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CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Knicks have accomplished one of owner James Dolan’s mandates by reaching the NBA Finals.
Up next: The opportunity to end a 53-year championship drought.
Dolan said during a rare radio interview in January that the Knicks winning the Eastern Conference for the first time since 1999 was something “we absolutely got to do.”
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New York did that on Monday night with a 130-93 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers to complete a four-game sweep in the conference finals.
The NBA Finals won’t begin until June 3 in either Oklahoma City or San Antonio. The Western Conference finals is tied at two games apiece, with Game 5 to be played in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
The lowest price for an upper-deck seat for Game 3 on June 8 at Madison Square Garden is $3,700 according to a survey of secondary-ticket sites.
Karl-Anthony Towns said the Knicks aren’t going to be resting on their laurels while waiting to see who emerges as the Western Conference champion.
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“It’s something that New York has been dying for a long time and we’ll enjoy that plane ride. But once we get in those cars and go to our respective homes, it’s going to be back to business,” said Towns, who is averaging 16.9 points and 10.6 rebounds in the postseason. “We’re all going to be in the gym tomorrow probably getting shots up, getting treatment, doing what we need to do to get ready for the next series already. We understand that the job’s not done.”
Towns doesn’t want a repeat of Game 1 of this series, when the Knicks fell behind by 22 points before posting the second-largest fourth-quarter rally in NBA playoff history and winning 115-104 in overtime. The 11th-year center hinted the Knicks might scrimmage more during this break.
“Obviously rust will be a thing, just not having shot in an NBA game in a while, but we’ll do a better job this time around of just preparing for that kind of situation to happen,” Towns said. “We’ve just got to figure out a way to get those kind of game-like reps. I think the coaching staff heard us loud and clear. We want to get back to work to keep the rhythm and…
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Author : JOE REEDY
Publish date : 2026-05-26 06:54:00
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