefficient ways on offense. Despite undergoing eye surgery to improve poor vision in the offseason, Gay has continued to shoot poorly while using up a lot of possessions, which is a major reason why the Raptors wanted to move him:

The trade naturally brought about plenty of reactions from around the interwebs, and needless to say, Raptors fans are pretty happy the shot-happy Gay will no longer call Toronto home: