Knicks force a shot clock violation with great defense including a block by Josh Hart The crowd at MSG drowns out the sound of the horn for the shot clock violation

The New York Knicks with a lockdown defense forcing a 24-second violation on the Cavaliers as Donovan Mitchell airballs the tough deep 3 to beat the shot clock

Josh Hart is caught ball watching fouls Stephon Castle who has ice in his veins making both clutch free throws to give the Spurs the lead up by 1up with 303 seconds remaining in regulationKnicks timeout

Lowlights Josh Hart intercepts the pass and misses the wide open fastbreak layup that could give the Knicks the leadWembanyama misses two clutch free throws at the other end

Mikal Bridges with the Knicks first bucket of the Eastern Conference Finals and Josh Hart forces a backcourt violation on Donovan Mitchell with a replay

Evan Mobley misses the hook shot Josh Hart grabs the rebound and finds Mikal Bridges for the fastbreak layup with a replayA 9-1 run by the Knicks and Kenny Atkinson takes a timeout with less than 2 minutes into the game

Josh Hart finds Mikal Bridges for the wide open corner 3 and he hits it7th assist for HartThe Knicks go up 13 points with 611 minutes remaining in regulation and Kenny Atkinson takes a timeout