WHEN THE NEW YORK KNICKS trimmed a 27-point road deficit to four last week against the Boston Celtics, the team that hadn't found an answer for the defending champs all season looked like it might find a way to escape TD Garden with a thrilling comeback win.
"I think we just reached a level of not really caring anymore," Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson said of the rally, which left New York trailing 89-85 with 11:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. "Like, 'OK, we've got to go [compete] somehow.'"
It didn't take long for the Celtics to course-correct.