It was the miracle off Broadway.
In a hectic and thrilling span of 13 seconds, the Knicks turned a five-point deficit into a one-point advantage and rode the moment to a crazy 104-101 Game 2 victory at MSG on Monday night.
The big shot came from Donte DiVincenzo, whose trey gave the Knicks the lead. But the sequence requires a full accounting:
Playing poorly all evening, Jalen Brunson finally connected on a 3-pointer – his first of the fourth quarter – to cut the lead to 2 with 27 seconds left. It required a lucky bounce off the rim.
Off the inbounds, the Knicks stripped Tyrese Maxey, who fell to the court. Josh Hart, a hero of Game 2, picked up the steal.
It led to a quick miss from DiVincenzo, then an offensive rebound from Hartenstein and then the big DiVincenzo trey.
Maxey missed a potential winner for the Sixers on the ensuing possession, and OG Anunoby iced the win on the foul live to give the Knicks a commanding 2-0 series lead.
