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Game 1 Was More About The Knicks Peaking Than It Was Tired Sixers Legs

New York Knicks On SI·Steven Simineri·28 days ago
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The New York Knicks have pitched a Johnny Vander Meer over the last two games. It wasn’t quite 54 consecutive outs, but it was as close to perfect as basketball can be for 96 minutes. Coach Mike Brown's group backed up their series clinching 51-point thrashing of Atlanta, which set a record for the largest playoff win in team history, with a 39-point bulldozing of Philadelphia, their second-biggest postseason beatdown. Over the past two games, the Knicks have won by a combined 90 points, good for the second-largest margin of victory in the playoffs across league history, per Mike Vorkunov of the Athletic. No team in history had previously won back-to-back games by 39+ in the playoffs. Furthermore, the Knicks have won their last three playoff games by margins of 29, 51 and 39 points, an average of 39.7. The 119-point margin of victory is the largest ever over any three game span.…

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