The Knicks shot the lights out of the Rocket Arena, but nobody took that old adage literally.
That was until the lights really went out during a postgame interview Monday night.
Landry Shamet, the sharpshooting Knicks guard, was around one minute into his interview with ESPN’s “Inside the NBA” when it appeared most of the lights in the arena shut off.
Knicks guard Landry Shamet at the start of his interview on ESPN’s “Inside the NBA” on May 25, 2026.
During the interview, Shamet praised his entire team for its shooting successes throughout the playoffs.
“The beautiful thing of this group is it could be a different guy every night,” Shamet said.
“Josh Hart had a great shooting night this series when they were sagging off him, he made a bunch of shots. It could be Duece, it could be anybody off the bench.”
Landry Shamet after the lights appeared to go out during his “Inside the NBA” interview on May 25, 2026. YouTube/NBA on ESPN
Shamet went 11-for-12 from 3-point range over the four games, a hot streak that nobody in NBA playoffs history has ever matched percentage-wise.
Coincidentally, the last time the playoffs saw a lights-out shooter like Shamet in a series was in 2017, when Cavaliers guard Kyle Korver went 11-for-20 from beyond the arc against the Raptors.
Shamet’s sharpshooting was a key piece in the Knicks’ Eastern Conference finals sweep.
Landray Shamet in the second quarter of Monday night’s win Getty ImagesOut of the 11 3s he made, none were more important than his game-tying 3-pointer with just 47 seconds left in Game 1.
That crucial shot helped propel the Knicks to win in overtime, setting the momentum for the rest of the series.
Shamet shooting a three-pointer in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. Getty ImagesThe Knicks secured their Finals spot for the first time since 1999 by beating Cleveland by double-digits in every game of the series.
They became the first team the first team to win by such margins in a sweep preceding the NBA Finals since the 1950 Lakers.
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The Knicks also hold a +19.4-point differential throughout the playoffs, the highest in NBA history since the 2017 Golden State Warriors’ +16.3.
The team will now have a long stretch off until the finals start June 3.
The players and fans will continue to wait to see who their opponent is, as the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder are tied 2-2 in the Western Conference finals.
One thing is certain: The lights are still on in the Knicks’ quest toward an NBA championship.
