Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony saves Knicks from yet another collapse, drills game-winner

Published Feb. 26, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET

Rob Perez

At this point, it feels like once a week that we're either watching, reading, or learning about the New York Knicks blowing a late double-digit lead and collapsing like a house of cards with the game on the line.

Against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night, the story was no different. Leading by 10 with less than four and a half minutes left in the game, the Knicks coughed up the advantage and ultimately found themselves down by a point, with only seconds remaining, after Jahlil Okafor converted a turnaround jumper.

But this night would end differently for New York and the loyal MSG fans, as Carmelo drilled a pull-up jump shot with the game on the line:

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/835691039348359171

One more time, in ultra slow-motion HD:

https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/835688267399970816

With everything going on surrounding the franchise and this season, Melo's postgame interview summarized in one word: relief.

https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/835714413315375104

You know what they say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut from time to time.

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