Record-setting Knicks sweep 76ers, return to ECF
Key takeaways
- Deuce Mc Bride hit seven of New York's 25 3-pointers and scored 25 points.
- The Knicks advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winner of the Cleveland-Detroit series, which the Pistons lead 2-1.
- New York's 144 points were the most in franchise playoff history.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, setting an NBA postseason record with 11 3-pointers in the first quarter in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep the second-round series.
Deuce Mc Bride hit seven of New York's 25 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks' latest lopsided playoff victory. They've now outscored opponents by 194 points in 10 games this postseason, the best point-differential in a 10-game span in NBA playoff history
The Knicks advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winner of the Cleveland-Detroit series, which the Pistons lead 2-1.