For a few minutes there, there was a whiff of perception circulating by way of Madison Sq. Backyard. Perhaps it was idiot’s gold. Or perhaps it was one thing else. The ultimate rating — Celtics 119, Knicks 117 (OT) — would recommend the previous. The life contained in the constructing because the Knicks lastly punched again in opposition to Boston would trace on the latter.
With some luck, we’ll discover out for actual quickly sufficient.
For now, it is a bitter loss for the Knicks, who twice led by three factors within the dying minute of regulation earlier than committing two cardinal sins. On the primary — fouling Jayson Tatum from behind the arc, up 3 — they had been spared when Tatum made solely two out of three, after which Jalen Brunson discovered Josh Hart for a 107-104 Knicks lead with 11.2 seconds left.
On the second — failing to foul Tatum reasonably than permitting him to launch the three that tied the sport at 107 with 2.9 seconds to go after he’d stepped contained in the arch, than dropped again — they weren’t so fortunate.
