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Public Trapped in MSG: 3 Sharp Angles to Exploit After the Knicks' Game 1 Miracle

The public loves a good story, and right now, there isn’t a bigger narrative in sports than Jalen Brunson’s Madison Square Garden masterpiece. Trailing by 22 points in the fourth quarter of Game 1, the New York Knicks pulled off a historic 44-11 run to shock the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-104 in overtime. It was an emotional, exhausting spectacle. Predictably, the market has reacted exactly how sportsbooks want it to: by inflating the lines on the Knicks based on recency bias and public euphoria.