Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while OG Anunoby added 17 points as the New York Knicks crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers 130-93 to complete a 4-0 series sweep and reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.
Landry Shamet scored 16 off the bench while Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson had 15 apiece for the Knicks, who became the fourth team to have an 11-game winning streak during their postseason run.
The last to do it was Golden State, which had a 15-game run en route to its second title in three seasons in 2017.
The Knicks pulled their starters with 7:47 remaining and a 35-point lead as their large contingent of fans loudly chanted “Knicks in four!” New York fans easily outnumbered Cleveland fans as die-hard celebrity fans director Spike Lee, comedian Tracy Morgan and actor Timothée Chalamet and his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, made the trip.
New York will play the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the Finals.
The Western Conference finals is tied at two games apiece with Game 5 to be played in Oklahoma City on tomorrow.
The Thunder or Spurs will have homecourt advantage when the Finals start on June 4th because of a better regular-season record.
This will be the Knicks’ third appearance in the Finals since winning their last title in 1973.
They lost in seven games to Houston in 1994 and in five to San Antonio in 1999.
Source: CNN
