Tyler Kolek delivers dramatic game-winner for Knicks in impressive NBA Summer League effort

The rookie guard’s biggest play came during the closing seconds of the game when he charged down the lane with the Knicks down by two and got fouled as he went for the layup, which dropped and set up a go-ahead and-1 opportunity. 

Kolek sunk the free throw — he shot 6-of-7 from the charity stripe — and lifted the Knicks to a win.

“Get me downhill to my left hand, do what I do,” he told NBA TV about the and-1 play. 

Kolek was taken in the second round of this year’s draft and acquired by the Knicks via Portland in exchange for three future second-round picks and the draft rights to Dani Diez. 

He has quickly proven to be a boost for the Knicks during the summer league and put up seven points, seven assists and seven rebounds, while not turning the ball over at all during Saturday’s game against the Hornets. 

Kolek has drawn comparisons to T.J. McConnell, but recently told The Post’s Stefan Bondy that he felt a more accurate one would be to the way fellow Knicks guard Jalen Brunson plays. 

“His game, I feel like that’s a little closer to what I like to do than T.J. McConnell: play at my own pace, getting in the paint, getting guys involved,” Kolek said. “I can really learn from him in the midrange, in that short area when I’m coming off ball screens or isolations. I’m just really excited to learn from him and watch him and take as much as I can.”