
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.”

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

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