Silence fills Spurs locker room after devastating Game 4 meltdown

Minutes after the New York Knicks had won Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Taylor Swift led an impromptu pep rally in the bowels of Madison Square Garden, on her way out.

Minutes after the New York Knicks had won Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Taylor Swift led an impromptu pep rally in the bowels of Madison Square Garden, on her way out. She waved a towel and jumped up and down and celebrated with strangers, as a crowd gathered around her.

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Timothée Chalamet exited through the same tunnel and was also hooting and hollering with his fellow Knicks fans. Earlier, the video screen had shown him looking shocked, his hands on his face — just like the 19,000 others who bore witness at the Garden that night.

The Knicks had just pulled off the impossible. They had trailed by 27 at halftime, 29 at one point in the third quarter, 15 entering the fourth quarter and 11 with about six minutes remaining. At the end of the fourth, down by 1, Jalen Brunson launched a 30-foot 3-pointer, which missed and bounced into the air. The Garden went quiet for a moment, everyone collectively holding their breath, until OG Anunoby came out of nowhere to tip the ball into the basket with 1.2 seconds left.