The New York Knicks did way over simply win a recreation and even clinch a playoff sequence on Thursday night time. The New York Knicks put collectively a masterpiece that can go down in NBA historical past.
Whereas setting quite a few league and franchise data, the Knicks dominated the Atlanta Hawks to the tune of 140-89. Successful a recreation that was lengthy over earlier than halftime, New York punched their ticket to the second spherical.
To place the Knicks’ efficiency in its correct historic context, New York held a 40-15 lead after simply the primary quarter. And although 20-point leads are sometimes not secure within the NBA, that benefit solely progressively elevated as the sport continued on.
New York made positive the sport was over earlier than halftime
New York set an NBA file for the biggest halftime lead ever, going into the locker room up 83-36, a 47-point edge over a workforce that did beat them twice within the sequence.
They then put their remaining stamp on the file books by totaling essentially the most factors any Knicks workforce has ever scored in any playoff recreation.
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