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SPANISH HARLEM – Tuesday night was a gut-wrenching loss for the New York Knicks. I was excited when they were up by 6 with a minute left but I knew from Game 2 that no lead is safe. As we all saw, not only did the 76ers come back to tie the game, but they took game 5 and now we head back to Philadelphia looking to extend the series for a game 7 back at Madison Square Garden.
There is a lot that I can break down that led to this loss, but I don’t get paid enough for that. All you need to know is in a game like this, you need a little luck and some calls to go your way. That is exactly what the Sixers received with the Tyrese Maxey 3-pointer that saw Mitchell Robinson foul him in the act making it 4-point play. There is your luck factor kicking in. What are the odds that a shot thrown up like that makes it in? Maybe 4 to 1 – I don’t know possibly lower. but he made it and now we see the Knicks go Philly to try to close out the series.
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It won’t be easy, and they will need to bring their “A” game on defense because that crowd will be ruckus and I don’t expect many Knicks fans this time around due the effect of game 4 by New York Fans in the building. I could be wrong here, but something tells me that it will be a totally different atmosphere. Can the Knicks win… of course they can, they showed that can in game 4 but they will have to limit their mistakes from game 5 to do so.
That’s it for now, come back tomorrow for Jackson Sternberg, who’s been ignoring the NY Rangers.