As Joel Embiid's desperation 3-pointer clanged off the rim and the buzzer sounded in Game 2 of the first-round series on April 22, thousands of New York Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden screamed with glee. At the same moment, Dan Monopoli -- the in-house DJ -- got a cue from his boss, the arena's legendary organist and music director Ray Castoldi.
"He just said, 'Now! 'Go NY Go,' and I felt the hair stand up on my neck," Monopoli recalled. "I was like, 'Oh my god, this place is going to melt.' And it did.