Dumb and Dumber Knick coach Isiah Thomas during his team's latest loss in Houston.You’ve probably heard of Seventh Heaven. Well, in the bizarro world of Dumb and Dumber Clown Mgt 101 starring the worst team money could buy, welcome to Seventh Hell!

Your future “NBA champions” dropped their seventh straight game last night losing 103-91 in Houston, who was without Tracy McGrady.

No worries for Yao Ming and the Rockets who still came out and led 27-13 after one quarter against this pathetic bunch. Yao finished with 30 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots against Eddy Curry.

Fat Albert followed a rare double/double (24 and 12) in a four-point loss to defending champion San Antonio with 16 points, six boards along with a team worst minus-14 rating. Unfortunately for my statsessed co-host John Giagnorio, it wasn’t adjusted.

In the first half, the Knicks fell behind by as much as 18. A common trend on what might very well be the franchise’s worst season.

In typical Knick fashion, they fought back and sliced it to 8 with under nine minutes left in the fourth quarter. The problem with frequently coming out flat and falling behind by so much is that you’re playing catch up the rest of the way expending a lot of energy.

And all it takes is one more run by your opponent to put the game out of reach. That the Knicks allowed rookie Aaron Brooks to torch them for a career high 22 points off the bench including four-of-five from downtown was not too surprising. Not when they refuse to defend the perimeter and fight through screens.

Case in point. Nate Robinson who paced the orange and blue with 25 matching his season best was guilty of just that on a Brooks trey in which the Oregon product was allowed to set his feet and fire away.

You’ve got to work hard to get around those picks and get a hand in the face making it tougher. It can distract the shooter.

The Knicks only permitted 22 points in the final 12 minutes and 49 for the second half. But the Rockets who don’t exactly score a lot got 55 in the first half. They were on pace for nearly 15 more points than they average (95.1 PPG).

Zach Randolph returned to the lineup after a league suspension for tossing his headband at an official. The former Blazer put up his 16th double double (18 and season high 22 rebounds) but shot 7-for-19 from the field and turned the ball over a game worst six times.

The Knicks as a team had 18 miscues. Too many to win. Especially on the road where they’ve won just once (at New Jersey). Their 1-13 record away from The Garden is surprisingly not the NBA’s worst. That dubious honor belong’s to the league’s worst team the T-Wolves who are a putrid 1-16.

Having dropped 13 of their last 14, the Knicks (8-24) are just a half game better than the Heat. Combined with the Celtics’ 92-85 road win at Detroit snapping the Pistons’ 11-game win streak, the Knicks now trail Boston by an un-godly 21.0 games.

Sadly, they’ve only played 32 games so far. That means there’s still 50 left to torment NYC hoop fans further embarrassing themselves in the process.

Ah. But that’s what Knick basketball has become. Unlike any other!

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