The New York Knicks escaped from Wells Fargo Center with a thrilling 118-115 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 6 of this forever-to-be-remembered first round series.
With the win, the Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals for a second consecutive season - a feat the franchise hasn't accomplished since 2000, when it did so for a ninth straight time.
The team's top trade deadline acquisition, Hield had gone 1-for-7 through the first three games of this series, and had been benched for all of Games 4 and 5. But with things looking desperate, 76ers coach Nick Nurse turned to Hield late in the first quarter, and he responded by scoring 17 points on 5-for-7 shooting from 3-point range.
"I've decided nothing matters," Nurse said with a laugh."They kill us on the glass, it goes down to the buzzer. We kill them on the glass, it goes down to the buzzer. Joel scores 50, it goes down to the buzzer. Brunson scores 47, it goes down to the buzzer. It was a stinging reminder that plenty of New Yorkers had invaded this arena for a third time in this series - even after the team's owners, plus former owner Michael Rubin, had bought 2,000 tickets and given them to first responders in the hopes of avoiding just that.
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