Final 2:10 WILD ENDING #5 Knicks vs #4 Cavaliers! #PlayoffMode | April 15, 2023

...separated, he went down, and when he limped off, that looked pretty bad. Nick's ball, trailing now, a 9-0 run by Cleveland. Osmond continues to harass Brunson, shot clock at 10. Randle, they double him. Feeds Hartenstein, shot clock at 5. Hart sees it, 3 on the timer. Hart going to take the 3, and it's good! Josh Hart, despite injuring his ankle just moments ago, gives the Knicks the lead back. What a game for Hart, 17 points, 9 rebounds off the bench in his playoff debut. Here's Mitchell around a defender, hoist the 3, missed it. He knew it, went after the loose ball and committed a foul as Hart got the rebound and landed Hart again. That's the fourth team foul on Cleveland, so no free throws. Yeah, this is just great recognition by Hart as he checked the clock. He realized the clock was going down, and he hit that big one. This is the injury when they had the collision. You could see him fall to the floor. Now, when he limped off into the huddle, we kind of thought that, hey, he might be really hurt. But now he's come back, and you can see that was just a great play that he performed. New York ball with a 2-point lead. Brunson again working on Osmond with a crossover dribble. Now takes the long 2 and connects again. Brunson with 25, Knicks by 4. What a response by the Knicks after the Cavs went on a 9-0 run to take the lead. Mitchell driving on Grimes, and he was fouled. Fourth team foul on New York, or on Cleveland, rather, but it's on New York. Excuse me, it'll be two free throws, though, for Mitchell. Once again, Brunson just wears you out. Once he made that crossover move, he created the space, and that's what he does so well. Whether it's with his back to the basket, and then he recovers, or whether he's facing. Because all he needed was just a breath of fresh air there, and then he knocked down the shot. Mitchell hits the free throw. He's missed two. The Cavs are shooting under 70% at the line in this game. 37 points, though, for Donovan Mitchell. He's had two 50-point games in his playoff career. Four games of 44 or more in the postseason for Mitchell. This is his Cavalier playoff debut, and he now has 38, and gets Cleveland back within two, just outside a minute to go. And again, they'll have Osmond on Brunson as he brings it up the floor. Brunson keeps the dribble, with the shot clock nearing 10. Brunson again with the crossover. Shot clock at 7. Brunson, in trouble, hands it off for Harden, puts up the long two. It's no good. For a reset, a fresh 14 seconds. Brunson driving, and Osmond floater. Good off glass for Brunson. 27 for Jalen Brunson, and a four-point lead again for the Knicks. Here's Mitchell. Through the lane, underneath to Jared Allen for the slam, and it's a two-point game. Now you got to go to strategy, now, of what you're going to do. You know that you've got to get them to miss. You're still going to have seven seconds. Do you feel that's enough here? They're backing off, not going to foul. As you pointed out, seven-second difference between the game and shot clocks, and again, it's Osmond guarding Brunson. But if they shoot, you must get the defensive board. Seven to shoot, Knicks by two. Brunson going to work with five on the timer. Brunson trying to break down the defense. Hoist the jumper. It's off the mark. Cranwell got the offensive rebound. Now the Cavs have to foul, and they foul Grimes with four seconds to go. Huge offensive rebound by Randle, and now Grimes can make it a four-point game. Postseason free throw attempt is good. Rattles around and drops to make it a three-point game. And again, Cleveland out of timeouts. They can't advance the ball with four-point three left. Grimes, 80% free throw shooter on the season. He's got four points tonight, including that last free throw. Here's the big one to try to make it a four-point game, and he hit it. He did. 101-97. Inbound to Mitchell. Got to hurry. Two seconds left. Knicks going to back off. Mitchell's three, no good. And the New York Knicks take game one, their first road game one win in 24 years.