Tuesday night was supposed to be a celebration at Madison Square Garden. With the New York Knicks leading 3-1 in their opening round series against the Philadelphia 76ers after pulling out a gritty Game 4 win in Philly, everyone packed inside of MSG expected that the Knicks would send the Sixers home and move one step closer toward the franchise's first NBA Finals appearance in 25 years. However, that was not the way things played out.

In an ending that evoked memories of Reggie Miller's 8 points in 9 seconds heroics at MSG back in 1995, Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Knicks in overtime even after trailing by six points with 28 seconds to go in regulation, capping off another instant classic in what is undoubtedly becoming an all-time great 1st Round Playoff series in league history.

After the game, a resolute Jalen Brunson sat at the podium and made no excuses for the Knicks' incredible collapse in the final minute of Game 5 against Philadelphia.

Knicks drop Game 5

Had the Knicks maintained their late lead and found a way to come out of Game 5 with a win, it would've been yet another legacy building moment for Jalen Brunson. Brunson was excellent in Game 5, scoring 40 points just two days after a 47-point explosion in Game 4 in Philadelphia, where he and teammates Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo played their college ball at Villanova. But on Tuesday night, Brunson was in the shadow of Tyrese Maxey, who scored a postseason career-high 46 points and was responsible for all seven 76ers points in the final 28 seconds of regulation.

The series now will shift back to Philadelphia on Thursday night, giving the 76ers a chance to send the series back to MSG for a Game 7 on Saturday, but it remains to be seen if Game 6 will feel more like a home game for the Sixers than Game 4 did. A large swarm of New York Knicks fans invaded the Wells Fargo Center this past Sunday afternoon, making it feel like a Sixers home Playoff game was being played in Manhattan. One would assume that since the Sixers are now on the brink of improbably sending the series to a Game 7, Philly fans would be ready to show up and serenade the Knicks with profanity-laden chants, just as Knicks fans did to Joel Embiid — who has become public enemy #1 in New York City — right from the opening tip on Tuesday night.

For the Knicks, now it's all about re-grouping and putting the final five and a half minutes of action from Game 5 behind them. As Jalen Brunson said, the Knicks can't afford to hang their heads. There is still a series to be won, and the Sixers proved on Tuesday night that they aren't going to go down without one hell of a fight.