{"id":6633,"date":"2025-05-16T23:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/knicks-rout-celtics-and-return-to-eastern-finals-after-25-years\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:33:15","slug":"knicks-rout-celtics-and-return-to-eastern-finals-after-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/knicks-rout-celtics-and-return-to-eastern-finals-after-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks rout Celtics and return to Eastern Finals after 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 The New York Knicks secured their place in the Eastern Conference finals, marking a significant milestone after a quarter-century wait. They achieved this with a dominant performance against the Boston Celtics, the current NBA champions. The victory with a score of 119-81 in the sixth game of the series sealed the 4-2 triumph, unleashing euphoria among the fans.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brunson and Anunoby Lead the Attack<\/h2>\n\n\nJalen Brunson and OG Anunoby were the offensive pillars for the Knicks, scoring 23 points each. Mikal Bridges added 22 units, while Karl-Anthony Towns contributed 21 points. The 38-point difference in the score represents the Knicks&#8217; largest victory in a postseason game.\n\n<p>With this victory, the Knicks are preparing to face the Indiana Pacers, a team they faced in their last appearance at this stage in the year 2000. The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals is scheduled for Wednesday night in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absolute domain from the beginning<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Garden faithful celebrated in advance, seeing their team control the game from the start. It&#8217;s the first time since 1999 that the Knicks have won a playoff series on their home court, an achievement that kicked off a celebration that promises to last several days.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celtics Overwhelmed by the Situation<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Celtics, affected by the injury of Jayson Tatum, who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in Game 4, tried to force a seventh game at home. However, the team led by Joe Mazzulla could not stop the Knicks&#8217; momentum.<\/p>\n\n<p>Jaylen Brown, with 20 points, was Boston&#8217;s standout player on a forgettable night.<\/p>\n\n<p>From the first quarter, the Knicks&#8217; superiority was evident. The absence of their star, combined with a collective performance below expectations, sentenced a Celtics team that failed to defend their title.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 The New York Knicks secured their place in the Eastern Conference finals, marking a significant milestone after a quarter-century wait. They achieved this with a dominant performance against the Boston Celtics, the current NBA champions. The victory with a score of 119-81 in the sixth game of the series sealed the 4-2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,112,242,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-6633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-celtics","10":"tag-knicks","11":"tag-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}