Harden at the line up like 21. At that point the Knicks were playing listless D, Brunson was off and taking some bad shots, and overall as a team like 4-24 from 3 or something like that.
From there - Defense gets better. Brunson starts making shots and gets on a torrid run. And Knicks go 6-8 from 3, with Shamet, Bridges and Bryson hitting big ones. Garden crowd takes over. Cavs can’t stem the run, even when Mobley hit a giant 3 to put them up 7/8 which I thought was the death blow for the Knicks.
Kenny A is a good coach but I wonder what the logic was for those last 7 minutes with Harden and Brunson. The Knicks were consistently attacking Harden and the Cavs didn’t do anything to change the matchup or adjust. By contrast, the Knicks were doing everything possible on the defensive end to protect Brunson who had 5 fouls and is a defensive liability.