Things looked bleak for the New York Knicks less than a week ago. After dropping back-to-back one-point heartbreakers to the Atlanta Hawks, New York found itself trailing 2-1 in the series with Game 4 set in Atlanta. That’s when the Knicks flipped the script. Karl-Anthony Towns delivered a monster performance with a 20-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist triple-double, powering New York to a convincing road win and evening the series at 2-2. However, prediction markets still weren’t necessarily buying into the Knicks, considering it seemed all but certain that the Celtics were going to dispatch the Philadelphia 76ers. Even after Joel Embiid returned, Boston blew the Sixers out of the building, taking a 3-1 commanding series lead.  But suddenly, things have changed.…