NEW YORK — The Knicks squashed any questions they had after Game 5.
They didn’t come out with enough intensity Wednesday evening, when they lost in Boston, who prolonged their playoff lives for 48 superfluous hours. On Friday, that all went away.
The Knicks defended. They sprinted back in transition. Every one of them. They throttled the Celtics, who looked like they gave all their had Wednesday with nothing more left for Game 6.
The Knicks swarmed the basketball. They attacked the rim. Karl-Anthony Towns wrecked Celtics down low with more physicality than he’d shown earlier in the week. He pulled up for transition 3s, which the team hadn’t prioritized enough. Mitchell Robinson locked down multiple Celtics on the same possession on just about each possession he played. Josh Hart broke the laws of physics. He was everywhere. Miles “Deuce” McBride swatted the block of his career into the Madison Square Garden backboard.
Jalen Brunson was Jalen Brunson. OG Anunoby was the best version of himself, as was Mikal Bridges.
This was the elite version of the Knicks the organization believed it was creating this past summer. Now, they are in the conference finals for the first time in a quarter of a century.
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