Rumors had Hart being benched after Game 2. Hart was on the bench at the start of Game 3, but played 34 crucial minutes in the comeback win.

The eight-year veteran guard has always played above his 6-foot-4, 215-lb frame. He’s relentless on defense and makes hustle plays that don’t necessarily show up in the box score, just like he did in the Knicks’ first win of the Eastern Conference Finals two days ago.

The New York Knicks' regularly scheduled Josh Hart antics were fashionably late and undeniably clutch in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Hart's de facto demotion from the Knicks' starting lineup,