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Knicks mount furious rally to beat Cavaliers in thrilling OT Game 1 win
The Knicks roared back from a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime, with Jalen Brunson scoring 38 points to spark the rally. Multiple outlets note the comeback as a defining moment in Game 1 of the East finals, with Brunson’s late surge and the Knicks’ 18-1 run cited by sources including The Guardian US and Al Jazeera, while The New York Post emphasizes the dramatic overtime finish and the perceived poetic turn after a prior playoff stumble. Some disagreement centers on how the rally unfolded; while Al Jazeera and The Guardian US highlight Brunson’s late scoring spree, the Post frames it as a dramatic, well-executed comeback that reversed expectations.
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Knicks mount furious rally to beat Cavaliers in thrilling OT Game 1 win
See more of our coverage in your search results. it was perfectly poetic. Everything came full circle. The Knicks scripted it perfectly. Even the overtime part. Last year’s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals produced an epic Knicks choke, a moment that immediately went down in the worst parts of the franchise’s.
Brunson stunned after Knicks’ 22-point comeback over Cavs in East finals: ‘I don’t have an answer’
Cleveland Cavaliers 104-115 New York Knicks (OT) Knicks had trailed by 22 points in fourth quarter Jalen Brunson sparked one of the NBA’s greatest postseason comebacks, a rally from a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter, and finished with 38 points as New York beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime in.
Knicks rally from 22 points down to stun Cavs in overtime
The New York Knicks, spurred by 38 points from Jalen Brunson, erased a 22-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime in Game One of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The Knicks looked done for when they trailed 93-71 with 7:52 left in regulation time on Tuesday, but Brunson.
The Knicks looked doomed in Game 1, and then Jalen Brunson worked a miracle
See more of our coverage in your search results. Everything the Knicks touched turned to gold before Tuesday night. Prior to their nine-day break since sweeping the 76ers, the Knicks looked unstoppable in these playoffs and appeared to be peaking at the perfect time. That dominance sputtered out early in Game 1. Rust.