Josh Hart followed a playoff career-high 26 points in the Knicks’ 109-93 Game 2 win with a press-conference line comparing analytics to “a lamp post to a drunk person.”
Karl-Anthony Towns, seated beside him, reacted with a stunned “Oh my god, bruh,” then stopped the session to revisit the quote as Hart said he borrowed it from former Villanova coach Jay Wright.
Game 2 marked a sharp turnaround for Hart after he scored 13 points in Game 1 and hit just 1 of 5 from 3, a night when Mike Brown briefly turned to Landry Shamet.
Cleveland again sagged off Hart and dared him to shoot, but this time he made 5 of 11 from deep and led New York in scoring as the Knicks moved within one win of a 3-0 series lead.
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