Sometimes, a shocker like that can have an adverse effect on the winning team. It can be difficult to refocus. Hart doesn’t believe that will be the case for the Knicks. “We’ve been saying all year: Not everything was about beating the Boston Celtics,” he said. “They were this, they were that. It was always being who we are. Being the best we can be. Because when you’re so focused on beating Boston or beating a certain opponent, when you do beat them, then you feel like you’re on top of the mountain and then you have to try to figure out what to do next. For us, it never was that.”