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Knicks Fans Celebrate Sweep of Cavaliers and First NBA Finals Trip Since 1999
New York Knicks fans gathered at Radio City Music Hall and city streets after a four-game sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The win marks the team's first Eastern Conference title and first NBA Finals appearance since 1999.
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" Fans sang along to the lyrics as the song marked the last time the Knicks reached the NBA Finals. The Knicks outscored Atlanta, Philadelphia and Cleveland by a combined 262 points across their 11-game playoff winning streak, the largest margin in any such span in NBA history.
Ari Levine, who carried part of a broom at the watch party, said there is no precedent for the current point differential.
" while expressing preference for a Finals matchup against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. " Longtime fan Anthony Mills recalled the team's 17-65 record in 2018-19 and said he had thought the franchise reached rock bottom. Mills, who became a fan during Bernard King's tenure in the mid-1980s, added that a title this season would place guard Jalen Brunson among the city's most fabled champions.
Mills compared Brunson to former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath, noting that both would enter a championship series as underdogs. He said the current Knicks roster understands the significance of a title for the city.
