What does the Miami game have to do with this? I thought we were specifically talking about this game?
Specifically we were talking about the last few minutes. At that point all of the momentum was with the Celtics. The game was over. You say it wasn't, but that is in theory-land. The Knicks were done.
In that 4th quarter the Knicks were executing and making shots which contradicts your claim that they weren't.
And after they took their lead all of that execution evaporated whcih totally supports my claim: Up 1 with 4 minutes left, down 6 2 minutes later.
It's hardly a stretch to think that it was still a game and wasn't "over" the way you think it was. Not sure why you don't see that.
It is a stretch when you see that the Knicks had just been outscored by 7 in two minutes, they had to foul the Celtics, and they weren't making their shots.
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