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Knicks Triumph at MSG, Reach 1st Eastern Finals in 25 Years
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5/24/2025
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The biggest game inside MSG for New York as a franchise in 25 years.
00:06
Why?
00:06
The Knicks hoping for their first appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals
00:11
in 25 years since the year 2000.
00:15
And that's exactly what New York capitalized on
00:19
on a Friday night inside the world's most famous arena.
00:23
Doing so in astounding blowout fashion over the reigning NBA champs.
00:28
1-19-81, nearly a 40-point win for New York.
00:34
The absence of Jason Tatum in the second full game without him for Boston,
00:39
just far too much for the Seas to overcome.
00:42
And everybody in the next starting five taking advantage of exactly that
00:47
from the start in game number six on Friday night.
00:51
New York, a slight favorite for the first time in this series.
00:54
They easily cover, laying two and a half points at home.
00:59
A total of 211, holding the Celtics to only 81, does stay under.
01:04
In party like it's 2000, DRS, the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference Finals.
01:11
Now, let me go back to shows that we did here,
01:13
right here on the early line, Ben, on Thursday and Friday.
01:16
And you repeatedly could bring up these questions and say,
01:18
and look, I'm going to read you, Donnie, what the FanDuel Sportsbook is telling you.
01:22
That the Celtics were a plus 430 to win the Eastern Conference
01:27
and 13-1 and 14-1 to win the NBA championship without Jason Tatum.
01:33
And my response is where, I wouldn't take it if it was 2 million to 1 in either direction.
01:38
And it played out exactly that way.
01:41
The fact that you saw the Celtics win game number five on their home court
01:44
and people started to go like, hey, maybe the Celtics are better without Jason Tatum.
01:49
We knew the bottom was going to fall out.
01:51
The adrenaline was there.
01:52
The championship pride was like, we're not going to get embarrassed in game number five.
01:56
They shot the lights out, but you understood one thing and the Knicks understood it as well.
02:00
You got game number five.
02:01
We are not getting to a game number seven.
02:04
And they ended that story on Friday night.
02:06
Was it a close game in the first quarter?
02:08
Yes, the second quarter was a blowout and away you went in a 119-81 final.
02:13
I liked what I saw of the Celtics without Tatum.
02:15
They still fought.
02:16
But the fact that the sportsbooks were still posting the Celtics
02:19
as if they were fully intact and down 3-1 to the New York Knicks
02:23
and only come back and win that series, then beat the Indiana Pacers, then beat OKC.
02:27
As I told you again, it could have been 2 million to 1 on a free bet.
02:32
And I still would not have taken the Boston Celtics.
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