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Game 1 between the Pacers and Knicks is on Wednesday. New York has home-court advantage in the series. The Pacers beat the Knicks in the second round of last year's playoffs in seven games. It will be fascinating to see who wins this series.
SportsLine's model simulated New York vs. Boston 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks for Friday's Game 6 Eastern Conference semifinal contest
Heading into Friday’s Game 6, the New York Knicks hadn’t made it to the Eastern Conference finals since 2000, a drought as long as the camera phone is old. To end the drought, the Knicks made it rain,
The Celtics’ season ended in brutal fashion on Friday, as the Knicks stormed into the Eastern Conference finals with a 119-81 victory.
There was plenty of blame to spread around for the Celtics, but the biggest factors were poor 3-point shooting in Games 1 and 2 (Tatum), sloppy ball-handing that led to turnovers (Brown), poor end-of-game strategy (Mazzulla) and an inability to contain Brunson at key moments (Holiday).
Entering Game 6 at Madison Square Garden, Kristaps Porzingis was averaging 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 16.4 minutes per game.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla reveals what went wrong in the club's shocking six-game second round playoff series loss against the New York Knicks this
Jalen Brunson powered the New York Knicks to a lopsided 119-81 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series on Friday night.