That basket, June 9 -- The shot that turned Madison Square Garden silent came with 1:43 on the clock, the Spurs desperately clinging to a one-point lead, and Stephon Castle launching a three-pointer against a dying shot clock that had no business going in. It went in. The sellout crowd of 19,812, which had spent the previous two hours shaking the old building on 33rd Street, went quiet in a way that felt less like noise being removed and more like air being let out.

the win that ended the New York Knicks' 13-game postseason winning streak, the second-longest in NBA playoff history, and turned a procession into a series. The Knicks still lead three games to one - except they don't. They lead two games to one. Wednesday is suddenly not a c...