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Knicks bury 76ers behind Game 4 3-point barrage, back in East finals for 2nd straight year

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Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and the New York Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals, tying the NBA postseason record with 25 3-pointers 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 3-pointers, going 4 for 4 in the first quarter when the Knicks had another record with 11, and scored 25 points. Brunson had 22 points and Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns each scored 17 in...

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Brooms in the stands, 144 points on the board: The Knicks’ Philly takeover ends in a sweep

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Knicks fans raised their brooms outside the arena and pumped up the volume once inside. Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns — you too, Deuce McBride and Landry Shamet — have stretched New York's steamroll through the postseason into the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year. The 76ers were but a pesky speed bump for the Knicks as they rolled to a series sweep and their seventh straight postseason win overall under coach Mike Brown.

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Spurs star Victor Wembanyama ejected in Game 4 vs. Timberwolves after throwing elbow into Naz Reid's face

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Victor Wembanyama was fighting for a rebound before his right elbow drilled Naz Reid in the chin.

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Knicks built off fans’ energy as they took over Philly in Games 3 and 4

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Joel Embiid pretty much begged 76ers fans not to sell their tickets and to show up for the home games during their second round matchup with the Knicks. The organization went as far as donating tickets to local community groups in an effort to keep Knicks fans out. “I used to think Philly was a sports town, I don’t know anymore,” Josh Hart said.

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