
Knicks’ Cameron Payne leaned into playoff experience to deliver late-game heroics
NY Post
Experience at this time of year matters.
The muscle memory of performing on the playoff stage is helpful.
Look no further than Cam Payne for proof.
He wasn’t even expected to be a major part of the Knicks playoff rotation. His first season in blue and orange was on the underwhelming side.
But there he was Saturday night, instrumental in the game-turning 21-0 run that sent the Knicks to a 1-0 lead in this best-of-seven, first-round playoff series.
“I’ve been there before,” the 30-year-old Payne said. “I know how the fourth quarter gets.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












