Michael Beasley was on his way to his second 30-point night of the season for the Knicks. Virtually everything he tossed up went in — inside, outside, from deep. Midway through the fourth quarter Saturday, the Thunder were teetering, fatigued from the three overtimes they played the previous night in Philadelphia. Beasley had an open 3 on the right side.
So naturally Beasley, who was 2-of-2 on 3s already, passed to Doug McDermott.
“In his mind,” coach Jeff Hornacek said of Beasley, “he’s going, ‘If I get that ball to Doug, it’s automatic.’”
And it was.