New York Knicks: NY Daily News News Articles
NY Daily News (Mike Lupica) —
All season long, through losses to the Celtics and Cavaliers and Thunder and Lakers, we had talked about how they didn’t show up against the best teams in the league. That has all changed now. On Friday night, the Knicks were one of the best teams in the league.
NY Daily News (Peter Sblendorio) —
Reveling fans overtook 7th Ave. and other surrounding streets on Friday night after the Knicks beat the Boston Celtics, 119-81, in Game 6 at Madison Square Garden to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000.
NY Daily News (C.J. Holmes) —
The Celtics’ 2024 title run proved their strength, but this postseason loss exposed flaws, even when Tatum was healthy earlier in the series.
NY Daily News (Fiifi Frimpong) —
The game got away from the Celtics fast. And Jayson Tatum wasn’t walking through the door to save the season.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
Twenty-six years after their last NBA Finals appearance, the Knicks are four wins away from going back.
NY Daily News (Peter Sblendorio) —
The Knicks blew out the defending champion Boston Celtics, 119-81, in Game 6 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. It was the largest margin of victory in Knicks playoff history.
NY Daily News (C.J. Holmes) —
Joe Mazzulla's Celtics, long the hunters, are now the hunted.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
The Celtics shot 22-of-49 from three-point range in their 25-point blowout of the Knicks in Game 5.
NY Daily News (Peter Sblendorio) —
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.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
Towns has attempted just 13 threes in five games against the Celtics. He’s made only two.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
OG Anunoby struggled in the loss — badly.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
The Celtics, without their All-Star scorer, without the engine that fuels a championship machine, live to see another day.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
Josh Hart logged more minutes than any NBA player this season. His reward? Sore limbs — and the NBA’s new minutes leader trophy.
NY Daily News (Peter Sblendorio) —
Mitchell Robinson’s rigorous rehab is paying off for the Knicks when it matters most.
NY Daily News (Kristian Winfield) —
Jayson Tatum being sidelined with a ruptured Achilles may make the Celtics an easier opponent in theory, but the Knicks aren’t approaching a closeout Game 5 with that mindset.