It was unlikely that any of the Knicks’ players were aware of the stakes of Wednesday’s game, but with their loss to the Orlando Magic, the Knicks are officially the worst host team in N.B.A. All-Star Game history.

At 10-43, the Knicks will go into the All-Star break with a .189 winning percentage to edge the 1990 Miami Heat, who were 10-39 (.204) when they hosted the game. If the Knicks had beaten the Magic, their winning percentage would have gone up to .208.

It is hard to imagine teams more different than that Heat squad and the current Knicks. While the Knicks are an original N.B.A. franchise with a famous team president and a marquee star in Carmelo Anthony, the Heat were in their second season as an expansion franchise when they hosted at Miami Arena.

Anthony is expected to suit up as a starting forward for the Eastern Conference on Sunday despite sitting out Wednesday’s loss with knee problems. Unsurprisingly, the Heat did not have a representative in the 1990 game, with Rony Seikaly and Sherman Douglas providing most of the team’s production. The Heat did not have an All-Star player until Alonzo Mourning in 1996.