Knicks sweep 76ers, return to Eastern Conference finals - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, setting an NBA postseason record with 11 3-pointers in the first quarter in front of a raucous crowd rooting for the road team and rolling past the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 on Sunday to sweep the second-round series.

Deuce McBride hit seven of New York's 25 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in the Knicks' latest lopsided playoff victory. They've now outscored opponents by 194 points in 10 games this postseason, the best point-differential in a 10-game span in NBA playoff history

The Knicks advanced to the East finals for the second straight season and will play the winner of the Cleveland-Detroit series, which the Pistons lead 2-1.

New York's 144 points were the most in franchise playoff history. It also became the fifth team in NBA history with multiple 140-point games in a single postseason.

Last season, the Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years before losing to Indiana. They then fired coach Tom Thibodeau and replaced him with Mike Brown, who has guided them to seven straight playoff wins — the longest run in franchise history — starting with the last three games against Atlanta.

Knicks fans made a habit of scooping up tickets by the thousands at the Sixers' arena for playoffs games over the years, and in Game 4, they may have made the loudest statement yet. Knicks fans raised brooms outside the arena and waved «Always Knicks» towels once inside, all while noisily neutering what few Sixers fans that didn't make a few extra bucks on the secondary market and stuck around.

Game 4 was a laugher from the tip,