Knicks-Sixers Second round schedule set:

Celtics and Knicks fans the next two weeks

Brad Stevens, who won Executive of the Year earlier this week, traded Anfernee Simons for Nikola Vučević at the deadline. Vooch was a DNP-CD in Game 7. Joe Mazzulla started Baylor Scheierman, Ron Harper Jr., and Luka Garza in Game 7 Those 3 players were a combined 0-for-7 for 0 points

Mitchell Robinson interview right after being draft by the Knicks in 2018

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The Knicks also lead all East teams in BOTH Offensive Rating AND Defensive Rating OffRtg: 1. Knicks: 121.9 2. Celtics: 114.9 DefRtg: 1. Knicks: 103.8 2. Pistons: 104.1 Net Rating: 1. Knicks: +18.1 2. Celtics: +5.0

Last Friday: "The Knicks suck!!... they are DEAD... Fire the head coach and trade everybody!!!" This Friday: The Knicks are the first East team to advance to the second round and lead all playoff teams in Net Rating at +18.1 (yes, ahead of OKC).

Over the final three games of the Knicks-Hawks series, Karl-Anthony Towns led ALL players in: * Rebounds (35) * Assists (26) * Steals (7) * Blocks (3) * Made FTs (22)

OG Anunoby finished the first-round obliteration of Atlanta, averaging: 21.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.2 blocks and 2.8 made three-pointers per game while shooting: 61% from the floor and 57% from downtown. dude. Read that again.

OG Anunoby's plus/minus of +42 last night is the highest ever recorded by a Knick in a playoff game. He is the first and only player in NBA history to score more than 28 points in less than 28 minutes while posting a +/- north of +40 in the postseason.

a preview of the November midterms

just waiting to get word from the NBA that the Knicks have officially advanced to the second round... ya know, considering their season was canceled after a losing streak in January and then over after they lost to DET twice in February, and then ended after Game 3 vs. Atlanta

Over the first 80 years and roughly 7,000 games in the franchise's history, the Knicks had never won a basketball game (regular season or postseason) by more than 48 points. In 2026, they have won 3 games by 49+ points

The basketball gods hate 2 things more than any other: hack-a-whoever strategies and this.

Mike Brown had pushed all the right buttons in these past 3 games, including leaving Bridges in the starting lineup With all the blame and criticism Brown received after the first 3 games, he’ll get just as much credit and praise for these three wins, right???

As a reminder, this Hawks sat all their staters and rotation regulars in their regular-season finale… They lost that game and fell from the 5-seed (matchup vs. Cleveland) to the 6-seed (matchup vs. New York)

First quarter stats: OG Anunoby: 14 points on 7 FG attempts 2 three pointers 2 steals The entire Hawks team combined: 15 points on 17 FG attempts 1 three pointer 1 steal

Decent first quarter

How efficient/impactful has KAT been in this series? Karl-Anthony Towns is the first player in NBA history to average at least 20/10/5 while shooting above 55% from the field, above 45% from 3PT range and above 90% from the FT line over the first five games of a postseason.

After KAT picked apart the Atlanta’s defense in Game 4, the Hawks shifted the team’s best defender, Dyson Daniels, off Brunson and onto Towns. ​ However, the issue for ATL was that they had to leave Peter to guard Paul. ​ The result was a beatdown of biblical proportions.

Per NBC, Knicks-Hawks Game 4 on Saturday night averaged 5.3 million viewers (and peaked at 5.8 million), making it the most-watched NBA game in a comparable window since 2001

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Career playoff games with more than 35 points and more than 5 assists: Jalen Brunson: 12 Larry Bird: 10 Kobe Bryant: 10 Nikola Jokic: 10 Luka Doncic: 9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 8 Oscar Robertson: 7 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 Isiah Thomas: 5 Magic Johnson: 5 Wilt Chamberlain: 4

🏀Miles McBride missed all four of his FG attempts and has just as many turnovers (1) as assists last night. So, he had a bad game, right? Wrong.

There are a total of eight players averaging 9+ rebounds per game this postseason. Three of those eight are Knicks: KAT, Hart and OG Think team-rebounding was a point of emphasis from Mike Brown in meetings coming into this series?

While his outsized impact on the offensive end has garnered most of the attention and praise, KAT’s defense in this series has been phenomenal. Tows is the only player this postseason with more than 50 rebounds, more than 5 blocks and more than 5 steals.

Only three players have scored more than 60 points in the paint this postseason: Nikola Jokic, Alperen Sengun, and Jalen Brunson #HesTooSmall

Total number of playoff games with more than 35 points, more than 5 assists and fewer than 3 turnovers over the past four years: Jalen Brunson: 6 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic combined: 5

The Knicks have won the last two games against Atlanta by a combined 45 points Per @basketball-reference.com , it’s the first time in franchise history that New York has won consecutive playoff games by more than 15 points.

Final statline in Game 5 Jeremy Sochan: 10 points on 4 FG attempts CJ McCollum: 6 points on 10 FG attempts Onto Game 6

“We are starving 4.3 million people, mostly children”

No matter where I go- work, the grocery store, even just on the street- I hear one thing from people: we need a ballroom

Joel Embiid’s salary each of the next three seasons: 2026-27: $57,985,752 2027-28: $62,624,612 2028-29: $67,263,472

1-seed Pistons: Down 1-2 2-seed Celtics: Up 2-1 3-seed Knicks: Tied 2-2 4-seed Cavs: Tied 2-2 These Eastern Conference playoffs have been wild

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Terrible, lazy pass by Harden (his 7th turnover) but he sprints back on defense and tries really hard to stop Barrett. Awesome effort lol

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The Knicks held Atlanta to ZERO fast-break points through the first three quarters last night. Crucial stat or NY. In thier two wins, the Hawks are averaging: 20 fast-break points per game In thier two losses, the Hawks are averaging: 10 fast-break points per game

Highest True Shooting Percentage among all players in NBA history to average 20/10/5 or better over the first four games of a postseason:

wild that the Knicks won Game 4 in a blowout despite Jalen Brunson's most important/impactful offensive contributions being screen assists.

Complete list of all players in NBA history to average 20+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists and 1+ block while shooting above 55% over the first four games of a postseason: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (for LA in 1977) and Karl-Anthony Towns (for NY in 2026) --end of list--

Best of 3

41-year-old LeBron James (41y, 115d) is the oldest player in NBA history to lead his team in scoring in the playoffs, passing 41-year-old LeBron James (41y, 112d) who did it 3 days ago.

The youngest player in NBA history with more than 25 points, more than 10 rebounds, more than 5 assists and multiple made three-pointers in a playoff game is…. Lebron James at age 21

Read this sentance today: “The first time most men receive flowers is at their funeral.” Damn. Lets your ppl know you love them. Hug your boys.

Kerr has made those owners *billions* of dollars, & brought the 4 rings, but saying “we should improve society somewhat” is too much for them to take.

Incredibly, no Atlanta starter has a positive individual plus/minus in a series the Hawks lead 2-1. The highest +/- among ATL's rotation players is Jonathan Kuminga (+6)

Highest Individual Plus/Minus in the 2026 playoffs: 1. Donte DiVincenzo: +40 1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: +40 3. Jalen Williams: +31 4. Karl-Anthony Towns: +30