By John Engel

The phrase “a game of inches” has its roots in sports, particularly football, and has evolved into a metaphor for high-stakes situations where small differences determine success or failure, whether in sports, real estate, leadership, or life.

The phrase was immortalized by Al Pacino’s electrifying locker room monologue in Any Given Sunday: “You find out that life is just a game of inches… Because in either game — life or football — the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half step too late or too early, and you don’t quite make it… The inches we need are everywhere around us. They’re in every break in the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch.”

Knicks fans know a game of inches. Tyrese Haliburton tied Game 1 at 125 with a jumper at t

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