Knicks sweep 76ers in playoffs
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New York set an NBA postseason record with 11 threes in the first quarter, and finished with a record-tying 25 for the game.
Of the 161 teams in NBA history that have taken a 3-0 series lead in the playoffs, 98 have gone on to complete a 4-0 sweep.
Their annual summer vacation was slightly delayed this season when they upset the Celtics in the first round, beating Boston in the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Any goodwill accrued from that Game 7 win in Boston was undone in eight days by a no-show effort against the Knicks,