Overview
- The Knicks closed out Atlanta with a 140-89 Game 6 win to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
- New York jumped ahead 40-15 after one quarter and set an NBA playoff record with a 47-point halftime lead that ballooned to 61 in the third.
- Jalen Brunson delivered 17 points, eight rebounds and two steals, then happily took a question about Roman Reigns’ WrestleMania 42 win over CM Punk.
- The Knicks will face the winner of Boston vs. Philadelphia, which will be decided in a Game 7 in Boston.
- Their run keeps alive a bid for the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 and first championship since 1973.