Paul Forrester: Despite loss to Pacers, Knicks see improvement on defense, offense

NEW YORK -- The Knicks dropped their sixth straight game at home, and fourth in a row overall, to the Pacers, 103-96, in overtime. Though the Knicks lost this first rematch of last season's second-round playoff foes in the East, the game offered a few signs of hope for a team skidding off the road of Eastern Conference contenders.