No Immanuel Quickley again meant winning Game 5 at Madison Square Garden would be even tougher for the Knicks.
It took an awful first quarter but the rest of the way, the Knicks’ starters entered a second gear and carried the team to a decisive 112-103 victory. Jalen Brunson’s 38 points led the way and New York’s star point guard also had nine rebounds and seven assists.
The Knicks are two wins away from doing what their MSG co-resident New York Rangers have done all too often in the playoffs: come back from being down 3-1.