Meanwhile, the Jazz was still trying to become only the third team in league history to recover from an 0-2 deficit and win the title.
No team in league history has recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series.
Recovering from a 3-0 deficit - or 3-1, for that matter - has never been done in the finals.
Not since Australia captured the event in 1939 has a team recovered from a 2-0 deficit.
No team has ever recovered from a 3-1 deficit in the championship series to win the title.
So the Knicks were left with this challenge - to recover from a 3-1 deficit.
The Spaniard recovered from a 1-5 deficit to move to within a single point of tying the set at 5-5.
No team in baseball has ever recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series.
In the final set, Mansdorf recovered from an 0-2 deficit.
Not since 1939 has a team recovered from a 0-2 deficit in a Davis Cup final.