The joint was fixing to jump. The ball looked good as it left Jalen Brunson’s fingers. It sure looked like it was going in as it settled softly on the rim. And from various precincts around Madison Square Garden, there was a premature spasm of glee. From there, it may have looked like the ball went in.
The ball didn’t go in.
“I thought it was in,” Mikal Bridges said, “and then it wasn’t.”
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