Tom Ley for Defector:
Game 4 of the NBA Finals has me feeling like one of those Kansas creationists who point to a bacterial flagellum and start shouting about the presence of God in the creation of life. How else could something this unlikely, this beautiful, this fate-altering have happened? The Knicks won, 107-106, after erasing a 29-point deficit. They were down 76-49 at halftime. They trailed by 20 with 9:33 to play in the fourth quarter. How? How? How?
Down 29 at halftime, the game felt completely lost. But then, the Knicks taught a class on a crucial life lesson: fight with everything you have and never give up. I had the Knicks winning this game before tip-off, but nothing could've prepared me for what being right would look like. The Knicks need one more game to win the series, but they became champions last night.