The New York Knicks had one of those magical feels to them, and for a while, the city felt immortal.
Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey put forth their best effort against the Knicks, but to no avail. And when the Knicks beat up on the Pacers in the first two games of their second-round series to go up 2-0, it was easy to forget that the Knicks were playing with quite literally half of their roster. But the clock struck midnight, and the magic wore off. The Knicks lost their last two games of the series to Indiana, and it is Tyrese Haliburton leading the charge against the Celtics in the Conference Finals, not Jalen Brunson.