Comeback or collapse? Knicks' Game 1 rally over Cavs was both
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Call it a comeback.
Or chalk it up as a choke.
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals was both.
The New York Knicks wouldn’t have been able to charge all the way back without the Cleveland Cavaliers collapsing.
The Cavaliers led 93-71 with under eight minutes to play before the Knicks outscored them 44-11 the rest of the way to win 115-104 in overtime.
The only bigger fourth-quarter playoff comeback in the last 30 years was when the Clippers rallied from 24 down to beat Memphis in Game 1 in 2012.
The AP takes a look at some of the reasons the Cavs didn't win.
- Jalen Brunson leads Knicks back from 22 down in the 4th for 115-104 win over Cavs in OT in Game 1 ABC News —
- Knicks stun Cavaliers with 22-point comeback BBC Sport —
- Knicks rally from 22 down in 4th, stun Cavs in OT in Game 1 Associated Press —
- Jalen Brunson, Knicks improbably rally to steal Game 1 in OT Boston Globe —
- Knicks rally from 22 points down to stun Cavs in overtime Al Jazeera —