Twenty years ago today, the New York Knicks beat the Celtics in Boston, 94-88. Shandon Anderson would score a season-high 28 points, Kurt Thomas would add 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Dikembe Mutombo would log 13 points and 12 rebounds. Starbury and Penny were yet to join the team. Don Chaney was still the coach (for now).
With due respect to our elders, that 2003 team was not nearly as exciting as the crew currently employed in New York. Tonight’s Knicks gave us a comeback for the ages. Down by 16 points entering the fourth quarter, they held the Miami Heat—one of the league’s best—to 11 points in the final frame, scored 29 of their own, and achieved what might stand as their definitive victory of the year.