NEW YORK -- When the Knicks took a four-point lead with nine seconds to go in Wednesday night's season opener against the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden, it appeared the home team was on the verge of a feel-good win to start Kemba Walker's Knicks career.
It turned out the Knicks were, in fact, going to win the game -- it just wasn't in the way anyone could have envisioned.
After an insane final nine seconds of regulation that saw the Celtics hit two 3-pointers in the final five seconds to tie the score, plus a pair of frenetic overtimes, New York eventually emerged with a 138-134 victory, snatching a win from the jaws of what would've been an excruciating season-opening defeat.