The Knicks Just Made NBA History and Nobody's Talking About the Right Thing
Let me be straight with you: the Knicks just did something that has literally never happened before in NBA playoff history. They won three consecutive playoff games by 25 or more points. Three. In a row. Blowouts. Not close calls, not nail biters, not games where you're sweating through your shirt in the fourth quarter. Just straight up domination.
And here's the thing that gets me. Before these games started, Twitter was full of takes telling me exactly why the Knicks were going to lose this series. Talking heads everywhere with their reasons, their analysis, their hot takes. Then the games actually tip off, and what happens? Some of the most beautiful basketball I've ever seen the Knicks play. It's like a completely different team takes the court once the playoffs start.
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Playoff Brunson is fully activated. KAT is dropping dimes all over the place. Bridges rediscovered how to make buckets. Josh Hart is doing all those little Josh Hart things that make him so crucial to what the Knicks do. And then there's OG. What if OG just became Kawhi 2.0 like he always wanted to be? What if this is just who he is now? That would be pretty incredible.
The difference between watching these blowouts and grinding out close games is night and day. Being able to write about a game in the fourth quarter because your team has a 30 point cushion with role players running out the clock? That beats the hell out of sweating from head to toe while some new MSG villain emerges and the Knicks are holding onto a lead by their fingernails.
Enjoy This Feeling While It Lasts
You knew things were going to go well when the Prince of The Garden showed up for Game 1. This is the kind of basketball that makes you want to cherish every second of it. If you're a Knicks fan, pray this never ends. This is what dominance looks like in May.
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