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'Integrity' questioned with in-season tourney's point-differential tiebreaker - ESPN

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Point differential took on real meaning in the NBA on Tuesday night, when some teams looking to stay alive in the inaugural in-season tournament needed to win — and win big — in order to advance.

Not everyone involved was in love with the situation. The New York Knicks finished second in Group B behind the Milwaukee Bucks.

But after beating the Charlotte Hornets 115-91, the Knicks secured the sole wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference by tiebreaker because of their point differential in the preliminary round.

New York guard Josh Hart said after Tuesday's contest he wasn't too fond of the idea that in order to advance, the Knicks had to run up the score on their opponent. «It was interesting.

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