LAS VEGAS — Trailing the Knicks by 10 points three minutes into the third quarter of Saturday’s NBA Cup semifinal, Magic coach Jamahl Mosley called timeout.
By the next stoppage roughly four minutes later, Orlando had stormed back to take a 2-point lead and felt confident it had cracked the code against New York by driving to the basket, forcing turnovers and hitting 3s in the second half under the bright lights of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The only problem?
The Knicks weren’t rattled.