“We won this series analytically” - Kenny Atkinson

Jim Harden ends the playoffs with 102 total FGM to 84 total TO.

At least it wasn’t a 1:1 ratio

cavs really brought back delly to the arena for game 4 to just play with 0 hustle & effort

absolutely shameless

Shoutout to Mike Breen for staying neutral on the broadcast. As the Knicks local announcer and life long fan, it must be surreal for him (and all Knicks fans) to see his team get back to the finals after all these years. I know there are 4 more wins to go but this season has been a dream.

CJ McCollum doomed us all when he woke up the Go New York Go Knicks

The closeout game Knicks may be the best team of all time.

4 MORE WINS LEFT BABY!!!!! 4 MMMMMOOOOOAAAARRRRR WWWWWWIIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSSSSS!!!!

FIRST TIME IN THE NBA FINALS THIS MILLENNIUM!!!!!! AND WE’RE NOT DONE YET!!!!

Pray for Zohran… New York is going to burn tonight.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially become the worst conference finals team ever by becoming the first to go 8-10 in the playoffs.

As a life-long Knicks fan, I’ve watched us suffer through the 17-win seasons of 2014-15 and 2018-19. I was there, contemplating life, when Andrea Bargnani was considered our best player. Obviously I remained a loyal fan when we finally had some real NBA legends like Mike Bibby, Renaldo Balkman, and Cleanthony Early. You know, the guys on everyone’s top 10 list? I sat there like a good, born-and-raised NYer and let this team punch me in the face year after year. Spit in my cereal. Take a dump in my sneakers. I took it all.

And you know what? I’m glad I did, because IT’S SO MUCH SWEETER NOW. EVERYTHING HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT. WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT SEASON AND PLAYOFF RUN. WE ARE EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPS AND WE ARE HEADING TO THE FINALS. BING. FUCKING. BONG.

Finally get to witness Knicks in the Finals and it’s on the back of the most dominant run I’ve seen.

This offense will give any team problems. Knicks in 5

At this point, the Knicks could beat whomever comes out of the West and I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised.

People say Manhattan is dirty but I keep seeing New Yorkers sweeping

The Knicks are playing like the team of destiny. They are shooting insanely well. They have a clutch captain. A likable second star. A flaming hart. A grab bag of wings gathered from around the league. They might be facing weak competition but they are absolutely rolling them.

Knicks FC and Pacers FC let’s work. The east needs to be definitively better than the west and this is the chance. We will bring the east to levels it hasn’t seen since the bad boy celtics bulls rivalries of the 80s and 90s.

Danhausen al-Gaib

While getting swept obviously sucks if you’re the Cavs, reaching a conference finals appearance is still not a bad result, all things considered.

Congrats to the Knicks fans out there getting to see their team reach the finals for the first time this century. It was a rough couple of decades for you guys since your last finals appearance, but I’m glad for y’all.

While most folks will probably pick the Spurs/Thunder as the favorite, the Knicks certainly have a chance. After all, eight eleven straight playoff wins (forgot about the Hawks series, MB) is quite a feat. They’re that good.

SMILING ALL THE WAY THROUGH CANT BELIEVE THIS IS MY LIFE

Least competitive ECF ever?

Kat has led the knicks in plus minus this seires while being down in scoring and shot attepmts from his norm. This is sacrifice for winning and it has not been a big enough story.

clock winds down to 5 seconds left in game

ball is inbounded to Mitchell who turns face to face against Brunson

“You took my family”

moves to the left

“You took my friends”

moves to the right

“You took all that was dear to me”

clock winds down to 2

“I cant get them back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS”goes up, fire coming out of his shoes

“SPIDERUKEN”

Ball flies over Brunson’s forehead, goes straight into basket. Mitchell falls to the ground, exhausted.

“Rudy… Senpai… I…”

faints

Final Score Knicks 130 Cavs 93

Over 20 years of pain. The IT era, The Phil Jackson era, the Bargnani trade, Eddy Curry, Frank the Tank, fucking Fizdale—nothing but musty basketball for my entire life. I can’t believe it.

NEW YORK CITY LISTEN TO ME

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Spike Lee just told Spida to go to Philly lol

Yall aint fucking ready for how insufferable I’m about to be

Oh wow the Knicks are going to the Finals….OH SHIT THE KNICKS ARE GOING TO THE NBA FINALS!!@#!@#!

New York got Mamdani and a Finals trip in the same year.

How much winning can they possibly have?

maybe its because this series was over so fast I didnt have time to really get a lot of hatred going but I got no beef with this knicks team despite them whipping our asses. They play a really nice game of basketball and deserve all the credit. Ill personally be pulling for them over whoever comes out of the west.

from the cavs side - it was bad. Lots of questions on the table now and really curious to see how they play it this offseason. Glad they made it this far but going out that bad really sours it.

Look, I’m fired. I already know I’m fired, trust me I know. But before I go, I just want to get this off my chest. That shit was not my fault.

Ya’ll are trash.

And I mean this from the bottom of my heart.

Ya’ll are trash.

Like y’all are so trash I want you to know that I’m talking to you so I’m going to say your name then I’ma call you trash.

Donovan Mitchell, you trash.

Evan Mobley, you trash.

James Harden…

James Harden listen to me when I say this. You are trash.

Now I deserve to be fired don’t get me wrong, I’m not disagreeing with the decision they’re about to make. Because I left you out there for 38 minutes, I deserved to be fired.

You wasn’t doing shit!

I’ve seen it all 38 minutes. Donovan Mitchell, if I see your name on another top 10 list, I’ma kill somebody.

I better not hear your name compared to Brunson again or I’ma kill somebody.

I don’t want nobody saying Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson in the same sentence, not in the same paragraph, not in the same essay. Unless trash comes after Jalen Brunson’s name.

Now like I said I know I’m gonna be fired. So I’m just gonna get this off my chest we lost to the Knicks! We analytically had a 2-1 lead. I’d fire me too because I don’t know who else to blame but y’all’s sorry asses.

I don’t even know them boys’ names I know every one of y’all’s names.

Oh! Jarrett Allen, you trash. I know you thought I forgot about you, but I did not.

This don’t make no sense. Everybody in this whole organization is-we need to move this organization to a new city.

Because Cleveland ain’t the place no more. We need to move to Maine or something! We need to go so we need to go somewhere where people are not talking about. Anywhere! Maine! uh.. fuckin’ Austin! Let’s go to Austin. Let’s…who…uh…uh… Somewhere! Anywhere, but Cleveland. We don’t deserve that in our names. We don’t deserve that in our names, and that’s all I gotta say. Fire me. Fuck this whole organization I’m gone.

Fucked up my legacy again. It’s analytically 3-1 again, you fucked my legacy again.

lol. Brunson telling Josh Hart to get the fuck away for the post game interview. No oil checks!

Jalen Brunson - “No Josh. You don’t stand behind me, you menace.”

you had Pacome Dadiet throwing up bullshit for 7 minutes in the 4Q

Mike Brown clinching the ECF on the same floor of the team who fired him twice. Good for him.

Don’t sleep on this Knicks team. Sure, the East is not as deep as the Western Conference, but they’ve basically power walked their way into the Finals. I don’t think they even had to turn it up to 100 to get it done. Knicks can win this Championship regardless of whether it’s Spurs or Thunder..

Walt Frazier on ya home floor logo with that shit on

Oof

As a lifelong James harden hater this was amazing to watch.

The NY Knicks assume their released form for elimination games.

Those MSG Finals tickets are going to be the most expensive NBA tickets of all time

Nobody over 20 points. This is basketball nirvana.

SWEEP MFERS

Hey Cavs fans the good news is at least according to Kenny Atkinson you’re actually up 3-1 in the series analytically

See you in game 5 on Wednesday at MSG!

Go win it all Knicks. NBA is better with them good. Also you’re welcome for beating the Celtics

So will Knicks fans root for Spurs in the meantime up until WCF ends?

Edit: Also, I’m very happy for y’all

I’ve never seen a series end in Game one but that’s what effectively happened here

JB pushing Hart away to avoid the thumb 👍

i still can’t believe what i’m seeing

130 with nobody scoring 20 is crazy

Jalen didn’t want Josh anywhere behind him

This is the part of the movie where the villain falls to his knees, looks up incredulously, and asks, “What… Are you?”

Seriously, what the hell is this team? The Sixers knocked off the “finals favorite” Celtics, only to be swept convincingly by these Knicks. Then the Knicks go to the ECF, and sweep EVEN HARDER.

I initially thought that the WCF would be the “true” NBA Finals, but now, I’m not so sure. It is hard to see any team getting 4 wins on these Knicks if they keep playing like this.

Did the Knicks make the NBA Finals?

Yes

What did it cost?

Every NY sports team

I’m not sure why any team should be considered a massive favorite against a team that’s won 11 straight playoff games by an average of 24 points. 

The Hawks had a top net rating post deadline. The Sixers beat the conference favorite Celtics. The Cavs beat the 60 win Pistons. It wasn’t exactly a cupcake schedule. 

The nation is rooting for you Knicks. Bring home the chip!

Lol he told Josh Hart to move away from his ass

Why is Inside the NBA crew having a segment with a robotic Kyler Murray?

This is a special era in New York. Can’t wait to see how it ends either way.

Brunson telling Josh to leave I am dying

Congratulations to the Eastern Conference runner up: Atlanta Hawks