The Knicks are up 1–0 on the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals thanks to one of the greatest playoff comebacks we’ve ever seen.
New York fell down by 22 to Cleveland with fewer than eight minutes to go. ESPN’s win probability for the Cavs was at 99.9% at that point. But the Knicks rallied. They got stops. They scored. What resulted was an avalanche of points from Jalen Brunson, key shots from Landry Shamet and clutch plays from the Mikal Bridges-OG Anunoby combo. Their steadfast refusal to give up was rewarded by the basketball gods when Sam Merrill’s go-ahead three-pointer rimmed out at the buzzer and New York crushed Cleveland in overtime to finish the job.
