History of blown 3-1 leads in the NBA Playoffs
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The Knicks sent the defending NBA champion Celtics home in six games and reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000.
The Knicks are the first NBA team to stage three 20-point comeback victories in a single postseason, and the Pacers have yet to lose consecutive games this postseason.
With their season on the line, the Knicks may need something different from Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (29.9 ppg) leads all remaining players in scoring these playoffs. All eyes will be on Jalen Brunson tonight in a pivotal Game 5 matchup with the Pacers.
As the lead kept expanding, all the way up to 41 points, Knicks fans got louder. It was earsplitting when Jaylen Brown fouled out with 2:50 remaining in the third quarter. Somehow the roar became even more thunderous when Josh Hart beat multiple Celtics to an offensive rebound near the 3-point line and found OG Anunoby for a 3-pointer.
Despite going 3-1 down in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks are bringing hope and future title dreams back to the Big Apple.
The Knicks will host the Indiana Pacers, who knocked them out of last year's playoffs ... took a 27-point lead at the half. In one of the defining plays of that quarter, Celtics guard Derrick ...
The Celtics’ season ended in brutal fashion on Friday, as the Knicks stormed into the Eastern Conference finals with a 119-81 victory.
Four starters score more than 20 points as Knicks rout defending champion Celtics in Game 6 of Eastern Conference semifinals.